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TransAlta (100%) — power plant portfolio

TransAlta (100%) operates 23 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 1,006 MW.

23power plants
1,006MW total capacity
1countries
t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 20 plants20HydroWind: 3 plants3Wind

Fleet interpretation

TransAlta (100%) is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is Canada (23).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (20), wind (3). The largest listed asset is Brazeau in Canada (355 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 44 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 0 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 0 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 23 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
BrazeauHydroCanada355
BighornHydroCanada120
SprayHydroCanada112
New RichmondWindCanada68
GhostHydroCanada54
RundleHydroCanada50
Le Nordais 2 (Matane)WindCanada43
CascadeHydroCanada36
Upper MamquamHydroCanada25
Kent BreezeWindCanada20
Bone CreekHydroCanada19
KananaskisHydroCanada19
BearspawHydroCanada17
PocaterraHydroCanada15
HorseshoeHydroCanada14
BarrierHydroCanada13
AkolkolexHydroCanada10
InterlakesHydroCanada5
Belly RiverHydroCanada3
MisemaHydroCanada3
Three SistersHydroCanada3
Waterton HydroHydroCanada3
St. MaryHydroCanada2

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does TransAlta (100%) operate?

TransAlta (100%) operates 23 power plants across 1 country, with about 1,006 MW of total capacity.

What is TransAlta (100%)'s largest power plant?

Brazeau in Canada is its largest at about 355 MW.

What types of power plants does TransAlta (100%) run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (20), wind (3).

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology