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Keephills Generating Station

Coordinates: 53°26′54″N 114°27′02″W / 53.44833°N 114.45056°W / 53.44833; -114.45056
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Keephills Generating Station
Map
Country
  • Canada
LocationParkland County,
near Keephills, Alberta
Coordinates53°26′54″N 114°27′02″W / 53.4483°N 114.4506°W / 53.4483; -114.4506
StatusActive
Commission date1983
Owner(s)TransAlta & Capital Power
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Turbine technologySteam turbine
Power generation
Nameplate capacity800 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

The station consists of the following units:

  • Unit 1 and 2 are each 400 MW unit operated and owned by TransAlta.[2]
  • Unit 3 is a 450 MW unit, built as a joint venture between TransAlta and Capital Power Corporation. It came onstream in 2011.[3] This unit is a supercritical boiler manufactured by Hitachi. The unit cost about $1.98 billion to build.[4][5]

The plant has two 138.6 m (455 ft) smokestacks.

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