This is a list of electrical generating stations in Alberta, Canada.
Alberta produces a large share of its electricity through natural gas and a decreasing share of its electricity through coal (the latter were to be phased out by 2023, seven years ahead of the provincial and federal phase-out, but the last units have been delayed until 2024). [1] [2] Over the last few years, a booming economy and the deregulation of the electricity market has led to the construction of dozens of new facilities—primarily [3] alternatives ( cogeneration, waste heat recovery) and renewables (e.g. wind, solar, biomass, biogas)—and the retirement of over a dozen coal-fired and older gas-fired units. [3] [4]
List of all coal power plants in Alberta.
Name | Location | Capacity ( MW) | Date | Owner | Ref |
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Genesee Generating Station unit 2 | 53°20′35″N 114°18′11″W / 53.34306°N 114.30306°W | 420 | 1989–1994 | Capital Power | [5] [6] |
Genesee Generating Station unit 3 | 53°20′35″N 114°18′11″W / 53.34306°N 114.30306°W | 466 | 2005 | Capital Power | [7] |
Battle River Generating Station units 1 & 2 | Forestburg | (56) | (1998) | Heartland Generation | [8] |
Keephills Generating Station unit 1 | Duffield | 395 | (2021) | TransAlta | - |
Keephills Generating Station unit 3 | Duffield | 466 | (2021) | Capital Power | [10] |
Sundance Power Station units 4 & 5 | 53°30′27″N 114°33′26″W / 53.50750°N 114.55722°W | 812 | (2021) | TransAlta | [11] |
H. R. Milner Generating Station | Grande Cache | (158) | (2019) | Milner Power | [12] |
Wabamun Generating Station Units 1–4 | Wabamun | (570) | (2003–2010) | TransAlta | [13] |
List of all natural gas power plants in Alberta including cogeneration.
List of all biomass, biogas and waste heat recovery power plants in Alberta.
Name | Location | Capacity ( MW) | Date | Owner | Type | Ref |
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Alberta Pacific Forest (AFG1) | Athabasca | 131 | 1993–2012 | Alberta Pacific Forest | Biomass | [61] |
Bonnybrook (BON1) | Calgary | 10 | 2021 | City of Calgary | Biomass | [62] [63] |
Bear Creek 2 (BCR2) | Grande Prairie | 36 | 2002 | TransCanada | Biomass+Waste Heat | [64] |
Cancarb Waste Heat Recovery Plant (CCMH) | Medicine Hat | 42 | 2000 | Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd. | Waste heat | [65] |
Clover Bar Landfill Gas | Edmonton | 5 | 2005 | Capital Power | Biogas | [66] |
DAI1 Daishowa (DAI1)
Peace River Pulp Mill |
Peace River | 52 | 1990–2012 | Daishowa-Marubeni International | Biomass | [67] |
Gold Creek Generation Facility (GOC1) | 54°49′59″N 118°39′10″W / 54.83306°N 118.65278°W | 5 | 1999 | Maxim Power | Waste heat | [68] |
Grande Prairie EcoPower (GPEC) | Grande Prairie | 18 | 2005 | Canadian Forest Products Ltd. | Biomass | [69] |
NRGreen (NRG3) | Whitecourt | 16 | 2015 | NRGreen Power Limited Partnership | Waste Heat | [70] |
Slave Lake (SLP1) | Slave Lake | 9 | 2016 | West Fraser Mills Ltd. | Biomass | [71] [72] |
Weldwood #1 (WWD1)
Hinton Pulp Units 1 & 2 |
Hinton | 50 | 1985–2011 | West Fraser Timber | Biomass | [73] |
Westlock (WST1)
Dapp Biomass Project |
Dapp | 16 | 1999 | Fortistar | Biomass | [74] [75] |
Weyerhaeuser (WEY1)
Grande Prairie Pulp Mill |
Grande Prairie | 48 | 2011 | International Paper Canada Pulp Holdings | Biomass | |
Whitecourt Power (EAGL) | Whitecourt | 25 | 1994 | Macquarie Power & Infrastructure | Biomass | [76] |
Judy Creek ORC | Swan Hills | 2.2 | 2012 | Genalta Power | Waste Heat | [77] |
Valley Power | Drayton Valley | 12 | 1996 | Algonquin Power | Biomass | [78] |
Wheatland BioFuel Facility | Wheatland County | 1 | 2022 | Carbon Clean Energy Inc. | Biogas | [79] |
East Calgary Landfill Gas to Electricity Facility | Calgary | 1 | 2023 | City of Calgary | Biogas | [80] |
List of all geothermal power stations in Alberta. More than 388,500 MW of geothermal generation potential remains untapped, which is approximately 24 times Alberta's total installed generating capacity in 2019. [81]
Name | Location | Capacity ( MW) | Date | Owner | Ref |
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Greenview Geothermal Power Plant (Alberta No. 1) | Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 | 5 | 2023 | Terrapin Geothermics | [82] |
List of all hydroelectric power stations power plants in Alberta. More than 11,500 MW of hydroelectric potential remains untapped. [83]
List of all wind farms power stations in Alberta.
Name | Location | Capacity ( MW) | Date | Owner | Ref |
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Ardenville Wind Farm (ARD1) | Fort Macleod | 66 | 2010 | TransAlta | [3] [106] |
Blackspring Ridge (BSR1) | Vulcan County | 300 | 2014 | EDF Renewables, Enbridge | [107] [108] |
Blue Trail (BTR1) | Fort Macleod | 66 | 2009 | TransAlta | [109] |
Buffalo Atlee (BFL1) | Special Area No. 2 | 18 | Q4 2023 | Capstone Infrastructure | [110] [111] |
Buffalo Atlee (BFL2) | Special Area No. 2 | 18 | Q4 2023 | Capstone Infrastructure | [110] [111] |
Buffalo Atlee (BFL3) | Special Area No. 2 | 18 | Q4 2023 | Capstone Infrastructure | [110] [111] |
Buffalo Atlee (BFL4) | Special Area No. 2 | 18 | Q4 2023 | Capstone Infrastructure | [110] [111] |
Bull Creek (BUL1 and BUL2) | Provost | 29 | 2015 | BluEarth Renewables | [112] |
Castle River (CR1) | Pincher Creek | 44 | 2000–2001 | TransAlta | [113] |
Castle Rock Wind Farm (CRR1) | Drumheller | 77 | 2012 | Enel | [3] |
Castle Rock Ridge 2 (CRR2) | Pincher Creek | 29 | 2020 | Enel Green Power | [114] |
Chin Chute (SCR3) | Taber | 30 | 2006 | Acciona, Enbridge, Suncor Energy | [115] [116] |
Cowley Ridge (CRE3) | Cowley | 20 | 2001 | TransAlta | [117] |
Cypress 1 (CYP1)
Cypress Wind Power Project |
Forty Mile | 196 | 2023 | EDF Renewables | [118] [119] |
Cypress 2 (CYP2) | Forty Mile | 46 | 2023 | EDF Renewables | [118] [119] |
Forty Mile Granlea (FMG1) | Forty Mile | 202.5 | 2022 | ATCO | [120] |
Garden Plain (GDP1)
Garden Plain |
County of Paintearth No. 18 | 130 | 2023 | TransAlta | [121] |
Ghost Pine Wind Energy Centre (NEP1) | Drumheller | 82 | 2010 | NextEra | [122] |
Grizzly Bear Creek (GRZ1)
Grizzly Bear Wind Power Project |
Minburn County No. 27 | 152 | 2023 | Enel Green Power | [123] |
Halkirk (HAL1) | Halkirk | 150 | 2012 | Capital Power | [124] |
Hand Hills (HHW1)
Hand Hills |
Starland County | 145 | 2023 | BluEarth Renewables | [125] |
Hilda Wind (HLD1)
Hilda Wind |
Cypress County | 100 | 2023 | RES Canada | [126] |
Jenner 1 (JNR1)
Jenner Wind Project (Phase 1) |
Special Area No. 2 | 122 | Q3 2023 | Potentia Renewables Inc. | [127] [128] |
Jenner 2 (JNR2)
Jenner Wind Project (Phase 2) |
Special Area No. 2 | 71 | Q4 2023 | Potentia Renewables Inc. | [127] [129] |
Jenner 3 (JNR3)
Jenner Wind Project (Phase 3) |
Special Area No. 2 | 109 | Q3 2023 | Potentia Renewables Inc. | [127] [130] |
Kettles Hill (KHW1) | Pincher Creek | 63 | 2006–2007 | Enmax | [131] |
Lanfine Wind (LAN1) | Special Area No. 3 | 151.2 | Q1 2023 | Pattern Energy | [132] [133] |
Macleod Flats | Fort Macleod | 3 | 2004 | TransAlta | [134] |
Magrath (SCR2) | Magrath | 30 | 2004 | Acciona, Enbridge, Suncor Energy | [115] [116] |
McBride Lake (AKE1) | Fort Macleod | 75 | 2003 | Enmax, TransAlta | [135] [136] |
Oldman River Wind Project | Pincher Creek | 3.6 | 2007 | Alberta Wind Energy Corporation | [137] |
Oldman 2 (OWF1) | Pincher Creek | 46 | 2014 | Mainstream Renewable Power | [138] |
Paintearth Wind Project (PAW1) | Special Area No. 18 | 198 | Q4 2023 | Potentia Renewables Inc. | [139] |
Rattlesnake Ridge (RTL1) | Whitla | 130 | 2022 | Berkshire Hathaway Energy Canada | [140] |
Riverview (RIV1) | Pincher Creek | 105 | 2020 | Enel Green Power | [141] |
Sharp Hills (SHH1) | Special Area 3 | 297.1 | Q3 2023 | EDP Renewables | [142] [143] |
Sinnott | Cowley | 7 | 2001 | TransAlta | [144] |
Soderglen (GWW1) | Fort Macleod | 70.5 | 2006 | Nexen, TransAlta | [145] |
Stirling Wind Phase 1 (SWP1) | Warner County No. 5 | 113 | Q4 2023 | Greengate Power Corporation | [146] [147] |
Summerview 1 (IEW1) | Pincher Creek | 70 | 2004 | TransAlta | [148] |
Summerview 2 (IEW2) | Pincher Creek | 66 | 2010 | TransAlta | [149] |
Taber Wind Farm (TAB1) | Taber | 80 | 2007 | Enmax | [150] |
Whitla Wind 1 (WHT1) | Forty Mile | 202 | 2019 | Capital Power | [151] |
Whitla Wind 2 (WHT2) | Forty Mile | 151 | 2021 | Capital Power | [152] |
Windrise (WRW1) | Fort Macleod | 206.4 | 2021 | TransAlta | [153] |
Wheatland (WHE1) | Wheatland County | 122.4 | 2022 | Greengate Power Corporation | [154] |
Wintering Hills Wind Farm (SCR4) | Drumheller | 88 | 2011 | Suncor | [155] |
Forty Mile Bow Island (FRM1) | Forty Mile | 266 | Q2 2024 | RES | [156] [157] [158] |
Winnifred Wind Project | Forty Mile | 122.3 | Q3 2024 | Enerfin Energy | [159] [160] |
Buffalo Plains Wind Farm | Lomond | 494 | Q4 2024 | Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners | [161] [162] |
Halkirk Wind Project Phase 2 | Paintearth County No. 18 | 140 | Q4 2024 | CapitalPower | [163] [164] |
Wild Rose 2 | Cypress County | 192 | 2024 | Capstone Infrastructure | [165] [166] |
Forty Mile Wind Project Phase 2 | Forty Mile | 119.7 | Q3 2025 | RES | [156] [157] |
Northern Valley Wind Project | Two Hills County No. 21 | 75 | 2024 | Elemental Energy | [167] [168] |
Bull Trail Wind | Cypress County | 270 | 2026 | EDF Renewables | [169] |
List of all solar power stations in Alberta.
Name | Location | Capacity ( MW) | Date | Owner | Ref |
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Barlow Solar (BLS1)
Barlow Solar Park |
Calgary | 27 | 2023 | DP Energy | [170] |
Brooks Solar (BSC1) | Brooks | 15 | 2017 | Elemental Energy | [171] |
Brooks Solar 1 (BRK1)
Brooks Solar II Project |
Brooks | 13 | 2022 | Elemental Energy | [172] |
Brooks Solar 2 (BRK2)
Brooks Solar II Project |
Brooks | 14 | 2022 | Elemental Energy | [172] |
Burdett (BRD1)
Alberta Solar One Project |
Burdett | 10.5 | 2021 | Enbridge, Morgan Solar Inc | [173] [174] |
Burdett Solar (BUR1) | Burdett | 20 | 2021 | BluEarth Renewables | [175] |
Chappice Lake (CHP1)
Chappice Lake Solar Storage Project |
Cypress County | 14 | 2023 | Elemental Energy | [176] [177] |
Claresholm 1 (CLR1)
Claresholm Solar Project |
Claresholm | 58 | 2021 | Capstone Infrastructure | [178] [179] |
Claresholm 2 (CLR2)
Claresholm Solar Project |
Claresholm | 75 | 2021 | Capstone Infrastructure | [178] [179] |
Clydesdale 1 (CLY1)
Clydesdale Solar Project |
Municipal District of Taber | 41 | 2022 | Capital Power | [180] |
Clydesdale 2 (CLY2)
Clydesdale Solar Project |
Municipal District of Taber | 34 | 2022 | Capital Power | [180] |
Coaldale (COL1)
Coaldale Solar Project |
Lethbridge County | 23 | 2022 | ACFN, Concord Coaldale Partnership | [181] [182] |
Conrad 1 (CRD1)
Wrentham Solar Project |
Wrentham | 23 | 2023 | Solar Krafte | [183] |
Conrad 2 (CRD2)
Wrentham Solar Project |
Wrentham | 18 | 2023 | Solar Krafte | [183] |
Deerfoot Solar Park (DFT1) | Calgary | 37 | Q3 2023 | DP Energy | [184] [185] |
East Strathmore Namaka (NMK1)
East Strathmore Solar Project |
Wheatland County | 20.5 | 2022 | Elemental Energy | [186] |
Empress Solar Park (EMP1) | Empress | 39 | Q3 2023 | Achernar GP Ltd | [187] |
Fox Coulée Solar Project (FCS1) | Starland County | 75 | 2023 | Neoen \ Subra LP | [188] [189] |
Hays (HYS1)
Canadian Solar Solutions Project |
Hays | 23 | 2021 | BluEarth Renewables | [190] [191] |
Hull (HUL1)
Prairie Sunlight II Project |
Vauxhall | 25 | 2020 | Solar Krafte Utilities | [192] |
Innisfail (INF1)
Innisfail Solar |
Innisfail | 22 | 2020 | Elemental Energy | [193] |
Jenner (JER1)
Canadian Solar Solutions Project |
Jenner | 23 | 2021 | BluEarth Renewables | [194] [195] |
Joffre Solar 1 (JFS1) | Joffre | 25 | Q4 2023 | PACE Canada LP | [196] [197] |
Joffre Solar 2 (JFS2) | Joffre | 22 | Q4 2023 | PACE Canada LP | [196] [198] |
kisikaw-pisim 1 (KKP1)
kīsikāw pīsim Project |
Edmonton | 7 | 2022 | Epcor | [199] [200] |
kisikaw-pisim 2 (KKP2)
kīsikāw pīsim Project |
Edmonton | 7 | 2022 | Epcor | [199] [200] |
Kneehill Solar (TRH1)
Kneehill Solar Generation Facility |
Kneehill County | 25 | 2023 | Capstone Infrastructure | [201] |
Michichi Creek (MCH1)
Drumheller Solar and Battery Storage Project |
Drumheller | 14 | Q3 2023 | Concord Green Energy | [202] [203] |
Michichi Solar (MIC1)
Michichi Solar Generation Facility |
Starland County | 25 | 2023 | Capstone Infrastructure | [204] |
Monarch (MON1)
Monarch Solar |
Lethbridge County | 24 | 2022 | Concord Coaldale Partnership | [205] |
Saddlebrook Solar Project (SDL1) | Foothills County | 81 | 2023 | TC Energy Corporation | [206] |
Scottford Refinery Solar Farm [note 2] | Strathcona County | 58 | 2023 | Silicon Ranch | [207] [208] |
Sollair Solar Energy Plant (SCR1) | Airdrie | 75 | 2024 | General Land and Power | [209] [210] |
Spring Coulee Solar (SGC1) | Spring Coulee | 30 | 2023 | Solar Krafte | [211] |
Strathmore 1 (STR1)
Strathmore Solar |
Strathmore | 18 | 2022 | Capital Power | [212] |
Strathmore 2 (STR2)
Strathmore Solar |
Strathmore | 23 | 2022 | Capital Power | [212] |
Stavely (STV1) | Stavely | 17 | 2023 | Concord Stavely Partnership | [213] |
Suffield (SUF1)
Suffield Solar |
Suffield | 23 | 2020 | Suffield Solar GP Inc. | [214] |
Three Nations Energy Solar Farm | Fort Chipewyan [note 2] | 2.2 | 2020 | Three Nations Energy (joint venture) | [215] |
Travers (TVS1) | Vulcan County | 465 | 2022 | Greengate Power | [216] |
Vauxhall (VXH1)
Prairie Sunlight III Project |
Taber | 22 | 2020 | Solar Krafte Utilities | [217] |
Westfield Yellow Lake (WEF1)
Yellow Lake Solar |
Forty Mile | 19 | 2021 | BluEarth Renewables | [218] |
Wheatcrest Solar Project (WCR1) | Taber | 50 | Q4 2023 | BluEarth Renewables | [219] |
Youngstown Solar (YNG1) | Youngstown | 6 | Q4 2023 | PACE Canada LP | [220] [221] |
Big Sky Solar | Acadia No. 34 | 140 | Q4 2024 | RES | [222] [223] |
Brooks Solar Farm | Brooks | 360 | Q4 2023 | Solar Krafte | [224] [225] |
Dunmore Solar Project | Cypress County | 216 | Q2 2025 | Ascent Energy Partners | [226] [227] |
Enterprise Solar | Vulcan | 65 | Q4 2024 | Pattern Energy | [228] [229] |
Forty Mile Granlea Phase 2 | Forty Mile | 220 | Q2 2024 | ATCO | [230] |
Jurassic Solar + | Special Area No. 2 | 220 | Q2 2024 | Greengate | [231] [232] |
Métis Crossing Solar Farm Project | Smokey Lake County | 4.86 | Q1 2024 | Métis Nation of Alberta | [233] [234] |
Moon Lake Solar Project | Parkland County | 24.9 | Q3 2023 | Voltarix Group | [235] [236] |
Peace River Energy Project | Peace River | 5 | Q4 2024 | Peace Energy Cooperative | [237] [238] |
Tilley Solar | Tilley | 24 | Q2 2024 | Acestes Power | [239] [240] |
Vauxhall Solar | Taber | 60 | Q3 2023 | Solar Krafte | [241] [242] |
Vulcan Community Solar Project | Vulcan | 15 | Q2 2024 | Fortis Alberta | [243] |
Airport City Solar | Leduc | 120 | 202x | Alpin Sun | [244] [245] |
Caroline Solar | Caroline | 14 | Q2 2024 | PACE Canada LP | [246] [247] |
Creekside Solar Project | Leduc County | 24.9 | Q4 2023 | Voltarix Group | [248] [249] |
Dolcy Solar+ Project | Edgerton | 200 | 2024 | Westbridge Energy | [250] [251] |
Georgetown Solar Project | Vulcan County | 278 | Q1 2025 | MYTILINEOS Energy & Metals | [252] [253] |
Hanna Sheerness Solar | Hanna | 13 | Q4 2023 | PACE Canada LP | [254] [255] |
Lathom Solar Project | Lathom | 120 | Q3 2023 | Greengate Power | [256] [257] |
Luna Solar+ Phase I | Newell County | 465 | Q2 2024 | Greengate | [258] [259] |
Luna Solar+ Phase II | Newell County | 465 | Q2 2025 | Greengate | [260] [261] |
Saamis Solar | Medicine Hat | 325 | 2024 | DP Energy | [262] [263] |
Vulcan Solar | Vulcan County | 77 | 2023 | EDF Renewable Energy | [264] [265] |
Rocktree Solar Project | Parkland County | 22.6 | Q3 2023 | Voltarix Group | [266] [267] |
High River Solar | Foothills County | 19 | Q4 2023 | Elemental Energy | [268] |
Nova Solar Project | Carseland | 150 | Q3 2024 | Renewable Energy Systems | [269] [270] |
Sylvan Solar Farm (Phoenix) | Sylvan Lake | 170 | 2024 | Kiwetinohk Energy | [271] [272] |
Homestead Solar Project | Claresholm | 400 | 2024 | Kiwetinohk Energy | [273] [274] |
Aira Solar Project | Bow Island | 450 | Q1 2025 | Aria | [275] |
Estuary Solar Project | Cypress County | 200 | Q4 2025 | Greencells IndyGen Alberta Ltd | [276] [277] |
List of all lithium-ion battery storage plants in Alberta.
Name | Location | Power Capacity ( MW) | Energy Capacity ( MWh) | Date | Owner | Ref |
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eReserve1 Rycroft (ERV1) | Spirit River | 20 | 35 | 2020 | Teric Power Ltd | [278] |
eReserve2 Buffalo Creek (ERV2) | Wainwright | 20 | 35 | 2021 | Teric Power Ltd | [279] |
eReserve3 Mercer Hill (ERV3) | Grande Prairie | 20 | 35 | 2022 | Teric Power Ltd | [280] |
eReserve4 (ERV4) | Hardisty | 20 | 35 | 2023 | TERIC Power Ltd | [281] |
eReserve5 Hughenden (ERV5) | Hughenden | 20 | 35 | January 16, 2023 | TERIC Power Ltd | [282] |
eReserve6 (ERV6) | Hardisty | 20 | 35 | 2023 | TERIC Power Ltd | [281] |
eReserve7 (ERV7) | Wapiti | 20 | 20 | 2023 | [283] | |
eReserve8 (ERV8) | Wapiti | 20 | 20 | 2023 | [284] | |
eReserve9 (ERV9) | Hythe | 20 | 20 | 2023 | [285] | |
Summerview (SUM1)
WindCharger |
Pincher Creek | 10 | 20 | 2020 | TransAlta | [286] |
Whitla Storage Project | Whitla | 200 | 2400 | 202x | Teric Power Ltd | [287] |
List of all flow battery plants in Alberta.
Name | Location | Power Capacity ( MW) | Energy Capacity ( MWh) | Date | Owner | Ref |
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Saddlebrook Storage Project | Foothills County | 6.5 | 40 | Q4 2024 | TC Energy | [288] |
List of all pumped hydroelectric storage plants in Alberta.
Name | Location | Power Capacity ( MW) | Energy Capacity ( MWh) | Date | Owner | Ref |
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Canyon Creek | Yellowhead County | 75–400 [note 3] | ~2775 | 202x | Turning Point Generation, TC Energy | [289] [290] |
Brazeau Hydro Pumped Storage [note 4] | 52°57′59″N 115°34′44″W / 52.96639°N 115.57889°W | 900 | 5,000 | 2025–2026 | TransAlta | [291] [292] |
List of all geomechanical pumped storage plants in Alberta.
Name | Location | Power Capacity ( MW) | Energy Capacity ( MWh) | Date | Owner | Ref |
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Brooks | 202x | Quidnet | [293] |
Phase two is expected to be completed by the end of the year.