Keephills Generating Station
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| Keephills Generating Station | |
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| Location | Parkland County, near Keephills, Alberta |
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| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1983 |
| Owners | TransAlta & Capital Power |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Turbine technology | Steam turbine |
| Power generation | |
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| Nameplate capacity | 800 MW |
Keephills Generating Station is a coal fired station operated by TransAlta, located near Keephills, Alberta, Canada. Unit 3 is a low emission station, which replaced the older Wabamun 4 station.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]The station consists of the following units:
- Unit 2 is a 420 MW unit operated and owned by TransAlta.[2]
- Unit 3 is a 463 MW unit, built as a joint venture between TransAlta and Capital Power Corporation. It came onstream in 2011.[3] In 2019, TransAlta acquired full ownership of the unit.[4] This unit is a supercritical boiler manufactured by Hitachi. The unit cost about $1.98 billion to build.[5][6]
Unit 1 was retired on December 31, 2021.[7]
The plant has two 138.6 m (455 ft) smokestacks.
See also
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- List of power stations in Canada
- List of largest power stations in Canada
- List of tallest structures in Canada
References
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