Keephills Generating Station is a natural gas power station operated by TransAlta, located near Keephills, Alberta, Canada. 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. It came onstream in 2011. In 2019, TransAlta acquired full ownership of the unit. This unit is a supercritical boiler 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
List of power stations in Canada List of largest power stations in Canada List of tallest structures in Canada
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