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List of generating stations in Alberta

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This is a list of electrical generating stations in Alberta, Canada.

In 2023 Alberta produced 74% of its electricity through natural gas.[1] Alberta has a deregulated electricity market[2] which allows a large number of private companies to participate in electricity production, particularly in the cases of cogeneration and renewable energy. Alberta's electricity mix is changing towards lower carbon intensity. As of 2013, Alberta's electricity was 52% coal, 38% natural gas and 10% renewable. Ten years later in 2023, this had changed to 74% gas, 8% coal, and 18% renewable.[1] As of June 18, 2024, Capital Power announced that the last coal capable generator was now 100% natural gas-fueled and coal was no longer a source of electricity in Alberta.[3] Alberta has a legislated goal of achieving 30% renewable electricity by 2030.[4]

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Fossil fuel

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  Decommissioned facilities (year)

Natural gas

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Renewable

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  Decommissioned facilities (year)

Biomass, biogas, and waste heat recovery

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Geothermal

List of all geothermal power stations in Alberta. More than 388,500 MW of geothermal generation potential remains untapped, which is approximately 24 times Alberta's total installed generating capacity in 2019.[73]

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Hydroelectric

List of all hydroelectric power stations power plants in Alberta. More than 11,500 MW of hydroelectric potential remains untapped.[75]

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Wind

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Solar

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Storage

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Battery

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Flow battery

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Pumped hydroelectric

List of all pumped hydroelectric storage plants in Alberta.

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Geomechanical pumped

List of all geomechanical pumped storage plants in Alberta.

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Historical

  Decommissioned facilities (year)

Coal

Partial list of retired coal power plants in Alberta. There are no active coal generating stations in Alberta.

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Notes

  1. Stalled as of June 2020 yet still on track; see row references for more information (official update).
  2. Off-grid.
  3. Initially 75 MW; expandable to 400 MW.
  4. Pump-back expansion of existing hydroelectric dam site.

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