Identifying a wind power site in Brevig Mission is challenging because the airport with main and crosswind runways – with four approach and departure lanes to consider – constricts airspace more than typical single runway airports. A stronger wind resource is predicted in the mountains north and northeast of Brevig Mission, but the peaks and […]

Elim has a marginal to moderate wind resource for wind power development, depending on the project site – the met tower location or possibly the dominating hill west of the airport – but the new Northern Power Systems NPS100C-24 wind turbine is expressly designed for lower wind class environments and modeling results predict the potential […]

The electric utility for Teller and nearby Brevig Mission, Alaska Village Electric Cooperative, initiated a wind resource study in Teller in 2009 to identify a suitable site for wind turbines to supply Teller with wind energy. This initial effort focused on identifying a met tower site near Teller as project development construction costs would be […]

The Stebbins wind project site, located on the plateau about one mile north of the village, has an outstanding Class 6 wind resource with a mean annual wind speed of 7.1 m/s (at 30 meters), low extreme wind probability and low turbulence. Alaska Village Electric Cooperative is upgrading the power system of Stebbins with a […]

The wind resource measured at the Saint Michael met tower site 0021 is very good with measured wind power class 5 (excellent).  In addition to high average wind speeds and high wind power density, the site experiences very low turbulence and low extreme wind speed probability, resulting in an IEC Class III-c classification.  Alaska Village […]

Shaktoolik has a very good Class 4 wind resource with a mean annual wind speed of 6.38 m/s at the 30 meter level, high wind power density due to cold temperatures, and very low turbulence.  In 2011 Alaska Village Electric Cooperative installed two Northern Power Systems 100 kW Northwind 100-21 wind turbines on the old […]

Savoonga has an outstanding Class 6 wind resource with a mean annual wind speed of 7.16 m/s at the 30 meter level, high wind power density due to cold temperatures, and low turbulence.  In 2009 Alaska Village Electric Cooperative installed two Northern Power Systems 100 kW Northwind 100 (A model) wind turbines slightly west of […]

Gambell has a superb Class 7 wind resource with a mean annual wind speed at the 30 meter level of 9.13 m/s, one of the highest measured in any Alaska community.  Alaska Village Electric Cooperative installed three Northern Power Systems 100 kW Northwind 100 (A model) wind turbines near the met tower site in 2009.  […]