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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.
As of August 2021, there were about 3,000 electric vehicles in Calgary. [8] As of January 2022, there were about 200 public charging stations in the city. [9]In a 2022 poll conducted by the Alberta Motor Association, 31% of respondents in Calgary were interested in buying an electric vehicle.
The NGV fleet is made up mostly of transit buses, but there are also some government fleet cars and vans, as well as an increasing number of corporate trucks replacing diesel versions, most notably Waste Management, Inc and UPS trucks. As of 12-Dec-2013, Waste Management has a fleet of 2000 CNG Collection trucks; as of 12-Dec-2013, UPS has 2700 ...
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 ...
ATCO Ltd., operating as the ATCO Group, is a publicly-traded Canadian engineering, logistics and energy holding company based in Calgary, Alberta. ATCO's subsidiaries include electric utilities, natural gas production and distribution companies, and construction companies. ATCO focuses on the energy transition front, notably on the hydrogen ...