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Genesee Generating Station is a
thermal power station A thermal power station, also known as a thermal power plant, is a type of power station in which the heat energy generated from various fuel sources (e.g., coal, natural gas, nuclear fuel, etc.) is converted to electrical energy. The heat ...
owned by
Capital Power Corporation Capital Power is a Canadian independent power generation company based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It develops, acquires, owns and operates power generation facilities using a variety of energy sources. History The company history dates back t ...
, located near Genesee, Alberta, Canada; 71 km (44 miles) southwest of
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, Alberta. The
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covers . The pond is topped up with water from the
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. As of June 18, 2024, all units are now 100% natural gas-fueled. The station consists of three units.


Description

The Genesee Generating Station consists of: * G1 - one 400 net MW unit (commissioned in May 1994) * G2 - one 400 net MW unit (commissioned in October 1989) * G3 - one 466 net MW unit (commissioned in March 2005) The boilers were supplied by
Combustion Engineering Combustion Engineering (C-E) was a multi-national American-based engineering firm that developed nuclear steam supply power systems in the United States. Originally headquartered in New York City, C-E moved its corporate offices to Stamford, Connec ...
/
Hitachi () is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company is active in various industries, including digital systems, power and renewable ener ...
while the turbines/generator are supplied by GEC/Hitachi. The plant has two smokestacks, one 138 m (453 ft) tall, the other 121 m (397 ft) tall.


Conversion to natural gas

On 18 June 2019,
Capital Power Capital Power is a Canadian independent power generation company based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It develops, acquires, owns and operates power generation facilities using a variety of energy sources. History The company history dates back t ...
announced plans to expand the "dual-fuel" capabilities of all three units to running off 50% coal and 50% natural gas, with the intent to convert the power station to 100% natural gas use by 2030. Capital Power submitted applications in 2020 and received approval from the AUC and AEP in 2021 to convert Units 1 and 2 to Natural Gas Combined Cycle (NGCC) technology. The project also includes addition of a 210 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). Unit 3 was converted to a 60/40 ratio of coal to natural gas in spring 2021 and will be converted to enable 100% gas firing in 2023. According to Capital Power, all units were to be off coal by 2023. The date for units 1 and 2 has since been delayed to 2024. Capital Power announced on May 1st, 2024 that Genesee 1 had been retired and was undergoing a refit to natural gas generation. On June 18, 2024, Capital Power announced that all units are now 100% natural gas-fueled, five years ahead of the Alberta government mandate for the phaseout of coal power.


See also

*
List of largest power stations in Canada This article lists the largest electrical generating stations in Canada in terms of current installed Nameplate capacity, electrical capacity. Non-renewable resource, Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal, fuel oils, Nuclear powe ...
* List of coal-fired power stations in Canada * List of tallest smokestacks in Canada


References

Coal-fired power stations in Alberta Leduc County 1989 establishments in Alberta North Saskatchewan River Energy infrastructure completed in 1989 {{Canada-powerstation-stub