FWA Central Heat and Power Plant
Coal power plant · Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska
Nameplate capacity
20 MW
Rank in Alaska
#32
of 150 plants
In service since
1955
January 1955
Details
- Primary fuel
- Coal
- Technology
- Conventional Steam Coal
- Operator
- Doyon Utilities - Ft. Wainwright
- County
- Fairbanks North Star County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.64%
- Rank among coal plants in Alaska
- #5 of 5
- EIA plant code
- 50308
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Steam Coal | 5.0 MW | 3.5 MW | 1955 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Steam Coal | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 1955 | Operating |
| GEN4 | Conventional Steam Coal | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 1955 | Operating |
| GEN5 | Conventional Steam Coal | 5.0 MW | 5.0 MW | 1989 | 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
| Tyee Lake Hydroelectric Facility | Hydro | 23 MW |
| Dutch Harbor | Other | 22 MW |
| Cooper Lake | Hydro | 19 MW |
| Green Lake | Hydro | 19 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 20 MW solar plant and a 20 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