Genesee Generating Station
Genesee Generating Station is a coal fired station owned by Capital Power 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 | |
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| Country |
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| Location | Genesee, Alberta |
| Coordinates | 53.343°N 114.303°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1989 (G2), 1994 (G1), 2005 (G3) |
| Owner(s) | Capital Power |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal (81%) [1] Natural gas (19%) |
| Turbine technology | Steam turbine |
| Cooling source | Genesee cooling pond |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 2 × 430 MW subcritical coal-fired steam 1 × 516 MW supercritical coal-fired steam |
| Units planned | 2 × 530 MW combined cycle gas turbines (both 50% Capital Power Corporation, 50% ENMAX Corporation) |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,376 MW |
The station consists of three units.
Description
The Genesee Generating Station consists of:[2][3]
- 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/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
- "Capital Power commits to gas co-firing at Genesee plant". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- "Presentation on G3" (PDF). Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- Coal Fired Power Plants in Canada - Power Plants Around the World Archived 5 December 2012 at Archive.today
- "Environment and Climate Change Canada - NPRI Data Search". ec.gc.ca. Retrieved 13 November 2018.