Saddlebrook power station
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Saddlebrook power station is a proposed 398-megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in the province of Alberta, Canada.[1]
As of November 2019, the project has not progressed in more than four years and appears to be cancelled.
Location
The map below shows the approximate location of the proposed power station in north of High River, the province of Alberta, Canada.
Background
In February 2010, the Alberta Utilities Commission gave the go-ahead for TC Energy to build and operate the Saddlebrook power station, whic would contain "one gas-fired combustion turbine generator and one steam turbine generator".[1] In April 2012, TC Energy put the power plant on hold.[2] The Western Electricity Coordinating Council announced in a 2013 Annual Progress Report that the Saddlebrook Power Station was cancelled[3], but the Alberta Utilities Commission gave TC Energy an extension in 2015 until 2021 to complete construction.[4]
Project Details
- Sponsor: TC Energy Corp
- Parent company: TC Energy Corp
- Location: north of High River, the province of Alberta, Canada
- Coordinates: 50.658927, -113.860587 (approximate)
- Gross capacity (shelved): 398 MW
- Combined-cycle unit: 398 MW (to start 2021)
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ALBERTA UTILITIES COMMISSION Decision 2010-059: TransCanada Energy Ltd. Construct and Operate Saddlebrook Power Station, Feb. 3, 2010, Alberta Utilities Commission website, accessed Nov. 21, 2019.
- ↑ The Alberta Utilities Commission Decision 2012-101: TransCanada Energy Ltd. Time Extension to Complete Saddlebrook Power Station, April 12, 2012, Transmission Hub website, accessed Nov. 21, 2019.
- ↑ WECC Annual Progress Report – Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), p. 16, March TK, 2013, WECC website, accessed Nov. 21, 2019.
- ↑ Alberta Utilities Commission Decision 20393-D01-2015 TransCanadaEnergy Ltd. Time Extension to Complete Construction of the Saddlebrook Power Station, Aug. 26, 2015, Alberta Utilities Commission website, accessed Nov. 21, 2019.
