United States

Fairbanks — 42 MW Oil

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Fairbanks is a 42 MW oil power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
42 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1971

Year online

Owner
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc

Operator

Location
64.85, -147.72

Coordinates

Insights

#3,156
largest in %s
#706
largest %s worldwide
#14,926
largest worldwide
1971
%d yrs older than avg
6
operated by %s
6
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Oil
Capacity
42 MW
Commissioned
1971
Status
Operational
Owner
Golden Valley Elec Assn Inc
Country
United States
Coordinates
64.854, -147.719

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
96,115 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2.9M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
650 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

20,895
cars / year
12,815
homes / year
4.4M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Fairbanks is a 42.2 MW oil-fired power plant in the United States, operated by Golden Valley Electric Association since 1971.

Ranked #117 of 879 oil plants in the United States, it contributes 0.11% of the country’s total oil capacity of 38,410 MW. The largest oil plant in the United States is Manatee at 2,951 MW, making Fairbanks 69.9 times smaller.

Nearby plants include North Pole (181 MW, Oil), Battery Energy Storage System (40 MW, Storage), and Aurora Energy LLC Chena (27.5 MW, Coal). The facility is located in Alaska, approximately 15 km from the city of Fairbanks.

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