Keephills Generating Station
{{Short description|Coal-fired power station in Parkland County, Alberta}}
{{Infobox power station
|name = Keephills Generating Station
|image =
|image_caption =
|location = Parkland County,
near Keephills, Alberta
|coordinates = {{coord|53|26|54|N|114|27|02|W|scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
|owner = TransAlta & Capital Power
|status = O
|th_fuel_primary = Coal
|th_technology = Steam turbine
|th_combined_cycle =
|ps_electrical_capacity= 800 MW
|commissioned = 1983
|decommissioned =
}}
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.[http://www.capitalpower.com/CORPORATERESPONSIBILITY/ENVIRONMENT/CLEANPOWER/Pages/Keephills3.aspx]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Description
The station consists of the following units:
- Unit 2 is a 420 MW unit operated and owned by TransAlta.{{cite web|title=Coal-Fired Plants in Canada|url=http://www.industcards.com/st-coal-canada.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205091754/http://www.industcards.com/st-coal-canada.htm|archive-date=2012-12-05|accessdate=2010-04-30}}
- Unit 3 is a 463 MW unit, built as a joint venture between TransAlta and Capital Power Corporation. It came onstream in 2011.{{Cite web |url=http://www.transalta.com/facilities/plants-operation/keephills3 |title=Keephills 3 | TransAlta |access-date=2013-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001516/http://www.transalta.com/facilities/plants-operation/keephills3 |archive-date=2013-12-31 |url-status=dead }} In 2019, TransAlta acquired full ownership of the unit.{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalpower.com/media/media_releases/capital-power-to-gain-100-ownership-and-control-of-genesee-generating-station-through-divestiture-of-interest-in-keephills-3/|title=Capital Power to gain 100% ownership and control of Genesee Generating Station through divestiture of interest in Keephills 3 |access-date=2020-12-30 |website=www.capitalpower.com}} This unit is a supercritical boiler manufactured by Hitachi. The unit cost about $1.98 billion to build.{{cite web|url=http://www.transalta.com/facilities/facilities-development/keephills-3 |title=Keephills 3 |publisher=TransAlta |date= |accessdate=2018-11-13}}{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalpower.com/MediaRoom/newsreleases/2011-news-releases/Pages/090111.aspx|title=Keephills 3 power plant begins commercial operation|website=www.capitalpower.com}}
Unit 1 was retired on December 31, 2021.{{cite web |title=TransAlta Establishes Renewables Growth Targets and Declares Dividend Increase of 11% |url=https://transalta.com/newsroom/news-releases/transalta-establishes-renewables-growth-targets-and-declares-dividend-increase-of-11/ | language=en | date=28 September 2021}}
The plant has two 138.6 m (455 ft) smokestacks.
See also
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