What ranks first in largest power plants in alberta, canada by capacity?

Mica (Canada) ranks #1 with 2,746 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 134 power plants in in Alberta, Canada.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Mica (2,746); 2. Whitemud nuclear power plant (2,200); 3. Sundance (2,141).

Largest power plants in Alberta, Canada by capacity

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	Mica	Hydro	Canada	2,746
2	Whitemud nuclear power plant	Nuclear	Canada	2,200
3	Sundance	Coal	Canada	2,141
4	Alberta Sundance power station	Gas	Canada	2,121
5	Greenlight Electricity Centre	Gas	Canada	1,864
6	Genesee	Coal	Canada	1,857
7	Beacon AI Centers Indus Project	Gas	Canada	1,504
8	Genesee Data Centre Project power station	Gas	Canada	1,500
9	Keephills	Coal	Canada	1,253
10	Wonder Valley power station	Gas	Canada	1,200
11	Bow City power station	Coal	Canada	1,000
12	Beacon Data Centers Heartland Project	Gas	Canada	920
13	Shepard	Gas	Canada	881
14	Sheerness	Coal	Canada	780
15	Mihta Askiy Data Center Project power station	Gas	Canada	710
16	Alberta nuclear power plant	Nuclear	Canada	630
17	Battle River	Coal	Canada	540
18	Wabamun power station	Coal	Canada	537
19	Joffre	Gas	Canada	480
20	Flipi Gas Fired Power Generation Project	Gas	Canada	460
21	H R Milner	Coal	Canada	450
22	Prairie Lights power project	Gas	Canada	400
23	Poplar Creek	Gas	Canada	360
24	Brazeau	Hydro	Canada	355
25	Alsike power plant	Gas	Canada	340
26	Gilby power plant	Gas	Canada	340
27	Myers power plant	Gas	Canada	340
28	Calgary Energy Centre	Gas	Canada	320
29	Frog Lake First Nation NET power station	Gas	Canada	300
30	Blackspring Ridge	Wind	Canada	299
31	Clover Bar	Gas	Canada	250
32	Muskeg River	Gas	Canada	202
33	Caroline Carbon Capture Power Complex	Gas	Canada	200
34	Christina Lake	Gas	Canada	170
35	Firebag 3	Gas	Canada	170
36	Mahkeses	Gas	Canada	170
37	Nabiye	Gas	Canada	170
38	Scotford (Shell)	Gas	Canada	170
39	Clairmont power plant	Gas	Canada	170
40	Lewis Oil Sands Project power station	Gas	Canada	170
41	MacKay River	Gas	Canada	165
42	Aurora	Gas	Canada	160
43	Firebag 4	Gas	Canada	160
44	Halkirk	Wind	Canada	149
45	Gryphon Digital power station	Gas	Canada	130
46	AlPac Boyle	Biomass	Canada	125
47	Balzac	Gas	Canada	120
48	Bighorn	Hydro	Canada	120
49	Cavalier	Gas	Canada	120
50	Crossfield Energy Centre	Gas	Canada	120
51	Fort Saskatchewan (TransAlta)	Gas	Canada	118
52	Spray	Hydro	Canada	112
53	Grande Prairie generating station	Gas	Canada	105
54	Firebag	Gas	Canada	104
55	Horizon (CNRL)	Gas	Canada	103
56	Bitdeer power station	Gas	Canada	101
57	Valleyview	Gas	Canada	100
58	Bear Creek cogeneration power station	Gas	Canada	100
59	Rainbow Lake B	Gas	Canada	90
60	Rainbow Lake A	Gas	Canada	88
61	Wintering Hills	Wind	Canada	88
62	Spy Hill	Gas	Canada	86
63	Northern Prairie	Gas	Canada	85
64	Primrose	Gas	Canada	85
65	Meadow Creek East cogeneration station	Gas	Canada	85
66	Meadow Creek West cogeneration station	Gas	Canada	85
67	Ghost Pine	Wind	Canada	82
68	Taber	Wind	Canada	81
69	Carseland	Gas	Canada	80
70	Foster Creek	Gas	Canada	80
71	Scotford Air Liquide	Gas	Canada	80
72	Castle Rock Ridge	Wind	Canada	76
73	McBride Lake	Wind	Canada	75
74	Soderglen	Wind	Canada	70
75	Summerview 1	Wind	Canada	70
76	Ardenville	Wind	Canada	69
77	Blue Trail	Wind	Canada	66
78	Summerview 2	Wind	Canada	66
79	Medicine Hat power station	Gas	Canada	55
80	Ghost	Hydro	Canada	54
81	Kettles Hill	Wind	Canada	54
82	Hinton Pulp	Biomass	Canada	52
83	Rundle	Hydro	Canada	50
84	Weyerhaeuser Grande Prairie	Biomass	Canada	48
85	Old Man 2	Wind	Canada	46
86	Castle River	Wind	Canada	44
87	Cascade	Hydro	Canada	36
88	Oldman River	Hydro	Canada	32
89	Chin Chute	Wind	Canada	30
90	Magrath	Wind	Canada	30
91	Peace River Pulp	Biomass	Canada	30
92	Grande Prairie EcoPower	Biomass	Canada	25
93	Whitecourt	Biomass	Canada	25
94	Outlet Works	Hydro	Canada	20
95	Cowley North	Wind	Canada	20
96	Bone Creek	Hydro	Canada	19
97	Kananaskis	Hydro	Canada	19
98	Raymond	Hydro	Canada	18
99	Bearspaw	Hydro	Canada	17
100	Westlock (Dapp)	Biomass	Canada	17
101	Dickson Dam	Hydro	Canada	15
102	Pocaterra	Hydro	Canada	15
103	Horseshoe	Hydro	Canada	14
104	Barrier	Hydro	Canada	13
105	Brooks	Solar	Canada	13
106	Taylor Coulee	Hydro	Canada	13
107	Valley Power	Biomass	Canada	12
108	Chin Hydro Plant	Hydro	Canada	11
109	Slave Lake	Biomass	Canada	9
110	St. Mary River	Hydro	Canada	7
111	Sinnott	Wind	Canada	6
112	Box Springs	Wind	Canada	6
113	Castle Creek	Hydro	Canada	6
114	Hystad	Hydro	Canada	6
115	Interlakes	Hydro	Canada	5
116	Clover Bar LFG	Biomass	Canada	5
117	Lethbridge	Biomass	Canada	4
118	Spillimacheen	Hydro	Canada	4
119	Vanderwell Contractors (1971)	Biomass	Canada	4
120	Waterton Wind	Wind	Canada	4
121	Old Man River	Wind	Canada	4
122	Belly River	Hydro	Canada	3
123	MacLeod Flats	Wind	Canada	3
124	Three Sisters	Hydro	Canada	3
125	Waterton Hydro	Hydro	Canada	3
126	Bassano	Solar	Canada	2
127	East Twin	Hydro	Canada	2
128	Green Acres	Solar	Canada	2
129	Hauer Creek	Hydro	Canada	2
130	St. Mary	Hydro	Canada	2
131	McIntosh Creek	Hydro	Canada	1
132	Optimist	Wind	Canada	1
133	Solar Concentrating Steam Power Plant	Solar	Canada	1
134	Vegreville Biodigester	Biomass	Canada	1

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Largest power plants in Alberta, Canada by capacity

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