Canada

Spy Hill — 86 MW Natural Gas

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Spy Hill is a 86 MW gas power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
86 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2011

Year online

Owner
TransAlta

Operator

Location
57.03, -111.60

Coordinates

Insights

#335
largest in %s
#3,395
largest %s worldwide
#10,885
largest worldwide
2011
%d yrs newer than avg
19
operated by %s
8
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
86 MW
Commissioned
2011
Status
Operational
Owner
TransAlta
Country
Canada
Coordinates
57.034, -111.602

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
166,116 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
5M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

36,112
cars / year
22,149
homes / year
7.6M
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

Spy Hill is an 86 MW gas-fired power plant in Canada, operated by TransAlta since 2011.

Ranked #75 of 99 gas plants in Canada. Its 86 MW represents 0.29% of Canada’s 29,357 MW total gas capacity. The largest gas plant in Canada is Lennox Generating Station at 2,140 MW, making Spy Hill 24.9 times smaller.

Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Poplar Creek (360 MW, Gas), Muskeg River (202 MW, Gas), and MacKay River (165 MW, Gas). The facility is located in Alberta, approximately 300 km northeast of Edmonton.

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