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Keephills 3 power plant begins commercial operation
Canada's most advanced coal-fired plant constructed with one of the best safety records in ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada's most advanced coal-fired plant constructed with one of the best\n safety records in the industry\n\n\nEDMONTON, Sept. 1, 2011 /CNW/ - Capital Power Corporation (TSX: CPX)\n (Capital Power) and TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA; NYSE: TAC)\n (TransAlta) today announced the completion of the 495-megawatt gross\n (MW) Keephills 3 generating facility, the most advanced coal-fired\n plant ever built in Canada. The facility is now in commercial\n operation.\n\n\nThe cost to build the project is expected to be approximately $1.98\n billion. Costs for the plant, excluding mine capital, are being equally\n shared by its owners - Capital Power, which led construction, and\n TransAlta, which will operate the plant.\n\n\nAlthough the construction site was one of the largest and busiest in\n Alberta, with nearly 1,900 people working on the project at the peak of\n construction in March 2010, the project's safety record was one of the\n best in the industry.\n\n\n\"Safety has been a top priority for our contractors and crews throughout\n construction of the project,\" said Capital Power President CEO Brian\n Vaasjo.  \"We are pleased to finish construction with one of the best\n safety records in the industry, with less than one lost time incident\n per 1.7 million hours worked.\"\n\n\n\"Congratulations and thanks to the team at Capital Power for their work\n on this project,\" said TransAlta President CEO Steve Snyder. \"This\n represents a significant milestone for TransAlta as we take\n responsibility for operating a state-of-the-art generating facility\n which provides Albertans with a source of reliable, economical and\n environmentally-responsible electricity.\"\n\n\nKeephills 3 joins the TransAlta/Capital Power jointly owned Genesee 3\n facility as one of Canada's cleanest coal-fired facilities.  Keephills\n 3 is equipped with an advanced air quality control system, which\n achieves superior environmental performance and uses supercritical\n boiler technology, which features higher boiler temperatures and\n pressures, and a high-efficiency steam turbine. Because less fuel is\n used, the facility will emit approximately 24 per cent less carbon\n dioxide (CO2) in producing the same amount of power previously generated by the\n Wabamun units fully retired by TransAlta in 2010.\n\n\nEmissions of sulphur dioxide ...