Alaska village electric cooperative, INC. (avec) on behalf of avec/nunavak island mekoryuk alaska (nima) corporation renewable energy joint venture (joint venture) is proposing an integrated energy…

The Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs awarded Alaska Village Electric Cooperative Inc. $2,961,246 on July 1, 2027, under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) to install refurbished wind turbines and battery energy storage in Mekoryuk, Alaska.

AVEC, acting on behalf of the AVEC/Nunavak Island Mekoryuk Alaska (NIMA) Corporation Renewable Energy Joint Venture, will repower two existing wind turbines with 200 kilowatts of capacity using refurbished Model B turbine generators. The project also includes installation of a battery energy storage system with 320 kilowatts power capacity and 540 kilowatt-hour storage capacity at the Mekoryuk power plant. The integrated energy system will enable the existing wind-to-heat infrastructure to fully utilize all wind energy generated to heat community buildings in the Cup'iq village of Mekoryuk, located on Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea approximately 30 miles off Alaska's coast. The two turbines have been operated by AVEC since 2009 and require repowering.

Performance is scheduled from July 1, 2027, through July 1, 2031, at Mekoryuk, Alaska.

Alaska village electric cooperative, INC. (avec) on behalf of avec/nunavak island mekoryuk alaska (nima) corporation renewable energy joint venture (joint venture) is proposing an integrated energy systems project that includes wind generation and battery storage in mekoryuk, alaska. Mekoryuk is a cup'IG village with outstanding class 6 wind on the north shore of nunivak island, 30 miles off the coast of alaska in the bering sea. (see map in site and resource maps and graphics file.) since 2009, avec has owned and operated two wind turbines in mekoryuk that now need to be repaired. This project would install refurbished model b turbine generators to repower the two turbines with 200 kilowatts (KW) of reliable wind power capacity. To take full advantage of all the wind power generated, this project would also install a battery energy storage system (bess), with a power capacity of 320 KW and storage capacity of 540 KWH, at the mekoryuk power plant. With the proposed improvements, the existing wind-to-heat system would be able to take full advantage of all the wind energy generated to heat community buildings.