List of electrical generating stations in Alberta

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This is a list of electrical generating stations in Alberta, Canada.

Alberta produces a large share of its electricity through coal. Over the last few years, a booming population and the deregulation of the electric market has led to the construction of dozens of new facilities, including gas-fired turbines and wind farms.

Contents 1 Fossil fuel 2 Renewable 2.1 Biomass 2.2 Hydroelectric 2.3 Wind 3 Notes and References 4 See also

Fossil fuel

Name	Date	Capacity (MW)	Location	Owner	Type	Ref
Alberta Power Project – Burdette	2001	7	Burdette	Maxim Power	Natural gas	[1]
Alberta Power Project – Coaldale	2001	6	Coaldale	Maxim Power	Natural gas	[1]
Alberta Power Project – Fort Macleod	2001	4	Fort Macleod	Maxim Power	Natural gas	[1]
Alberta Power Project – Taber	2001	8	Taber	Maxim Power	Natural gas	[1]
Aurora Generating Station	1999	85	Aurora	Syncrude	Natural gas	[2][3]
Balzac Power Station	2001	120	Balzac	Nexen	Natural gas	[4]
Battle River Generating Station		670		ATCO Power	Coal	[5]
Bear Creek Generating Station	2002	80	Grande Prairie	TransCanada	Natural gas	[2][6]
Buck Lake	2001	6	Buck Lake	Penn West	Natural gas	[2]
Calgary Energy Centre	2002	300	Calgary	Enmax	Natural gas	[7]
Cancarb Waste Heat Recovery Plant	2003	28	Medicine Hat	TransCanada	Natural gas	[6]
Carseland Power Plant	2001	80	Carseland	TransCanada	Natural gas	[6]
Cavalier Gas Plant	2001	120	Strathmore	EnCana	Natural gas	[3]
Clover Bar Energy Centre		243		Capital Power	Natural gas	[8]
Clover Bar Generating Station		660	Edmonton	Capital Power	Natural gas	[9][10]
Cold Lake	2002	168	Cold Lake	Imperial Oil	Natural gas	[2]
Crossfield Energy Centre	2009	120	Rocky View	Enmax	Natural gas	[2][11]
Devon	2000	12	Devon	Devon Canada	Natural gas	[2]
Drywood	2000	6	Drywood	TransAlta	Natural gas	[2]
Fort Saskatchewan Cogeneration Plant	1999	120	Fort Saskatchewan	Strongwater Energy, TransAlta	Natural gas	[12]
Foster Creek Cogeneration	2003	80	Bonnyville	Cenovus	Natural gas	[2]
Genesee Generating Station 1 & 2	1989–1994	820		Capital Power	Coal	[13]
Genesee Generating Station 3	2005	495		Capital Power, TransAlta	Coal	[12][14]
Gold Creek Generation Facility	1999	6.5	Gold Creek	Maxim Power	Natural gas	[15]
H. R. Milner Generating Station	1972	158	Grande Cache	Milner Power	Coal	[16]
Joffre Cogeneration Plant	2000	480	Red Deer	ATCO Power, Capital Power Corporation, NOVA Chemicals	Natural gas	[17]
Keephills Generating Station 1 and 2		766	Duffield	TransAlta	Coal	[12]
Keephills 3	2011	495	Duffield	Capital Power, TransAlta	Coal	[18]
MacKay River Power Plant	2003	165	Fort McMurray	TransCanada	Natural gas	[6]
Medicine Hat Cogeneration Plant	2009	42	Medicine Hat	City of Medicine Hat	Natural gas	[2]
Meridian Cogeneration	1999	220	Lloydminster	Husky Oil, TransAlta	Natural gas	[12]
Muskeg River Mine Cogeneration Station	2002	172		ATCO Power, SaskPower	Natural gas	[19][20]
Northern Prairie Power Project	2008	85	Grande Prairie	Constellation Energy	Natural gas	[21]
Poplar Creek Cogeneration Plant	2001	356	Fort McMurray	TransAlta	Natural gas	[12]
Poplar Hill Generating Plant	1999	45	Grande Prairie	ATCO Power	Natural gas	[22]
Primrose Cogeneration Plant	1998	85	Primrose	ATCO Power, Canadian Natural ressources	Natural gas	[23]
Rainbow Lake Generating Station	1999–2001	178	Rainbow Lake	ATCO Power, Husky Oil	Natural gas	[24],[25]
Redwater Cogeneration	2001	40	Redwater	TransCanada	Natural gas	[6]
Scotford Air Liquide	2000	80	Fort Saskatchewan	Air Liquide Canada	Natural gas	[3]
Scotford Cogeneration Plant	2003	170	Fort Saskatchewan	ATCO Power	Natural gas	[26]
Sheerness Generating Station	1986	780	Hanna	ATCO Power, TransAlta	Coal	[12][27]
Sturgeon Generating Plant	1957–1961	18	Valleyview	ATCO Power	Natural gas	[28]
Sundance Power Station		2,126		TransAlta	Coal	[12]
University of Alberta Heating Plant	1994–2000	39.7	University of Alberta	University of Alberta	Natural gas	[10][29]
Valleyview 1 and 2 Generating Plants	2001–2008	90	Valleyview	ATCO Power	Natural gas	[30]
Wabamun Generating Station	1956	570	Wabamun	TransAlta	Coal	[31]

Renewable

Biomass

List of all biomass power plants in Alberta.

Name	Date	Capacity (MW)	Location	Owner	Type	Ref
Alberta Pacific Forest		67	Athabasca	Alberta Pacific Forest	Biomass	[32]
Clover Bar Landfill Gas		4.8	Edmonton	Capital Power	Biomass	[33]
Dapp Biomass Project	1999	16	Dapp	Verdant Energy	Biomass	[34]
Grande Prairie Generating Station	2005	25	Grande Prairie	TransAlta	Biomass	[12]
Valley Power		12	Drayton Valley	Algonquin Power	Biomass	[35]
Whitecourt		25	Whitecourt	Macquarie Power & Infrastructure	Biomass	[36]

Hydroelectric

List of all hydroelectric power stations power plants in Alberta.

Name	Date	Capacity (MW)	Location	Owner	Type	Ref
Barrier Hydroelectric Dam	1947	13	Seebe	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Bearspaw Hydroelectric Dam	1954	17	Calgary	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Belly River Hydroelectric Dam	1991	3	Glenwood	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Bighorn Dam	1972	120		TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Brazeau Hydroelectric Dam	1965	355		TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Cascade Hydroelectric Dam	1942	36	Banff	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Chin Reservoir Station	1994	11.4	Chin	Irrican Power	Hydro	[37]
Dickson Dam	1992	15		Algonquin Power	Hydro	[38]
Drop 4,5 and 6 Hydroelectric Plant	2004	6.9	Raymond	Irrican Power	Hydro	[37]
Ghost Hydroelectric Dam	1929	51	Cochrane	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Horseshoe Hydroelectric Dam	1911	14	Seebe	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Interlakes Hydroelectric Dam	1955	5	Kananaskis	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Kananaskis Hydroelectric Dam	1913	19	Seebe	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Oldman River Hydroelectric Plant	2003	32	Pincher Creek	ATCO Power	Hydro	[39]
Pocaterra Hydroelectric Dam	1955	15	Kananaskis	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Raymond Reservoir Generating Station	1994	20.5	Raymond	Irrican Power	Hydro	[37]
Rundle Hydroelectric Dam	1951	50	Canmore	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Spray Hydroelectric Dam	1951	103	Canmore	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
St. Mary Hydroelectric Dam	1992	2	Magrath	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Taylor Hydroelectric Dam	2000	13	Magrath	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Three Sisters Hydroelectric Dam	1951	3	Canmore	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]
Waterton Hydroelectric Dam	1992	3	Glenwood	TransAlta	Hydro	[12]

Wind

List of all wind farms power stations in Alberta.

Name	Date	Capacity (MW)	Location	Owner	Type	Ref
Blue Trail		66	Fort Macleod	TransAlta	Wind	[40]
Castle River	2000–2001	44	Pincher Creek	TransAlta	Wind	[41]
Chin Chute		30	Taber	Acciona, Enbridge, Suncor Energy	Wind	[42][43]
Cowley North	2001	20	Cowley	TransAlta	Wind	[44]
Cowley Ridge	2000	21	Cowley	TransAlta	Wind	[45]
Kettles Hill		63	Pincher Creek	Enmax	Wind	[46]
Macleod Flats	2004	3	Fort Macleod	TransAlta	Wind	[47]
Magrath	2004	30	Magrath	Acciona, Enbridge, Suncor Energy	Wind	[42][43]
McBride Lake	2003	75	Fort Macleod	Enmax, TransAlta	Wind	[48][49]
Oldman River Wind Project	2007	3.6	Pincher Creek	Alberta Wind Energy Corporation	Wind	[50]
Sinnott	2001	7	Cowley	TransAlta	Wind	[51]
Soderglen		70.5	Fort Macleod	Nexen, TransAlta	Wind	[52]
Summerview 1	2004	70	Pincher Creek	TransAlta	Wind	[53]
Summerview 2	2010	66	Pincher Creek	TransAlta	Wind	[54]
Taber Wind Farm		80	Taber	Enmax	Wind	[55]
Taylor		3	Magrath	TransAlta	Wind	[56]
Wainwright Wind Farm (north of Irma)	2013	150	Irma	Mainstream Renewable Power	Wind	[57][58]

Notes and References

Notes

References

See also

• ATCO
• EPCOR
• TransAlta
• TransCanada
• Energy in Canada
• List of power stations in Canada

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