Battle River Generating Station is a
natural gas-fired power station owned by Heartland Generation, located near
Forestburg, Alberta
Forestburg is a village located in east-central Alberta, Canada. The rich farmland of the area was first settled in 1905. Soon after the first of many "gopher hole" mines, homesteaders were soon coal mining on the banks of the Battle River in 1 ...
, Canada. Formerly a
coal-fired power station
A coal-fired power station or coal power plant is a thermal power station which burns coal to generate electricity. Worldwide, there are about 8,500 coal-fired power stations totaling over 2,000 gigawatts Nameplate capacity, capacity. They ...
, the generating station transitioned off coal in 2021. Coal is provided by the Forestburg Collieries operated by West Moreland Coal, while natural gas is supplied by the Pembina Keephills Transmission pipeline.
Description
Units 1 and 2 were 32 MW coal-fired generating units that operated from 1954 until their retirement in 2000. Unit 3 supplied by Combustion Engineering and was commissioned late 1968 to early 1969 retired on December 31, 2019. Unit 3 was a 149 MW coal-fired unit that operated until its retirement on 31 December 2019. Unit 4 is a 155 MW unit that operates using 50% coal and 50% natural gas. Unit 5 is a 385 MW gas fired steam unit. Unit 4 is a candidate for future conversion to 100% natural gas.
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The plant also features two large smokestacks, 161 m (528 ft) and 137 m (450 ft) in height.
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See also
* List of power stations in Canada
Canada is home to a wide variety of power stations (or generating stations). The lists below outline power stations of significance by type, or by the province/territory in which they reside.
By type
The following pages lists the power stations ...
* List of tallest structures in Canada
* Coal in Canada
* Natural gas in Canada
References
Coal-fired power stations in Alberta
County of Paintearth No. 18
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