List of generating stations in Alberta

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

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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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Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
Alberta Power Project – Burdett	Burdett	7	2001	Maxim Power	^[5]
Alberta Power Project – Coaldale	Coaldale	6	2001	Maxim Power
Alberta Power Project – Taber	Taber	8	2001	Maxim Power
Aurora Generating Station	Aurora	85	1999	Syncrude	^[6]
Balzac Power Station Nexen Inc	Balzac	120	2001	CNOOC	^[7]
Battle River Generating Station unit 4	Forestburg	155	2022	Heartland Generation	^[8]
Battle River Generating Station unit 5	Forestburg	385	2021	Heartland Generation	^[8]
Bear Creek Gas Turbine 1	Grande Prairie	64	2002	TransCanada	^[9]
Bellshill Power Centre	Galahad	5.6	2015	Genalta Power	^[10]
Cadotte Power Centre	Peace River	20	2012	Genalta Power	^[11]
Calgary Energy Centre	Calgary	320	2002	Enmax	^[12]
Carseland Power Plant	Carseland	95	2001	TransCanada
Carson Creek Power Centre	Whitecourt	15	2014	Genalta Power	^[13]
Cascade Generating Station	Yellowhead County	900	2024	Kineticor Resource Corp	^[14]^[15]
Cavalier Generating Station	Strathmore	120	2001	Enmax
Clover Bar Energy Centre	Edmonton	250	2008	Capital Power	^[16]
Cold Lake	Cold Lake	168	2002	Imperial Oil
Crossfield Energy Centre	Rocky View	144	2009	Enmax	^[17]
Drywood	Drywood	6	2000	TransAlta
Empress Cogeneration Power Facility	Cypress County	45	2022	Pembina Pipeline	^[18]
Fort Saskatchewan Cogeneration Plant	Fort Saskatchewan	118	1999	Strongwater Energy, TransAlta	^[19]
Foster Creek Cogeneration	Bonnyville	98	2003	Cenovus
Genesee Generating Station	Leduc County	1398	1994	Capital Power	^[20]^[21]
Harvest Operations Gas Fired Power Plant	Flagstaff County	5.6	202x	Harvest Operations Corp.	^[22]
Heartland Petrochemical Complex	Strathcona County	116	2021	Inter Pipeline Ltd.	^[23]
H. R. Milner Generating Station	Grande Cache	300	2020	Milner Power	^[24]
Joffre Cogeneration Plant	Red Deer	474	2000	Capital Power Corporation, NOVA Chemicals, Heartland Generation	^[25]
Judy Creek Power Centre	Whitecourt	15	2014	Genalta Power	^[26]
Kaybob South #3 Cogeneration Plant	Greenview County	40	2022	TransAlta, SemCAMS	^[27]
Keephills Generating Station	Duffield	861	1983	TransAlta	^[28]^[29]
MacKay River Power Plant	Fort McMurray	207	2003	TransCanada
Mazeppa Gas Plant	Mazeppa	17		MFC Resource Partnership
Medicine Hat Generating Station	Medicine Hat	299	1910	City of Medicine Hat
Muskeg River Mine Cogeneration Station	57°18′0″N 111°30′0″W	172	2002	Heartland Generation	^[30]^[31]
Northern Prairie Power Project	Grande Prairie	105	2008	Constellation Energy	^[32]
Peace River Power Centre	Peace River	20	2015	Genalta Power	^[33]^[34]
Poplar Creek Cogeneration Plant	Fort McMurray	376	2001	TransAlta
Poplar Hill Generating Plant	Grande Prairie 55°20′20″N 119°13′07″W	48	1999	Heartland Generation	^[35]
Primrose Cogeneration Plant	Primrose	100	1998	Canadian Natural resources, Heartland Generation	^[36]
Rainbow Lake Generating Station	Rainbow Lake	97	1968–2001	Heartland Generation, Husky Oil	^[37]^[38]
Redwater Cogeneration	Redwater	92	2001	TransCanada
Scotford Air Liquide	Fort Saskatchewan	106	2000	Air Liquide Canada
Scotford Cogeneration Plant	Fort Saskatchewan	195	2003	Heartland Generation	^[39]
Sheerness Generating Station	Hanna	800	1986–1990	Heartland Generation, TransAlta	^[40]^[41]
Shepard Energy Centre	Calgary	868	2015	ENMAX, Capital Power	^[42]
Sturgeon Generating Plant	Valleyview	18	1957–1961	ATCO Power	^[43]
Sundance Power Station unit 4	53°30′27″N 114°33′26″W	113	2021	TransAlta	^[44]
Sundance Generating Station	Wabamun	401	1980	TransAlta	^[45]
Three Creeks Power Plant	Peace No. 135	100	202x	Kineticor Resource Corp.	^[46]
University of Alberta Heating Plant	University of Alberta	39.7	1994–2000	University of Alberta	^[47]
University of Calgary Central Heating and Cooling Plant	University of Calgary	12	2011	University of Calgary	^[48]^[49]
Valleyview Generating Station	Valleyview	100	2001–2008	Heartland Generation	^[50]

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Type	Ref
Alberta Pacific Forest (AFG1)	Athabasca	131	1993–2012	Alberta Pacific Forest	Biomass	^[51]
Bonnybrook (BON1)	Calgary	10	2021	City of Calgary	Biomass	^[52]^[53]
Bear Creek 2 (BCR2)	Grande Prairie	36	2002	TransCanada	Biomass+waste heat	^[54]
Cancarb Waste Heat Recovery Plant (CCMH)	Medicine Hat	42	2000	Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd.	Waste heat	^[55]
Clover Bar Landfill Gas	Edmonton	5	2005	Capital Power	Biogas	^[56]
DAI1 Daishowa (DAI1) Peace River Pulp Mill	Peace River	69	1990	Daishowa-Marubeni International	Biomass	^[57]^[58]
Gold Creek Generation Facility (GOC1)	54°49′59″N 118°39′10″W	5	1999	Maxim Power	Waste heat	^[59]
Grande Prairie EcoPower (GPEC)	Grande Prairie	18	2005	Canadian Forest Products Ltd.	Biomass	^[60]
NRGreen (NRG3)	Whitecourt	16	2015	NRGreen Power Limited Partnership	Waste heat	^[61]
Slave Lake (SLP1)	Slave Lake	9	2016	West Fraser Mills Ltd.	Biomass	^[62]^[63]
Weldwood #1 (WWD1) Hinton Pulp Units 1 & 2	Hinton	50	1985–2011	West Fraser Timber	Biomass	^[64]
Westlock (WST1) Dapp Biomass Project	Dapp	16	1999	Fortistar	Biomass	^[65]^[66]
Weyerhaeuser (WEY1) Grande Prairie Pulp Mill	Grande Prairie	48	2011	International Paper Canada Pulp Holdings	Biomass
Whitecourt Power (EAGL)	Whitecourt	25	1994	Macquarie Power & Infrastructure	Biomass	^[67]
Judy Creek ORC	Swan Hills	2.2	2012	Genalta Power	Waste Heat	^[68]
Valley Power	Drayton Valley	12	1996	Algonquin Power	Biomass	^[69]
Wheatland BioFuel Facility	Wheatland County	1	2022	Carbon Clean Energy Inc.	Biogas	^[70]
East Calgary Landfill Gas to Electricity Facility	Calgary	1	2023	City of Calgary	Biogas	^[71]

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
Amisk Hydroelectric Project	55°58′47.1″N 118°48′37.2″W	370	20xx^{[note 1]}	Concord Green Energy	^[75]^[76]
Barrier Hydroelectric Dam	51°02′03.4″N 115°02′27.5″W	13	1947	TransAlta	^[77]
Bearspaw Hydroelectric Dam	51°06′03.5″N 114°16′57.6″W	17	1954	TransAlta	^[78]
Belly River Hydroelectric Dam	49°18′54.0″N 113°34′27.5″W	3	1991	TransAlta	^[79]
Bighorn Dam	52°18′32″N 116°19′45″W	120	1972	TransAlta	^[80]
Brazeau Hydroelectric Dam	52°57′59″N 115°34′44″W	355	1965	TransAlta	^[81]
Cascade Hydroelectric	51°12′00.9″N 115°30′07.7″W	36	1942	TransAlta	^[82]
Chin Reservoir Station	Chin	11.4	1994	Irrican Power	^[83]
Dickson Dam	52°03′06″N 114°13′07″W	15	1992	Algonquin Power	^[84]
Drop 4, 5, and 6 Hydroelectric Plant	Raymond	6.9	2004	Irrican Power
Ghost Hydroelectric Dam	51°13′07.2″N 114°42′26.9″W	51	1929	TransAlta	^[85]
Horseshoe Hydroelectric Dam	51°07′03.5″N 115°02′07″W	14	1911	TransAlta	^[86]
Interlakes Hydroelectric Dam	50°38′00.4″N 115°08′21.1″W	5	1955	TransAlta	^[87]
Kananaskis Hydroelectric Dam	51°05′49.4″N 115°03′29.8″W	19	1913	TransAlta	^[88]
Oldman River Hydroelectric Plant	49°33′39.0″N 113°53′45.0″W	32	2003	ATCO Power	^[89]
Pocaterra Hydroelectric Dam	50°41′57.6″N 115°07′09.9″W	15	1955	TransAlta	^[90]
Raymond Reservoir Generating Station	Raymond	25.9	1994	Irrican Power	^[91]
Rundle Hydroelectric Dam	51°05′19.3″N 115°22′23.9″W	50	1951	TransAlta	^[92]
Spray Hydroelectric Dam	51°04′28.1″N 115°24′07.8″W	103	1951	TransAlta	^[93]
St. Mary Hydroelectric Dam	49°21′59.5″N 113°06′31.6″W	2	1992	TransAlta	^[94]
Taylor Hydroelectric Dam	Magrath	13	2000	TransAlta	^[95]
Three Sisters Hydroelectric Dam	50°59′54.7″N 115°22′30.0″W	3	1951	TransAlta	^[96]
Waterton Hydroelectric Dam	49°19′44.6″N 113°40′22.2″W	3	1992	TransAlta	^[97]

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
Ardenville Wind Farm (ARD1)	Fort Macleod	66	2010	TransAlta	^[98]^[99]
Blackspring Ridge (BSR1)	Vulcan County	300	2014	EDF Renewables, Enbridge	^[100]^[101]
Blue Trail (BTR1)	Fort Macleod	66	2009	TransAlta	^[102]
Buffalo Atlee (BFL1)	Special Area No. 2	18	2023	Capstone Infrastructure	^[103]^[104]
Buffalo Atlee (BFL2)	Special Area No. 2	18	2023	Capstone Infrastructure	^[103]^[104]
Buffalo Atlee (BFL3)	Special Area No. 2	18	2023	Capstone Infrastructure	^[103]^[104]
Buffalo Atlee (BFL4)	Special Area No. 2	18	2023	Capstone Infrastructure	^[103]^[104]
Buffalo Plains Wind Farm (BPW1)	Lomond	466	2024	Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners	^[105]
Bull Creek (BUL1 and BUL2)	Provost	29	2015	BluEarth Renewables	^[106]
Castle River (CR1)	Pincher Creek	44	2000	TransAlta	^[107]
Castle Rock Wind Farm (CRR1)	Drumheller	77	2012	Enel	^[98]
Castle Rock Ridge 2 (CRR2)	Pincher Creek	29	2020	Enel Green Power	^[108]
Chin Chute (SCR3)	Taber	30	2006	Acciona, Enbridge, Suncor Energy	^[109]^[110]
Cowley Ridge (CRE3)	Cowley	20	2001	TransAlta	^[111]
Cypress 1 (CYP1) Cypress Wind Power Project	Forty Mile	196	2023	EDF Renewables	^[112]^[113]
Cypress 2 (CYP2)	Forty Mile	46	2023	EDF Renewables	^[112]^[113]
Forty Mile Bow Island (FRM1)	Forty Mile	266	2024	RES	^[114]^[115]^[116]
Forty Mile Granlea (FMG1)	Forty Mile	220	2022	ATCO	^[117]
Garden Plain (GDP1) Garden Plain	County of Paintearth No. 18	130	2023	TransAlta	^[118]
Ghost Pine Wind Energy Centre (NEP1)	Drumheller	82	2010	NextEra	^[119]
Grizzly Bear Creek (GRZ1) Grizzly Bear Wind Power Project	Minburn County No. 27	152	2023	Enel Green Power	^[120]
Halkirk (HAL1)	Halkirk	150	2012	Capital Power	^[121]
Halkirk Wind Project Phase 2 (HAL2)	Paintearth County No. 18	126	2024	CapitalPower	^[122]^[123]
Hand Hills (HHW1) Hand Hills	Starland County	145	2023	BluEarth Renewables	^[124]
Hilda Wind (HLD1) Hilda Wind	Cypress County	100	2023	RES Canada	^[125]
Jenner 1 (JNR1) Jenner Wind Project (Phase 1)	Special Area No. 2	122	2023	Potentia Renewables Inc.	^[126]^[127]
Jenner 2 (JNR2) Jenner Wind Project (Phase 2)	Special Area No. 2	71	2023	Potentia Renewables Inc.	^[126]^[128]
Jenner 3 (JNR3) Jenner Wind Project (Phase 3)	Special Area No. 2	109	2023	Potentia Renewables Inc.	^[126]^[129]
Kettles Hill (KHW1)	Pincher Creek	63	2006	Enmax	^[130]
Lanfine Wind (LAN1)	Special Area No. 3	151.2	2023	Pattern Energy	^[131]^[132]
Macleod Flats	Fort Macleod	3	2004	TransAlta	^[133]
Magrath (SCR2)	Magrath	30	2004	Acciona, Enbridge, Suncor Energy	^[109]^[110]
McBride Lake (AKE1)	Fort Macleod	75	2003	Enmax, TransAlta	^[134]^[135]
Oldman River Wind Project	Pincher Creek	3.6	2007	Alberta Wind Energy Corporation	^[136]
Oldman 2 (OWF1)	Pincher Creek	46	2014	Mainstream Renewable Power	^[137]
Paintearth Wind Project (PAW1)	Special Area No. 18	198	2023	Potentia Renewables Inc.	^[138]
Rattlesnake Ridge (RTL1)	Whitla	130	2022	Berkshire Hathaway Energy Canada	^[139]
Riverview (RIV1)	Pincher Creek	105	2020	Enel Green Power	^[140]
Sharp Hills (SHH1)	Special Area 3	297.1	2023	EDP Renewables	^[141]^[142]
Sinnott	Cowley	7	2001	TransAlta	^[143]
Soderglen (GWW1)	Fort Macleod	70.5	2006	Nexen, TransAlta	^[144]
Stirling Wind Phase 1 (SWP1)	Warner County No. 5	113	2023	Greengate Power Corporation	^[145]^[146]
Summerview 1 (IEW1)	Pincher Creek	70	2004	TransAlta	^[147]
Summerview 2 (IEW2)	Pincher Creek	66	2010	TransAlta	^[148]
Taber Wind Farm (TAB1)	Taber	80	2007	Enmax	^[149]
Whitla Wind 1 (WHT1)	Forty Mile	202	2019	Capital Power	^[150]
Whitla Wind 2 (WHT2)	Forty Mile	151	2021	Capital Power	^[151]
Windrise (WRW1)	Fort Macleod	206.4	2021	TransAlta	^[152]
Wild Rose 2	Cypress County	192	2024	Capstone Infrastructure	^[153]
Winnifred Wind Project (WIN1)	Forty Mile	136	2024	Enerfin Energy	^[154]
Wheatland (WHE1)	Wheatland County	122.4	2022	Greengate Power Corporation	^[155]
Wintering Hills Wind Farm (SCR4)	Drumheller	88	2011	Suncor	^[156]
Buffalo Trail North Wind Project	Cypress County	200	2028	ENGIE Development Canada LP	^[157]
Forty Mile Wind Project Phase 2	Forty Mile	119.7	Q3 2025	RES	^[114]^[115]
Northern Valley Wind Project	Two Hills County No. 21	75	2024	Elemental Energy	^[158]^[159]
Bull Trail Wind	Cypress County	270	2026	EDF Renewables	^[160]

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
Barlow Solar (BLS1) Barlow Solar Park	Calgary	31	2023	DP Energy	^[161]
Big Sky Solar (ACD1)	Acadia No. 34	140	2024	RES	^[162]
Brooks Solar (BSC1)	Brooks	15	2017	Elemental Energy	^[163]
Brooks Solar 1 (BRK1) Brooks Solar II Project	Brooks	13	2022	Elemental Energy	^[164]
Brooks Solar 2 (BRK2) Brooks Solar II Project	Brooks	14	2022	Elemental Energy	^[164]
Burdett (BRD1) Alberta Solar One Project	Burdett	10.5	2021	Enbridge, Morgan Solar Inc	^[165]^[166]
Burdett Solar (BUR1)	Burdett	20	2021	BluEarth Renewables	^[167]
Chappice Lake (CHP1) Chappice Lake Solar Storage Project	Cypress County	14	2023	Elemental Energy	^[168]^[169]
Claresholm 1 (CLR1) Claresholm Solar Project	Claresholm	58	2021	Capstone Infrastructure	^[170]^[171]
Claresholm 2 (CLR2) Claresholm Solar Project	Claresholm	75	2021	Capstone Infrastructure	^[170]^[171]
Clydesdale 1 (CLY1) Clydesdale Solar Project	Municipal District of Taber	41	2022	Capital Power	^[172]
Clydesdale 2 (CLY2) Clydesdale Solar Project	Municipal District of Taber	34	2022	Capital Power	^[172]
Coaldale (COL1) Coaldale Solar Project	Lethbridge County	23	2022	ACFN, Concord Coaldale Partnership	^[173]^[174]
Conrad 1 (CRD1) Wrentham Solar Project	Wrentham	23	2023	Solar Krafte	^[175]
Conrad 2 (CRD2) Wrentham Solar Project	Wrentham	18	2023	Solar Krafte	^[175]
Deerfoot Solar Park (DFT1)	Calgary	41	2023	DP Energy	^[176]^[177]
East Strathmore Namaka (NMK1) East Strathmore Solar Project	Wheatland County	20.5	2022	Elemental Energy	^[178]
Empress (EMP1)	Empress	39	2023	Achernar GP Ltd	^[179]
Fox Coulée Solar Project (FCS1)	Starland County	80	2023	Neoen \ Subra LP	^[180]^[181]
Fox Coulée Solar Project (FCS1)	Starland County	80	2023	Neoen \ Subra LP	^[182]^[183]
Gleichen Solar (GLE1)	Strathcona County	13	2025	Tiu Canada Solar Project Ltd	^[184]
Hull (HUL1) Prairie Sunlight II Project	Vauxhall	25	2020	Solar Krafte Utilities	^[185]
Innisfail (INF1) Innisfail Solar	Innisfail	22	2020	Elemental Energy	^[186]
Jenner (JER1) Canadian Solar Solutions Project	Jenner	23	2021	BluEarth Renewables	^[187]^[188]
Joffre Solar 1 (JFS1)	Joffre	25	2023	PACE Canada LP	^[189]^[190]
Joffre Solar 2 (JFS2)	Joffre	22	2023	PACE Canada LP	^[189]^[191]
kisikaw-pisim 1 (KKP1) kīsikāw pīsim Project	Edmonton	7	2022	Epcor	^[192]^[193]
kisikaw-pisim 2 (KKP2) kīsikāw pīsim Project	Edmonton	7	2022	Epcor	^[192]^[193]
Kneehill Solar (TRH1) Kneehill Solar Generation Facility	Kneehill County	25	2023	Capstone Infrastructure	^[194]
Lethbridge Solar (CLD1)	Lethbridge	9	2024	Lethbridge One Solar Corp	^[195]
Michichi Creek (MCH1) Drumheller Solar and Battery Storage Project	Drumheller	14	2023	Concord Green Energy	^[196]^[197]
Michichi Solar (MIC1) Michichi Solar Generation Facility	Starland County	25	2023	Capstone Infrastructure	^[198]
Monarch (MON1) Monarch Solar	Lethbridge County	24	2022	Concord Coaldale Partnership	^[199]
Saddlebrook Solar Project (SDL1)	Foothills County	81	2023	TC Energy Corporation	^[200]
Scottford Refinery Solar Farm^{[note 2]}	Strathcona County	58	2023	Silicon Ranch	^[201]^[202]
Sollair Solar Energy Plant (SCR1)	Airdrie	75	2024	General Land and Power	^[203]^[204]
Spring Coulee Solar (SGC1)	Spring Coulee	30	2023	Solar Krafte	^[205]
Strathmore 1 (STR1) Strathmore Solar	Strathmore	18	2022	Capital Power	^[206]
Strathmore 2 (STR2) Strathmore Solar	Strathmore	23	2022	Capital Power	^[206]
Stavely (STV1)	Stavely	17	2023	Concord Stavely Partnership	^[207]
Suffield (SUF1) Suffield Solar	Suffield	23	2020	Suffield Solar GP Inc.	^[208]
Three Nations Energy Solar Farm	Fort Chipewyan^{[note 2]}	2.2	2020	Three Nations Energy (joint venture)	^[209]
Travers (TVS1) Travers Solar Project	Vulcan County	465	2022	Greengate Power	^[210]
Vauxhall (VXH1) Prairie Sunlight III Project	Taber	22	2020	Solar Krafte Utilities	^[211]
Vulcan (VCN1)	Vulcan County	22	2022	EDP Renewables	^[212]
Westfield Yellow Lake (WEF1) Yellow Lake Solar	Forty Mile	19	2021	BluEarth Renewables	^[213]
Wheatcrest Solar Project (WCR1)	Taber	50	2023	BluEarth Renewables	^[214]
Youngstown Solar (YNG1)	Youngstown	6	2023	PACE Canada LP	^[215]^[216]

List of generating stations in Alberta

Fossil fuel

Natural gas

Renewable

Biomass, biogas, and waste heat recovery

Geothermal

Hydroelectric

Wind

Solar

Storage

Battery

Flow battery

Pumped hydroelectric

Geomechanical pumped

Historical

Coal

See also

Notes

References

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Name	Location	Power Capacity (MW)	Energy Capacity (MWh)	Date	Owner	Ref
eReserve1 Rycroft (ERV1)	Spirit River	20	35	2020	Teric Power Ltd	^[217]
eReserve2 Buffalo Creek (ERV2)	Wainwright	20	35	2021	Teric Power Ltd	^[218]
eReserve3 Mercer Hill (ERV3)	Grande Prairie	20	35	2022	Teric Power Ltd	^[219]
eReserve4 (ERV4)	Hardisty	20	35	2023	TERIC Power Ltd	^[220]
eReserve5 Hughenden (ERV5)	Hughenden	20	35	January 16, 2023	TERIC Power Ltd	^[221]
eReserve6 (ERV6)	Hardisty	20	35	2023	TERIC Power Ltd	^[220]
eReserve7 (ERV7)	Wapiti	20	20	2023		^[222]
eReserve8 (ERV8)	Wapiti	20	20	2023		^[223]
eReserve9 (ERV9)	Hythe	20	20	2023		^[224]
Summerview (SUM1) WindCharger	Pincher Creek	10	20	2020	TransAlta	^[225]
Whitla Storage Project	Whitla	200	2400	202x	Teric Power Ltd	^[226]