Sheerness

Sheerness is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by TransAlta near Hanna, Alberta in Canada. The plant is co-owned by TransAlta and ATCO Power. ATCO operates the plant's two units. Sheerness is located 200 kilometers northeast of Calgary near Hanna, Alberta.

The power plant’s two generating units produce 5.5 million megawatt-hours of energy annually. Each unit consists of one boiler, a turbine and a generator.

The Sheerness cooling pond, which is filled from the Red Deer River, which is also the main source of water for the town of Hanna and surrounding communities, irrigation water for farmers, and a recreation area.

Sheerness is fueled by coal from the nearby Sheerness coal mine.

Plant Data

 * Owner: TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC
 * Parent Company: TransAlta
 * Plant Nameplate Capacity: 780 MW
 * Units and In-Service Dates: 780 MW (1986)
 * Location: Hanna, 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