Trans Alta Sundance Coal Fired Generating Station
SUNDANCE
The Sundance power plant is the largest coal-fired electrical generating facility in western Canada, with six generating units. The plant is located 70 kilometers west of Edmonton, Alberta on the south shore of Wabamun Lake.
Plants are designed for optimal efficiency – meaning the highest production and lowest emissions and costs possible. As they age, efficiency can be improved through uprates, which involve updates to technology and replacement of older components such as steam turbines. The improved energy conversion that results from an uprate typically results in lower emissions per megawatt hour and greater production.
An uprate usually occurs only once in a plant’s life. To date, four of Sundance's six units have been uprated.
A 53-megawatt uprate to Sundance 5 was completed in 2009 at a cost of $75 million. Additionally, a 44-megawatt uprate was completed on Sundance 6 in 2001 and a 53-megawatt uprate on Sundance 4 in 2007.
In May 2015, TransAlta completed a 15-megawatt uprate on Sundance 3.
Trans Alta Sundance Coal Fired Generating Station
SUNDANCE
The Sundance power plant is the largest coal-fired electrical generating facility in western Canada, with six generating units. The plant is located 70 kilometers west of Edmonton, Alberta on the south shore of Wabamun Lake.
Plants are designed for optimal efficiency – meaning the highest production and lowest emissions and costs possible. As they age, efficiency can be improved through uprates, which involve updates to technology and replacement of older components such as steam turbines. The improved energy conversion that results from an uprate typically results in lower emissions per megawatt hour and greater production.
An uprate usually occurs only once in a plant’s life. To date, four of Sundance's six units have been uprated.
A 53-megawatt uprate to Sundance 5 was completed in 2009 at a cost of $75 million. Additionally, a 44-megawatt uprate was completed on Sundance 6 in 2001 and a 53-megawatt uprate on Sundance 4 in 2007.
In May 2015, TransAlta completed a 15-megawatt uprate on Sundance 3.