Wabamun Generating Station was a

coal-fired power station A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Worldwide there are about 2,500 coal-fired power stations, on average capable of generating a gigawatt each. They generate ...

owned by

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, located next to the village of Wabamun, Alberta. The station's primary source of fuel was sub bituminous from the Whitewood mine. Unit 3 was retired in 2002; Units 1 and 2 on December 31, 2004, and Unit 4 on March 31, 2010. On August 11, 2011, the main building was levelled by a controlled implosion. Plans for the site include high rise condos and a waterfront.

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The plant consisted of: * Unit 1 from

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at 66 MW (commissioned in 1958, decommissioned in 2004) * Unit 2 from Babcock & Wilcox at 66 MW (commissioned in 1956, decommissioned in 2004) * Unit 3 from

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at 150 (commissioned in 1962, decommissioned in 2002) * Unit 4 from

at 300 (commissioned in 1968, decommissioned in 2010) Decommissioned in 2010 with the smoke stacks demolished in March 2011.

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