Alaska News Source – Juneau set to break ground on $240 million hydropower project this year

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) – The city and borough of Juneau is about to get an influx of renewable power that will provide new electricity within the next three years.

The $240 million hydropower project consists of a partnership between the City and Borough of Juneau, the company Ameresco, and the newly formed utility company Juneau Hydropower Inc.

The project is tasked to build a 19.8 megawatt hydropower facility on Sweetheart Lake. The project will be vast, with nearly nine miles of high-voltage power lines that will bridge the system together and help power Juneau using renewable energy.

“It’s adding 20% of generation to the system and through this transmission will be able to serve different loads,” President of Federal and Utility Solutions at Ameresco, Nicole Bulgarino, said.

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