Battery Energy Storage System
Battery storage power plant · Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska
Details
- Primary fuel
- Battery storage
- Technology
- Batteries
- Operator
- Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc
- County
- Fairbanks North Star County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.28%
- Rank among battery storage plants in Alaska
- #1 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 57583
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BESS | Batteries | 40 MW | 40 MW | 2003 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Alaska
| Fairbanks | Other | 42 MW |
| Industrial Plant | Other | 42 MW |
| International Battery Substation (IBSS) | Battery storage | 40 MW |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks | Coal | 40 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 40 MW solar plant and a 40 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Alaska power plants · What Alaska actually generates