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Ascension Island Microgrid

Organizations, planners, suppliers, equipment, controls, and reported system specifications—with source-level citations.

CoverageDetailed public record
Named organizations4
System facts6
Sources reviewed2
Last researched2026-07-19

Ascension Auxiliary Airfield's wind system is a U.S. military energy-resilience asset. A 2021 Air Force contract replaced six failed turbines with a 900 kW turbine, battery storage, and upgraded supervisory controls; the earlier directory's 1.65 MW wind figure is retained as historical data.

Research status
Modernization contract awarded in 2021; current commissioning status not independently confirmed
Historical classification
Island
Reported capacity
See component specifications
Coordinates
-7.94672, -14.35592
Evidence note: “Every company” cannot be proven from public material alone. This page lists every organization found in the recovered record and reviewed sources, preserves unknown roles, and explicitly marks undisclosed controller or equipment details.
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Project delivery

Who was involved in Ascension Island Microgrid?

4 publicly identified organizations. Where a recovered source named a participant without explaining its work, the role remains explicitly unspecified.

Organization

Air Force Civil Engineer Center

Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program delivery authority [2]

Organization

Jade Creek Construction, LLC

Design-build contractor under the reported $11.3 million award [2]

Organization

U.S. Department of the Air Force

Installation and energy-system owner [2]

Organization

U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 45

Ascension Auxiliary Airfield operating organization [2]

System evidence

Reported capacity and specifications

Values can describe different project phases or components. Source citations are attached to each figure so discrepancies remain visible.

KW Wind
1650 [1]
KW Gas/Diesel
1 [1]
Storage
NA [1]
Modernized wind generation
One 900 kW wind turbine replacing six failed units [2]
Controls scope
Battery energy storage and SCADA upgrade; capacities and models not stated [2]

Controls and hardware

Equipment and controller details

Manufacturer and model are shown only when a source names them. Generic descriptions are not converted into guessed product assignments.

01

Supervisory controls

Model not publicly disclosed

The contract includes a SCADA upgrade, but the reviewed Air Force release does not name the controller or SCADA vendor. [2]

Provenance

2 sources

Primary owner, government, university, supplier, and engineering sources are preferred. Archived references preserve claims whose original pages moved or disappeared.

  1. [1]
    Recovered Microgrid Projects record

    Internet Archive · Archived source · captured 2020-07-05

  2. [2]
    Air Force awards ERCIP contract for Ascension Island

    U.S. Air Force Materiel Command · Primary source

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