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23 April 2007 -- Alberta-based Enmax Corp. said it is building a 1,200 MW gas-fired power plant in Southern Alberta. Published reports said the $2 billion (Canadian) plant would boost the provincial grid's reliability after Alberta's expansion into wind energy made it vulnerable to power disruption.
"We now have so much windpower generation that we need to fall back on reliable sources of power," Peter Hunt, an Enmax spokesman was quoted as saying.
Alberta expanded into windpower generation since deregulating its electricity industry eight years ago. With more than 4 percent of its power coming from wind farms in the southern part of the province, it is the national leader in the green-energy source. The province's grid operator, Alberta Electric System Operator, a year ago banned the construction of any more wind farms until the reliability issues are resolved.
Alberta is expected to require additional capacity of up to 3,800 MW in the next decade.
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