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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.
The Travers Solar Project is a photovoltaic power station in Vulcan County, Alberta. After first production in March 2022, it became the largest photovoltaic power station in Canada [ 2 ] with a nameplate capacity of 465 MW AC .
The approval process for transmission projects was also streamlined, and for the first time in Ontario, the bill enacted standards for renewable energy projects. Home owners had access to incentives to develop small-scale renewables such as low or no-interest loans to finance the capital cost of renewable energy generating facilities like solar ...
Energy Alberta Corporation was created in 2005 with a concept to provide nuclear power to the energy-intensive development of the oil sands resources in northern Alberta, Canada. The company was founded by Hank Swartout, CEO of Precision Drilling Corporation , and Wayne Henuset, co-owner of Willow Park Wines and Spirits in Calgary , Alberta.
Glendale Solar Project Ontario: South Glengarry 10 Northland Power 2014 [16] Grand Renewable Solar Project Ontario: 100 Samsung C&T, CCLI, SNGRDC: 2015 [17] [18] Kingston Solar Project Ontario: Kingston 100 Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. 2015 [19]
The MATL project, which was placed in service the fall of 2013, supports ongoing development of a rich wind-powered generation resource and allows electrical energy to flow in both directions. The transmission line is 210 miles (345 km) long and runs between the Lethbridge, Alberta area and the Great Falls, Montana area.
Five times the size of Paris. Visible from space. The world’s biggest energy plant. Enough electricity to power Switzerland. The scale of the project transforming swathes of barren salt desert ...
In 2015 the Alberta Utility Commission ruled that TransAlta manipulated the price of electricity when it took outages at its Alberta coal-fired generating units in late 2010 and early 2011. [ 11 ] In 2016, it was revealed that TransAlta gave $54,000 to University of Alberta professor Warren Kindzierski to research the health impacts of coal ...