Award Number: DE-IE-00000084CX(s) Applied: A9 Office of Indian Energy Policy and ProgramsLocation(s): AKOffice(s): Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
August 18, 2017
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Award Number: DE-IE-00000084
CX(s) Applied: A9,
Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
Location(s): AK
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) for the installation of a 75-meter 900 kilowatt capacity direct-drive wind turbine with associated access road and wind turbine pad in Bethel, Alaska. The wind turbine would be installed and maintained on Bethel Native Corporation lands off the Old BIA Road west of the Bethel Airport. The turbine would connect to the existing power generation system serving the three intertied communities of Bethel, Oscarville, and Napakiak. This NEPA determination is only for Task 1 of the approved Statement of Project Objectives because this task is foreseeably necessary to define the remainder of the project.