Bonnybrook power station

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Bonnybrook power station is a proposed 165-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in Calgary in the province of Alberta, Canada.[1] It is also called the Bonnybrook Energy Centre.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the proposed power station in Ogden, the province of Alberta, Canada.

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Background

This project was first announced in 2009 as a cogeneration project to be built by ENMAX on "the Canada Malting site" and would provide heat for Canada Malting and other nearby buildings. The project would have two phases:

"The first phase will include installing two natural gas-fired turbines, two once-through heat recovery steam generators and one steam turbine. In Phase II, power generation capability will be increased by adding an additional 40 MW turbine and a complementary steam generator."[1]

In December 2015, EBI delayed the project for four years due to "weak market conditions".[2] At that point, ENMAX described the plant in this way:

"The Bonnybrook Energy Centre (BEC) will use efficient combined-cycle technology that generates electricity from combustion turbines fuelled by natural gas, and from a steam turbine fuelled by heat produced by the combustion turbines. Heat from the combustion turbines is also used to produce hot water that could potentially be used by other businesses."[2]

The Alberta Utilities Commission granted approval until June 30, 2020.[3]

In November 2019, no additional progress seems to have been made and the project appears to be cancelled.

Project Details

  • Sponsor: ENMAX Bonnybrook Inc. (EBI)
  • Parent company: ENMAX Power Corp.
  • Location: Inglewood, Calgary, in the province of Alberta, Canada
  • Coordinates: 51.025643, -114.025982 (exact)
  • Gross capacity (cancelled): 205 MW
    • Combined-heat-and-power unit phase 1: 165 MW (to start 2020)
    • Combined-cycle unit phase 2: 40 MW (start date unknown)[1]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Richard Gilbert, $200 million cogeneration plant planned for Calgary, Daily Commercial News, Aug 10, 2009
  2. 2.0 2.1 Barry Cassell, ["https://www.transmissionhub.com/articles/2015/12/enmax-delays-165-mw-gas-fired-project-in-alberta-by-four-years.html ENMAX delays 165-MW, gas-fired project in Alberta by four years], Transmission Hub, Dec 27, 2015
  3. Alberta Utilities Commission Decision 20487-D01-2015 ENMAX Bonnybrook Inc.Bonnybrook Energy Centre Time Extension, Alberta Utilities Commission website, accessed Nov. 2019