Energy solutions provider Ameresco announced a partnership with Alaska’s Juneau Hydropower to develop, build, and operate a 19.8-MW hydropower station at Sweetheart Lake. The facility is located 33 miles south of downtown Juneau. The project also includes installation of a battery energy storage system (BESS) and more than 40 miles of high-voltage transmission infrastructure.

Officials said the Sweetheart Lake station is designed to generate an average of 116,000 MWh annually. The companies said the new plant will bring a 20% increase in baseload clean hydropower above Juneau’s current power generation. The project scope also includes eight miles of undersea cable that will cross Gilbert Bay, and an interconnection substation with the existing Snettisham transmission line serving Alaska’s capital city.

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