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Largest power plants in Alberta, Canada by capacity

The biggest power plants in Alberta, Canada ranked by installed capacity (MW). Open data.

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	Mica	Hydro	Canada	2,746
2	Sundance	Coal	Canada	2,141
3	Alberta Sundance power station	Gas	Canada	2,121
4	Genesee	Coal	Canada	1,857
5	Keephills	Coal	Canada	1,253
6	Bow City power station	Coal	Canada	1,000
7	Shepard	Gas	Canada	881
8	Sheerness	Coal	Canada	780
9	Battle River	Coal	Canada	540
10	Wabamun power station	Coal	Canada	537
11	Joffre	Gas	Canada	480
12	H R Milner	Coal	Canada	450
13	Poplar Creek	Gas	Canada	360
14	Brazeau	Hydro	Canada	355
15	Calgary Energy Centre	Gas	Canada	320
16	Blackspring Ridge	Wind	Canada	298.8
17	Clover Bar	Gas	Canada	250
18	Muskeg River	Gas	Canada	202
19	Christina Lake	Gas	Canada	170
20	Firebag 3	Gas	Canada	170
21	Mahkeses	Gas	Canada	170
22	Nabiye	Gas	Canada	170
23	Scotford (Shell)	Gas	Canada	170
24	MacKay River	Gas	Canada	165
25	Aurora	Gas	Canada	160
26	Firebag 4	Gas	Canada	160
27	Halkirk	Wind	Canada	149.4
28	AlPac Boyle	Biomass	Canada	125
29	Balzac	Gas	Canada	120
30	Bighorn	Hydro	Canada	120
31	Cavalier	Gas	Canada	120
32	Fort Saskatchewan (TransAlta)	Gas	Canada	118
33	Spray	Hydro	Canada	112
34	Grande Prairie generating station	Gas	Canada	105
35	Firebag	Gas	Canada	104
36	Horizon (CNRL)	Gas	Canada	103
37	Valleyview	Gas	Canada	100
38	Bear Creek cogeneration power station	Gas	Canada	100
39	Rainbow Lake B	Gas	Canada	90
40	Rainbow Lake A	Gas	Canada	88
41	Wintering Hills	Wind	Canada	88
42	Spy Hill	Gas	Canada	86
43	Northern Prairie	Gas	Canada	85
44	Primrose	Gas	Canada	85
45	Meadow Creek East cogeneration station	Gas	Canada	85
46	Meadow Creek West cogeneration station	Gas	Canada	85
47	Ghost Pine	Wind	Canada	81.6
48	Taber	Wind	Canada	81
49	Carseland	Gas	Canada	80
50	Foster Creek	Gas	Canada	80
51	Scotford Air Liquide	Gas	Canada	80
52	Castle Rock Ridge	Wind	Canada	75.9
53	McBride Lake	Wind	Canada	75
54	Soderglen	Wind	Canada	70.5
55	Summerview 1	Wind	Canada	70.2
56	Blue Trail	Wind	Canada	66
57	Summerview 2	Wind	Canada	66
58	Medicine Hat power station	Gas	Canada	55
59	Ghost	Hydro	Canada	54
60	Kettles Hill	Wind	Canada	54
61	Hinton Pulp	Biomass	Canada	52
62	Rundle	Hydro	Canada	50
63	Weyerhaeuser Grande Prairie	Biomass	Canada	48
64	Old Man 2	Wind	Canada	46
65	Castle River	Wind	Canada	44
66	Cascade	Hydro	Canada	36
67	Oldman River	Hydro	Canada	32
68	Chin Chute	Wind	Canada	30
69	Magrath	Wind	Canada	30
70	Peace River Pulp	Biomass	Canada	30
71	Grande Prairie EcoPower	Biomass	Canada	25
72	Whitecourt	Biomass	Canada	25
73	Outlet Works	Hydro	Canada	20.5
74	Cowley North	Wind	Canada	19.5
75	Bone Creek	Hydro	Canada	19
76	Kananaskis	Hydro	Canada	19
77	Raymond	Hydro	Canada	18
78	Bearspaw	Hydro	Canada	17
79	Westlock (Dapp)	Biomass	Canada	17
80	Dickson Dam	Hydro	Canada	15
81	Pocaterra	Hydro	Canada	15
82	Horseshoe	Hydro	Canada	14
83	Barrier	Hydro	Canada	13
84	Brooks	Solar	Canada	13
85	Taylor Coulee	Hydro	Canada	12.7
86	Valley Power	Biomass	Canada	12
87	Chin Hydro Plant	Hydro	Canada	11
88	Slave Lake	Biomass	Canada	9
89	St. Mary River	Hydro	Canada	7
90	Sinnott	Wind	Canada	6.5
91	Box Springs	Wind	Canada	6
92	Castle Creek	Hydro	Canada	6
93	Hystad	Hydro	Canada	6
94	Interlakes	Hydro	Canada	5
95	Clover Bar LFG	Biomass	Canada	4.8
96	Lethbridge	Biomass	Canada	4
97	Spillimacheen	Hydro	Canada	4
98	Vanderwell Contractors (1971)	Biomass	Canada	4
99	Waterton Wind	Wind	Canada	3.9
100	Old Man River	Wind	Canada	3.6
101	Belly River	Hydro	Canada	3
102	MacLeod Flats	Wind	Canada	3
103	Three Sisters	Hydro	Canada	3
104	Waterton Hydro	Hydro	Canada	3
105	East Twin	Hydro	Canada	2
106	Green Acres	Solar	Canada	2
107	Hauer Creek	Hydro	Canada	2
108	St. Mary	Hydro	Canada	2
109	McIntosh Creek	Hydro	Canada	1
110	Optimist	Wind	Canada	1
111	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.

Frequently asked questions

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 111 power plants in Alberta, Canada.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Mica (2,746); 2. Sundance (2,141); 3. Alberta Sundance power station (2,121).