Wabamun Generating Station
Encyclopedia
Wabamun Generating Station was a coal
fired plant owned by TransAlta
, located next to the village of Wabamun, Alberta
. The stations primary source of fuel was sub bituminous from the Whitewood mine
. Unit 3 was retired in 2002; Unit 1 and 2 on December 31, 2004 and 4 in on March 31, 2010. On August 11, 2011, the main building was leveled by a controlled implosion. Future plans for the site include high rise condos and a waterfront.
Decommissioned in 2010 with the smoke stacks demolished in March 2011.
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
fired plant 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...
, located next to the village of Wabamun, Alberta
Wabamun, Alberta
Wabamun is a village located west of Edmonton in central Alberta, Canada.- Demographics :The population of the Village of Wabamun according to its 2009 municipal census is 662....
. The stations primary source of fuel was sub bituminous from the Whitewood mine
Whitewood mine
Whitewood is an Albertan coal mine located just north of Lake Wabamun, about sixty-five kilometres west of Edmonton, Alberta. Owned by the TransAlta Corporation of Calgary, the mine has been run by Luscar Ltd. since that company acquired the extraction contract from Fording Coal Ltd...
. Unit 3 was retired in 2002; Unit 1 and 2 on December 31, 2004 and 4 in on March 31, 2010. On August 11, 2011, the main building was leveled by a controlled implosion. Future plans for the site include high rise condos and a waterfront.
Description
The plant consists of:- Unit 1 from Babcock and WilcoxBabcock and WilcoxThe Babcock & Wilcox Company is a U.S.-based company that provides design, engineering, manufacturing, construction and facilities management services to nuclear, renewable, fossil power, industrial and government customers worldwide. B&W's boilers supply more than 300,000 megawatts of installed...
at 66 MW (commissioned in 1958) - Unit 2 from Babcock and Wilcox at 66 MW (commissioned in 1956)
- Unit 3 from Combustion EngineeringCombustion EngineeringCombustion 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...
at 150 (commissioned in 1962) - Unit 4 from Combustion EngineeringCombustion EngineeringCombustion 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...
at 300 (commissioned in 1968)
Decommissioned in 2010 with the smoke stacks demolished in March 2011.