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Keephills Generating Station
Coal-fired power station in Parkland County, Alberta From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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The station consists of the following units:
- Unit 2 is a 420 MW unit operated and owned by TransAlta.[2]
- Unit 3 is a 463 MW unit, built as a joint venture between TransAlta and Capital Power Corporation. It came onstream in 2011.[3] In 2019, TransAlta acquired full ownership of the unit.[4] This unit is a supercritical boiler manufactured by Hitachi. The unit cost about $1.98 billion to build.[5][6]
Unit 1 was retired on December 31, 2021.[7]
The plant has two 138.6 m (455 ft) smokestacks.
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