Genesee Generating Station is a thermal power station owned by Capital Power Corporation, located near Genesee, Alberta, Canada; 71 km (44 miles) southwest of Edmonton, Alberta. The cooling pond [citation needed] covers 735 hectares (1,820 acres). The pond is topped up with water from the North Saskatchewan River.[1] As of June 18, 2024, all units are now 100% natural gas-fueled.[2]
The station consists of three units.
The Genesee Generating Station consists of:[3][4]
The boilers were supplied by Combustion Engineering/Hitachi while the turbines/generator are supplied by GEC/Hitachi.[5] The plant has two smokestacks, one 138 m (453 ft) tall, the other 121 m (397 ft) tall.[6]
On 18 June 2019, Capital Power announced plans to expand the "dual-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. Capital Power submitted applications in 2020 and received approval from the AUC and AEP in 2021 to convert Units 1 and 2 to Natural Gas Combined Cycle (NGCC) technology. The project also includes addition of a 210 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).[7] Unit 3 was converted to a 60/40 ratio of coal to natural gas in spring 2021 and will be converted to enable 100% gas firing in 2023.[8] According to Capital Power, all units were to be off coal by 2023.[9] The date for units 1 and 2 has since been delayed to 2024.[10] Capital Power announced on May 1, 2024 that Genesee 1 had been retired and was undergoing a refit to natural gas generation.[11] On June 18, 2024, Capital Power announced that all units are now 100% natural gas-fueled, five years ahead of the Alberta government mandate for the phaseout of coal power.[2]
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