Sheerness

The Sheerness facility is located 200 kilometres northeast of Calgary near Hanna, Alberta.

The facility’s two generating units annually produce about 5.5 million megawatt-hours of energy were converted from burning coal to natural gas. SH2 was converted in 2020 and SH1 in 2021. A unit consists of a boiler, turbine, and generator and each have a full load capacity of 400 megawatts.

Environmental highlights

The Sheerness cooling pond, which is filled from the Red Deer River, is also a source of water for the town of Hanna and surrounding communities, irrigation water for farmers, and a recreation area.