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.
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Name | Date | Capacity (MW) | Location | Owner | Type | Ref |
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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] |
List of all biomass power plants in Alberta.
Name | Date | Capacity (MW) | Location | Owner | Type | Ref |
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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] |
List of all hydroelectric power stations power plants in Alberta.
Name | Date | Capacity (MW) | Location | Owner | Type | Ref |
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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] |
List of all wind farms power stations in Alberta.
Name | Date | Capacity (MW) | Location | Owner | Type | Ref |
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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] |
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