Genesee Phase 3 (G3) sets new standards for Canadian power production. Built and operated by EPCOR, and owned jointly with TransAlta Corporation, the 495 megawatt unit is Canada's first generation facility to use super critical combustion technology for greater fuel efficiency and significantly lower emissions.
Keephills 3 is a net 450 megawatt (MW) coal-fired generating facility that will be built in partnership with TransAlta Corporation adjacent to the existing Keephills power plant, located about 70 kilometres west of Edmonton.
Cleaner power EPCOR is constantly seeking and developing the newest technologies that create greater fuel efficiency and lower emissions.
Genesee currently uses the best available technology economically achievable (BATEA) in the production of power.
Clean air technology Genessee 3's environmental performance is enhanced by the use of supercritical combustion and clean air technologies. In a supercritical boiler, higher temperatures and steam pressures, together with a high-efficiency steam turbine, create a more efficient process for converting thermal energy into electricity.
Reducing mercury emissions The Genesee Generating Station is poised to receive state-of-the-art emissions control technology designed to capture at least 70 per cent of mercury from coal. Emission reductions on this scale pose a considerable challenge since the mercury concentration in flue gas is extremely low—about one part per billion.
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