- Tons of steel: more than 3,300
- Category: industrial
- Owners: Epcor and TransAlta
- Client: Hitachi America (supply) and Epcor (installation)
- Detailing: Supermetal Structures
- Budget: $1.6 billion
- Opening: 1st quarter 2011
The Epcor/Transalta duo has entrusted Supermetal with the construction and installation of the metal structures for the four main buildings of the new Keephills 3 electric power station near Edmonton in Alberta. This project of over 3600 tons of steel encompasses the turbine room, pumping station, water treatment centre as well as the control room. Located 70 km west of Edmonton, the facility will supply 495 MW of electricity.
State-of-the-art coal generator facility
Keephills 3 will use the latest technology to increase the environmental performance of the station. This will reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 24% while producing the same amount of energy as the four obsolete Wabamun units that TransAlta will get rid of in 2010. In addition, sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and mercury (Hg) emissions will be reduced by 60 to 80% compared with the Wabamun units.