Sundance Power Station
Encyclopedia
Sundance Power Station is a coal fired station
owned by TransAlta
Corp., located 70 km west of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
on Lake Wabamun. It comprised six units (two 280MW units and four larger units); both 280MW units were taken out of service in mid-December 2010 and determined to be beyond economic repair .
Units 1 and 2 operated under a 100% power purchase agreement with Alberta, known as 'Sundance A'. In August 2000 TransCanada purchased the rights to the production from Sundance A and B. Coal for the station is sourced from the TransAlta
Highvale Coal Mine that is adjacent to the power station.
Unit Commissioning dates consist of:
The boilers are supplied by Combustion Engineering
and the turbines/generator are supplied by AEI, GEC, or EE
.
It is by far the largest producer of greenhouse gases in Canada.
Fossil fuel power plant
A fossil-fuel power station is a power station that burns fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas or petroleum to produce electricity. Central station fossil-fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation...
owned by TransAlta
TransAlta
TransAlta Corporation is a power generation and wholesale marketing company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.TransAlta maintains a low-to-moderate risk profile by operating a highly contracted portfolio of assets in Canada, the United States and Australia...
Corp., located 70 km west of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
on Lake Wabamun. It comprised six units (two 280MW units and four larger units); both 280MW units were taken out of service in mid-December 2010 and determined to be beyond economic repair .
Units 1 and 2 operated under a 100% power purchase agreement with Alberta, known as 'Sundance A'. In August 2000 TransCanada purchased the rights to the production from Sundance A and B. Coal for the station is sourced from the TransAlta
TransAlta
TransAlta Corporation is a power generation and wholesale marketing company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.TransAlta maintains a low-to-moderate risk profile by operating a highly contracted portfolio of assets in Canada, the United States and Australia...
Highvale Coal Mine that is adjacent to the power station.
Description
The Sundance Power Station consists of six units, of which four were upgraded during the 2001-2012 period. Several units went through upgrades in 2009.Unit Commissioning dates consist of:
- Unit 1 - 1970;
- Unit 2 - 1973;
- Unit 3 - 1976;
- Unit 4 - 1977.
The boilers are supplied by Combustion Engineering
Combustion Engineering
Combustion Engineering was an American engineering firm and leading firm in the development of power systems in the United States with approximately 30,000 employees in about a dozen states at its peak. Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, C-E owned over two dozen other companies including...
and the turbines/generator are supplied by AEI, GEC, or EE
English Electric
English Electric was a British industrial manufacturer. Founded in 1918, it initially specialised in industrial electric motors and transformers...
.
It is by far the largest producer of greenhouse gases in Canada.