Meadow Creek East cogeneration station

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Meadow Creek East cogeneration station is a shelved power station in Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Meadow Creek East cogeneration station Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada 56.398017, -111.325013 (approximate)[1]

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 shelved[2] fossil gas - natural gas[3] 85[4] unknown

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Suncor Energy Inc [50.0%], CNOOC Petroleum North America ULC [50.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): oil & refining[3]
  • Captive industry: Both[3]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/place/56%C2%B023'52.9%22N+111%C2%B019'30.1%22W/@56.398017-111.327201717z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!1m2!2m1!1smeadow+creek+east+wood+buffalo+alberta!3m5!1s0x0:0xbcb4ce32becbc090!7e2!8m2!3d56.3980167!4d-111.3250133. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20221004174453/https://www.suncor.com/en-ca/what-we-do/oil-sands/meadow-creek. Archived from the original on 04 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220119105123/https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/3a3381f0-664e-45fc-9912-d399ee7f09f1/resource/3936e992-5f50-4a25-9e89-d4a8bf68e988/download/mcwvol1sec01introductionsept2017.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20220119102543/https://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/news/2017/10/20/suncor-gets-the-ball-rolling-on-meadow-creek-west. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Additional data

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