Sheerness power station
{{#badges: CoalSwarm}} Sheerness power station is a 780-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Alberta, Canada.
In May 2017 ATCO announced it planned to transition the power plant to burn natural gas by 2020, saying it would save money.[1]
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the Sheerness power station, located 200 kilometers northeast of Calgary near Hanna, Alberta.
Background
The power plant’s two generating units produce 5.5 million megawatt-hours of energy annually. Each unit consists of one boiler, a turbine and a generator.
The Sheerness cooling pond, which is filled from the Red Deer River, which is also the main source of water for the town of Hanna and surrounding communities, irrigation water for farmers, and a recreation area.
Sheerness is fueled by coal from the nearby Sheerness coal mine.[2]
In February 2019 ATCO applied to the Alberta Utilities Commission to convert the plant to run on gas by 2020.[3]
In September 2019 ATCO sold Sheerness power station as well as Battle River power station to Heartland Generation Ltd., as subsidiary of American company Energy Capital Partners.[4]
TransAlta pays for pro-coal research by University of Alberta
In July 2018 it was reported that TransAlta paid the University of Alberta $54,000 in 2015 to hand-pick a professor to generate pro-coal research and talking points to be used in lobbying government officials.[5]
Plant Data
- Owner: Heartland Generation Ltd.
- Parent Company: Energy Capital Partners
- Plant Nameplate Capacity: 780 MW
- Units and In-Service Dates: 780 MW (1986)
- Location: Hanna, AB
- GPS Coordinates: 51.442222, -111.792222 (exact)
- Coal Consumption:
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- Number of Employees:
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ "Alberta could be coal-free years ahead of deadline as ATCO plans natural gas transition by 2020," Financial Post, May 11, 2017
- ↑ "Sheerness" TransAlta Company Website, accessed April 30, 2010.
- ↑ ATCO applies to convert Sheerness to natural gas, Drumheller Mail, Feb. 13, 2019
- ↑ Canadian Utilities sells Canadian generation business, World Coal, Oct. 1, 2019
- ↑ How TransAlta used a university-sanctioned research project to lobby for the coal industry, CBC, Jul. 24, 2018
Related SourceWatch Articles
External Articles
- Phuong Le, "Wash. says deal will cut pollution at coal plant," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 10, 2009.
- Kathy Durbin, "Sierra Club Organizes Effort to Close Coal Fired Plant in Centralia," The Columbian, April 25, 2010
