The Fort Wainwright Central Heat and Power Plant (CHPP) is the largest coal-fired power plant owned by the U.S. military. It was first constructed in the 1940's, and has been modified extensively over time. This co-generation plant uses around 230,000 tons of coal per year and can produces up to 20 Mw of electricity as well as steam for heating.

In 1999 this plant was fined over $16 million by the EPA for violation of the Clean Air Act, which at the time was the largest fine levied by the EPA against a Department of Defense installation. Around this same period, Fort Wainwright was designated as Superfund Site for contamination of soil and groundwater with coal, petroleum and pesticide wastes. However, the site is currently in compliance with EPA regulations. In 2007, an air-cooled condenser was added to the plant to the problem of generating ice fog near the cooling pond in the winter that affected visibility on the Richardson Highway.

This plant provides steam and hot water for approximately 165 consumers in Fairbanks, as well as generating up to 25 Mw of electricity which it sells to the Golden Valley Electric Association. It uses approximately 210,000 tons of coal per year.

On June 4th, 2009 this plant suffered a fire in the coal stockpiles and was not operating at capacity for a few weeks afterwards.

This plant provides steam and hot water for approximately 165 consumers in Fairbanks, as well as generating up to 25 Mw of electricity which it sells to the Golden Valley Electric Association. It uses approximately 210,000 tons of coal per year.

On June 4th, 2009 this plant suffered a fire in the coal stockpiles and was not operating at capacity for a few weeks afterwards.

The Fort Wainwright Central Heat and Power Plant (CHPP) is the largest coal-fired power plant owned by the U.S. military. It was first constructed in the 1940's, and has been modified extensively over time. This co-generation plant uses around 230,000 tons of coal per year and can produces up to 20 Mw of electricity as well as steam for heating.

In 1999 this plant was fined over $16 million by the EPA for violation of the Clean Air Act, which at the time was the largest fine levied by the EPA against a Department of Defense installation. Around this same period, Fort Wainwright was designated as Superfund Site for contamination of soil and groundwater with coal, petroleum and pesticide wastes. However, the site is currently in compliance with EPA regulations. In 2007, an air-cooled condenser was added to the plant to the problem of generating ice fog near the cooling pond in the winter that affected visibility on the Richardson Highway.

This 2007 proposal grew directly out of the planned Beluga CTL project when it was found that the subbituminous coal found at Usibelli coal mine shared almost identical properties with the coal found at the proposed Chuitna strip mine near Beluga. Therefore this plant would use the same integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) technology as proposed for the Beluga CTL project. However, since the coal would come from the existing Usibelli mine, this project is not dependent on the creation of a new mine at Chuitna.

This proposal investigated the possibility of carbon capture and storage (CCS) using nearby unmineable coal beds for CO₂ storage, but concluded that unless mandated by law CCS would not be economically feasible at the site. Therefore any fuel derived from a Healy CTL plant would have a much higher impact on global warming than conventional oil-based fuels.

In 2008 the US Senate Appropriations Committee approved $10 million towards this project. The plant itself is expected to cost several billion dollars, which doesn't cover carbon capture technology, transportation costs of coal or fuel (including the creation of a new railroad line from Healy), or the creation of new hookups to the electrical grid.

This facility would require a 500-600 megawatt traditional coal-fired plant to power the operation, with some of this power expected to be sold back to the grid. As a conventional pulverized coal plant, like others in Alaska, it alone may release 1.5 million metric tons of the greenhouse gas CO₂ per year and face a significant increase in operating costs due to a possible carbon tax.

In total, this facility would require 6-11 million tons of coal per year, which is four to eight times what Alaska's only coal mine, Usibelli Coal Mine, currently produces. The proposed Chuitna Coal mine might provide some coal from its estimated 12 million tons of coal per year, though this capacity might be used for the proposed Beluga CTL plant instead.

This facility has been suggested as an 80,000 barrels (approximately 40,000 tons of coal) per day integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) plant called "Alaska Natural Resources to Liquids", at an estimated cost at $5 billion in 2006. The initial $1.5 million feasibility study has been completed, but the project is still in the idea stage, with no firm plans or permit applications.

This facility would theoretically offset some of the cost of carbon capture and sequestration by pumping the excess CO₂ into existing nearby oil and gas fields to enhance yields of these fossil fuels. However, a feasibility analysis undertaken for the failed Kenai Blue Sky Project examined the CO₂ storage and/or recovery options for Cook Inlet and determined that under most projections this wouldn't be economically viable.