Talk:TransAlta/Archive 1

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Number of employees

2,200

Intro

TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA, NYSE: TAC) (formerly:Calgary Power) is a Canadian energy company based in Calgary, Alberta. It operates more than 70 power plants in Canada, the United States, and Australia (two facilities in Mexico were sold in 2008 ). These plants have a total net ownership electricity generation capacity of 8,842 MW (as of March 2010). TransAlta owns 50% of CE Generation. In 2002, the company purchased Vision Quest Windelectric Inc. and in 2009, it acquired Canadian Hydro Developers.

TransAlta has been generating electricity in Alberta since 1911. It is the province's largest electrical generator, with 5,076 MW in 2009. After deregulation in Alberta in 2001, the company sold its transmission and distribution network to Aquila, Inc.. The network was later acquired by Fortis Inc., a large utility company based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Environmental Record

In 2008, TransAlta emitted 38.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gases. This reflects a 1.79 per cent decrease from 2007. As of March 1, 2010, TransAlta's power generation was as follows:

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Transalta has been investing in wind energy since then. On May 28, 2008 the company announced that a further 66 MW would be added to its Summerview Wind farm in Alberta at a cost of C$123 million. On 3 April, it announced a deal with France-based Alstom to develop a carbon dioxide capture and storage project in Alberta. The companies will spend $12 million on the first phase of the project on engineering, stakeholder relations and regulatory work. Testing would commence in 2012 and is expected to cut green house emissions by one million tonnes per year.

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With continued investment in renewables, the company commissioned the 96 MW Kent Hills, NB wind farm 2008; the 66 MW Blue Trail, AB wind farm in 2009; commissioned the 66 MW Summerview II, AB wind farm in 2010; and announced a 54 MW expansion to the Kent Hills wind farm, also due for completion in 2010. With its purchase of Canadian Hydro Developers in 2009, TransAlta is now the largest publicly-traded producer of renewable power in Canada.

Carbon Capture and Storage

On October 14, 2009, the governments of Canada and Alberta announced their partnership with TransAlta to build “Project Pioneer,” one of the world’s largest and first fully-integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities for a coal-fired power plant. With CCS, CO2 (a greenhouse gas) can be separated from the exhaust of industrial facilities – like a coal-fired electricity plant – compressed and injected back underground to be permanently stored in the same geological formations where it was held for millions of years. The facility will be located at the Keephills 3 power plant, near Edmonton, Alberta. It is expected that Project Pioneer will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by one million tonnes annually. Industry partners in the project include Alstom and Capital Power.

Centralia Coal Mine

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The Centralia Coal Mine, a TransAlta-owned coal mine located in the U.S. state of Washington, closed down on November 27, 2006. According to the official company web page of TransAlta the coal mine (located approximately six miles northeast of Centralia) had been in active commercial operation since 1971. According to the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977", the life of a coal mine in the United States must include a reclamation period. Two thousand of the total 7155 acre of surface mine have so far completed the reclamation cycle, while active reclamation continues in the remaining areas. TransAlta currently describes this process of the Centralia Mine as part of the company's effort to minimize its environmental impact.

The coal mine closure resulted in the loss of over 550 union jobs, paying an average of more than $55,000 a year. The Centralia Power Plant, also owned by TransAlta, will continue to operate with coal delivered from the Powder River Basin.

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The Centralia Coal Mine, a TransAlta-owned coal mine located in the U.S. state of Washington, ceased operations on November 27, 2006. According to the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977", the life of a coal mine in the United States must include a reclamation period. Two thousand of the total 7155 acre of surface mine have so far completed the reclamation cycle, while active reclamation continues in the remaining areas.

Cessation of mining activities resulted in the loss of over 550 union jobs, paying an average of more than $55,000 a year. The Centralia Power Plant, also owned by TransAlta, will continue to operate with coal delivered from the Powder River Basin.

Future projects

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References

DavidsContribution (talk) 01:56, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Copyright
The section history, is copied directly from International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 6. St. James Press, 1992. and has been removed diff

For comparison the text can be seen online at http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/TRANSALTA-UTILITIES-CORPORATION-Company-History.html Imgaril (talk) 20:34, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

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Hello - I'm new to Wikipedia. I'd like to edit TransAlta Corporation. Please see my sandbox to provide approval. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ArleneW/sandbox ArleneW (talk) 21:55, 20 December 2011 (UTC)