Battle River Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power station owned by Heartland Generation. It is located near Forestburg, Alberta, Canada. Formerly a coal-fired power station, it transitioned away from coal in 2021. Natural gas is supplied by the Pembina Keephills Transmission pipeline. The plant features two large smokestacks, 161 m (528 ft) and 137 m (450 ft) tall.

History Units 1 and 2 were 32 MW coal-fired generating units that operated from 1954 until their retirement in 2000. Unit 3, supplied by Combustion Engineering, was a 149 MW coal-fired unit , commissioned in late 1968 and early 1969, and retired on December 31, 2019. Coal was provided by the Forestburg Collieries operated by Westmoreland Coal.

Unit 4 is a 155 MW unit that initially operated using 50% coal and 50% natural gas. It stopped using coal and switched entirely to using natural gas in 2021. Unit 5 is a 385 MW gas-fired steam unit.

See also

List of power stations in Canada List of generating stations in Alberta Coal in Canada Natural gas in Canada

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