Pillar Mountain Wind Project Microgrid
Wind power plant · Kodiak Island County, Alaska
Nameplate capacity
9.0 MW
Rank in Alaska
#55
of 150 plants
In service since
2009
June 2009
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- Kodiak Electric Assn Inc
- County
- Kodiak Island County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.29%
- Rank among wind plants in Alaska
- #3 of 4
- EIA plant code
- 57187
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 4.5 MW | 4.5 MW | 2009 | Operating |
| 2 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 4.5 MW | 4.5 MW | 2012 | 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
| Gold Creek | Other | 9.7 MW |
| Glennallen | Other | 9.2 MW |
| Orca | Other | 8.7 MW |
| Tesoro Kenai Cogeneration Plant | Natural gas | 8.6 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 9.0 MW solar plant and a 9.0 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