Healy Power Plants - Golden Valley Electric Assn
Healy Power Plant is composed of 2 generating units: This 60-MW power plant increases our baseload of coal-fired generation. GVEA agreed to pay $250,000 to help fund the Fairbanks North Star Borough and Denali Borough Woodstove Change-out Program – This will help alleviate the particulate matter problems in the Interior.
Strategic Generation Plan Update – July 2023 - Golden Valley …
GVEA’s Strategic Generation Plan consists of five components: Install a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system on Healy Unit 1. This project is underway and on schedule. The SCR will be installed and operational by December 31, 2024. Develop a comprehensive plan for the systematic retirement of Healy Unit 2 by December 31, 2024.
GVEA to extend use of Healy power plant
Mar 5, 2024 · FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Healy Power Plant Unit No. 2 will push megawatts into the Railbelt for longer than expected. The power plant’s extended use comes as one part of a modification to Golden Valley Electric Association’s (GVEA) Strategic Generation Plan (SGP), which the board of directors voted into place unanimously Feb 27.
Healy Power Plant - Global Energy Monitor
Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) received permission from the Environmental Protection Agency in 2012 to restart the plant, and the utility acquired Healy Unit 2 the following year from the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority for about $44 million.
Sources of Power – Golden Valley Electric Assn
Healy Power Plants. Established in 1967 and 2016; Follow Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Rules
Healy 2: The Story of a Coal Unit's Remarkable Resiliency
Aug 1, 2019 · GVEA first made its mark on Healy in 1967, when it completed a 25-MW mine-mouth coal-burning power plant. That project, known today as Healy 1, is still operating. In 1991, the Alaska...
GVEA changes course, OKs Healy 2 shutdown, Healy 1 upgrade
Jun 28, 2022 · Golden Valley Electric Association’s board of directors voted Monday to upgrade the aging Healy Unit 1 power plant with a new emissions-control system and keep it operating. But in a surprise decision, the board also decided to shut down the newer Healy 2 power plant, because they said it was unreliable and becoming increasingly costly.
Golden Valley Electric Association and Alaska Industrial Development ...
May 24, 2024 · GVEA and AIDEA intend to bring back online a 50 MW power plant, Healy Unit 2, that has not operated since 1999. The government alleges that such a project would require a new PSD permit, which GVEA and AIDEA did not obtain.
National lab helping GVEA replace Healy 2 power with wind energy
Mar 23, 2023 · Fairbanks-based Golden Valley Electric Association is working with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on a plan to shut down one of the state’s last coal-fired power plants. The utility will replace Healy Unit 2 with wind power to reduce the co-op’s reliance on price-volatile fossil fuels, which generate 90 percent of its electricity.
GVEA’s Healy Power Station Unit 2 reaches startup milestone
Oct 5, 2018 · GVEA is pleased to announce that the Healy Unit 2 power plant has operated at 95% availability for a 30-day period, exceeding a key benchmark set by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. The 50-megawatt coal-fired unit had been idle since 2016, to allow GVEA to fix a design flaw in the coal feed/fuel transport system.
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