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Keephills Generating Station is a coal fired station operated by
TransAlta TransAlta Corporation (formerly Calgary Power Company, Ltd.) is an electricity power generator and wholesale marketing company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a privately owned corporation and its shares are traded publicly. It o ...
, located near Keephills, Alberta,
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. Unit 3 is a low emission station, which replaced the older Wabamun 4 station.


Description

The station consists of the following units: *Unit 2 is a 420 MW unit operated and owned by TransAlta. *Unit 3 is a 463 MW unit, built as a joint venture between TransAlta and
Capital Power Corporation Capital Power is an independent power generation company based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Capital Power develops, acquires, owns and operates power generation facilities using a variety of energy sources. Capital Power owns approximately 6,6 ...
. It came onstream in 2011. In 2019, TransAlta acquired full ownership of the unit. This unit is a
supercritical boiler A supercritical steam generator is a type of boiler that operates at supercritical pressure, frequently used in the production of electric power. In contrast to a subcritical boiler in which bubbles can form, a supercritical steam generator op ...
manufactured by Hitachi. The unit cost about $1.98 billion to build. Unit 1 was retired on December 31, 2021. The plant has two 138.6 m (455 ft) smokestacks.


See also

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References

Natural gas-fired power stations in Alberta Parkland County {{Canada-powerstation-stub