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Updated: October 21, 2008
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Valleyview I and II

Generating Plant

This natural gas-fired plant is ATCO Power’s seventh new power plant in Alberta since deregulation began in the province. It provides system stability benefits for the Valleyview area, 100-km east of Grande Prairie, and it provides an important addition of capacity to meet Alberta’s growing power requirements.

The power plant consists of two General Electric aero-derivative natural gas turbine generator, similar to those in place at ATCO Power’s plants in Poplar Hill and Rainbow Lake. The station is an environmentally progressive, low nitrous oxide plant.

Valleyview Unit I includes a clutch which allows it to operate as a synchronous condenser. This allows the unit’s generator to be disconnected from the turbine to provide voltage support when needed. When the grid needs additional generating capacity, the turbine can be instantaneously reconnected to the generator.

The choice of this technology and the Sturgeon site was made to bring electricity to Alberta as rapidly as possible. Electric energy is sold into the Power Pool of Alberta.

ATCO Power added a second LM6000 generating unit at the Valleyview facility in 2008, doubling the capacity to 90MW. This new unit provides additional quick starting capacity to support Alberta’s growing requirements.

 

Further Documents

Press Release
Thursday, March 1, 2001

 

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

 

 


 

 


Capacity

  • 90 megawatts

Equipment

  • Two GE LM6000 gas turbine and generator packages.
  • One GE water treatment plant to produce high quality de-mineralized water for NOx emission reduction.
  • One WaterWorks water treatment plant used to polish the effluent from the de-mineralized water plant.

Highlights

  • Long-term contract with the Transmission Administrator to provide transmission system support services.
  • Addition of a synchronous condenser in 2002 provides dispatch flexibility on unit 1.
  • 2nd 45MW unit commissioned in 2008

Commissioning Date

  • December 2001

Ownership

  • ATCO - 100% *
 
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*ATCO Ownership in this plant is held 80% by ATCO Power Ltd. and 20% by ATCO Resources Ltd.