Two Southcentral Alaska utilities have installed a giant Tesla battery system in Anchorage, which is expected to increase operational efficiency, saving an estimated $121 million over 15 years.
Chugach Electric project manager Chris Kohler walks through a battery storage site near the Southcentral Power Project on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in Anchorage. When it is complete in the fall of 2024, the 80 Megawatt-hour project will enable owners Chugach Electric Association and Matanuska Electric Association to store energy for later use, enabling more efficient natural gas generation and increasing the reliability of the electric grid.
“So it’s operational efficiency, savings on gas and on our thermal generating units,” Kohler said, referring to the gas-based units.The Megapacks will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by allowing less burning of natural gas, he said.The batteries are like a Swiss Army knife of energy storage for a utility, said Mark Henspeter, business development analyst with Chugach Electric. They’re capable of doing many things in addition to lowering fuel expenses and other costs.
The Megapacks are housed in rows of white containers that look like storage lockers, on a gravel lot near Chugach’s Southcentral Power Project. They will be connected to the Railbelt power grid through the plant. In June, a crane lowered them onto concrete pads over two days. The utilities are waiting on other equipment from the Lower 48, like transformers, before the project can be completed.
Tesla Megapack battery storage units sit on concrete pads at a site near the Southcentral Power Project on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 in Anchorage.
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