Kineticor is developing an 1,800 MW gas-fired combined cycle power generation facility and data centre complex in the Industrial Heartland.
The Greenlight Electricity Centre is a proposed 1,800 MW gas-fired combined cycle power generation facility with carbon capture optionality coupled with significant land holdings that can accommodate a co-located 1,800 MW data centre complex. The Project will be constructed on land already zoned for heavy industrial use, and strategically located near transmission lines, utility infrastructure, carbon sequestration, and fiber in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland.
Project Details
Project Need
Designed to meet the increasing electricity needs driven by the province’s growing data centre industry, the facility will be developed in modular phases of approximately 450 MW each. Initial nameplate design of 1,800 MW will allow for scalable construction based on market demand. The power generation facility is currently is progressing through the interconnection process, permitting, design, and contracting. The Greenlight Electricity Centre has the optionality to supply power to the co-located data centre or feed directly into Alberta’s power grid to support data centre loads across the province.
Local Economic Activity
The construction and operations of Greenlight will play an important role in the local economy by providing well-paying jobs that will benefit the local and Indigenous communities. It will utilize local businesses and suppliers and provide additional tax revenue to Sturgeon County.
The Project is anticipated to employ approximately 1,500 workers at the peak of construction, with an expected work effort of almost 9,000,000 worker-hours in the local area.
Environmental Benefits
Greenlight is being designed and will be operated in a way that minimizes environmental effects and supports the growing electricity needs in the province of Alberta.
Natural gas combined cycle power generation facilities are a high efficiency, environmentally attractive form of power generation necessary to meet the growing demand for electricity. A combined cycle power facility uses both a gas and steam turbine simultaneously to produce up to 50 per cent more electricity from the same amount of fuel than a traditional simple cycle facility. This is because much of the wasted heat from the gas turbine is recovered and converted into high-pressure steam, which drives the steam turbine and generates additional electricity.
The ability to integrate carbon capture in the future would lead to over 90% of carbon emissions from the combined cycle generating units being captured and permanently store the carbon in a local carbon sequestration hub.