Sturgeon Generating Plant

The Sturgeon Generating Plant is located near Valleyview about 400 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.

Sturgeon Unit 2 was the first industrial gas turbine in Canada. These units have accumulated significant operating hours over many years of base load operation.

Today, the Sturgeon units are infrequently operated primarily for support and to meet peak load demands.
The Sturgeon Generating Station is fuelled by natural gas.

Capacity

• 18 megawatts

Equipment

• Two units are Brown Boveri simple cycle gas turbines 

Highlights

• Unit 1 installed and commissioned at Sturgeon in 1957
• Unit 2 installed and commissioned at Vermillion in 1954 and relocated to Sturgeon in 1961

Commissioned

• 1957

Ownership

• ATCO Power - 100%

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North America :
Battle River | Brighton Beach | Cory | Joffre | McMahon | Muskeg River | Oldman River | Poplar Hill | Primrose | Rainbow Lake 1, 2, and 3 | Rainbow Lake 4 and 5 | Scotford | Sheerness | Sturgeon |Valleyview 1 and 2

Worldwide:
Barking | Bulwer Island | Heathrow | Osborne