Genesee Generating Station

Genesee Generating Station is a coal fired station owned by Capital Power Corporation and TransAlta Corporation, located near Genesee, Alberta, Canada; 71 km (44 miles) 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.

Genesee Generating Station
Country
  • Canada
LocationGenesee, Alberta
Coordinates53.343°N 114.303°W / 53.343; -114.303
StatusOperational
Commission date1989 (G2), 1994 (G1), 2005 (G3)
Owner(s)Capital Power (100% of G1 & G2, 50% of G3), TransAlta (50% of G3)
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal (81%) [1]
Natural gas (19%)
Turbine technologySteam turbine
Cooling sourceGenesee cooling pond
Power generation
Units operational2 × 430 MW subcritical coal-fired steam
1 × 516 MW supercritical coal-fired steam
Units planned2 × 530 MW combined cycle gas turbines (both 50% Capital Power Corporation, 50% ENMAX Corporation)
Nameplate capacity1,376 MW

The station consists of three units.

Description

The Genesee Generating Station consists of:[2][3]

  • G1 - one 390 net MW unit (commissioned in May 1994)
  • G2 - one 390 net MW unit (commissioned in October 1989)
  • G3 - one 490 net MW unit (commissioned in March 2005)

The boilers were supplied by Combustion Engineering/Hitachi while the turbines/generator are supplied by GEC/Hitachi.[4] The plant has two smokestacks, one 138 m (453 ft) tall, the other 121 m (397 ft) tall.[5]

Conversion to natural gas

On 18 June 2019, Capital Power announced plans to expand the "duel-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. Unit 2 will be converted by mid-2020 and unit 1 by spring 2021. Unit 3 will be converted to a 60/40 ratio of coal to natural gas by spring 2021 and will be converted to a 50/50 ratio at a later date.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Capital Power commits to gas co-firing at Genesee plant". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  2. "Presentation on G3" (PDF). Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  4. Coal Fired Power Plants in Canada - Power Plants Around the World Archived 5 December 2012 at Archive.today
  5. "Environment and Climate Change Canada - NPRI Data Search". ec.gc.ca. Retrieved 13 November 2018.


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