Shepard Energy Centre
9500 100 St SE, Calgary, Alberta, T3S 0A2
Shepard is now fully operational and is Alberta's largest natural gas-fuelled power facility.
We're thinking big to provide power for a better tomorrow, and Shepard is the cornerstone of that thinking. Using combined-cycle technology, two natural gas-fuelled turbines and one steam turbine add more than 860 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the provincial grid - enough to meet almost half of Calgary's current needs. Shepard also emits less than half the carbon dioxide per MW of conventional coal plants.
We expect Shepard to deliver value to our Shareholder and the people of Calgary, but Shepard's value also comes from its environmental, social and economic benefits. These include lower emitting generation, more efficient and reliable generation, responsible water use and environmental management.
In 2012, Capital Power agreed to purchase a 50 per cent interest in the Shepard Energy Centre and enter into a joint venture agreement with ENMAX Energy Corporation to construct.
Located on a 60 acre site on the east side of Calgary in the Shepard Industrial Park, construction began in 2011.