Location Genesee, Alberta Commission date 1989 Type Steam turbine Owner Capital Power Corporation Units operational 3 | Status Active Primary fuel Coal Feeding mines open pit Province Alberta | |
Address Warburg, AB T0C 2T0, Canada People also search for Battle River Generating Station, Sundance Power Station, Keephills Generating Station | ||
Genesee Generating Station is a coal fired station owned by Capital Power Corporation, located near Genesee, Alberta, Canada; 60 minutes southwest of Edmonton, Alberta. Fuel is provided by the nearby coal mine, a joint venture of EPCOR and Westmoreland Prairie Resources. The Genesee cooling pond, is an artificial pond covering 735 hectares (1,820 acres). The pond is topped up with water from the North Saskatchewan River.
The station consists of 3 units.
Description
The Poplar River Power Station consists of:
The boilers are supplied by CE, and Hitachi while the turbines/generator are supplied by GEC and Hitachi. The plant has two smokestacks, one 138 m (453 ft) tall, the other 121 m (397 ft) tall.
References
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