Keephills

Keephills is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by TransAlta near Wabamun, Alberta in Canada. The power plant is located 70 kilometers west of Edmonton, Alberta and five kilometers south of Wabamun Lake. TransAlta's Highvale coal mine supplies Keephills with coal.

Plant Data

 * Owner: TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC
 * Parent Company: TransAlta
 * Plant Nameplate Capacity: 766 MW
 * Units and In-Service Dates: 766 MW (1983)
 * Location: Wabamun, AB
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Related SourceWatch Articles

 * Existing U.S. Coal Plants
 * Washington (state) and coal
 * TransAlta
 * Canada and coal
 * Global warming

External Articles

 * Phuong Le, "Wash. says deal will cut pollution at coal plant," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 10, 2009.
 * Kathy Durbin, "Sierra Club Organizes Effort to Close Coal Fired Plant in Centralia," The Columbian, April 25, 2010