Canada

Foster Creek — 80 MW Natural Gas

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Foster Creek is a 80 MW gas power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
80 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2003

Year online

Owner
AbitibiBowater

Operator

Location
55.07, -110.54

Coordinates

Insights

#346
largest in %s
#3,452
largest %s worldwide
#11,117
largest worldwide
2003
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
4
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
80 MW
Commissioned
2003
Status
Operational
Owner
AbitibiBowater
Country
Canada
Coordinates
55.067, -110.536

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
154,526 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4.6M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

33,593
cars / year
20,604
homes / year
7M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Foster Creek is an 80 MW gas power plant located in Canada, operated by AbitibiBowater since 2003. It is part of the 99 gas plants in Canada, which together have a total capacity of 29,357 MW. This plant’s share is 0.27% of the national gas capacity.

Ranked #80 of 99 gas plants in Canada, it is significantly smaller than the largest gas plant, Lennox Generating Station, which has a capacity of 2,140 MW. Foster Creek’s 80 MW represents a small portion of the overall gas generation in the country.

Nearby plants include Nabiye (170 MW, Gas) and Primrose (85 MW, Gas). The facility is situated in Alberta, approximately 300 km from the nearest major city, Fort McMurray.

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