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About TransAlta

TransAlta is a wholesale power marketer, which means they sell electricity on the wholesale market. The company had sales of 20,703,890 megawatt hours in 2022 via the wholesale market. During the same timeframe, the supplier obtained 20,703,890 megawatt hours via the wholesale electricity market. They had $1,301,203,000 in total revenue in 2022 from electricity-related activities, all of which came from sales to the wholesale electricity market to end-users.

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TransAlta Overview

  • Company Type:Wholesale Power Marketer
  • Headquarters:1355 Northwest Everett Street, Suite 100
    Portland, Orlando 97209
    United States of America
  • CEO:Bob Nelson

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Quick Facts About TransAlta

Roughly 0.08% of TransAlta's total electricity comes from the use of hydroelectric power.

TransAlta generates 20,419 megawatt hours of electricity (or 0.37% of their total production) from solar energy sources.

TransAlta generates 4,251,571.01 megawatt hours from non-renewable fuel sources, which is 152nd out of 3517 companies in the nation.

TransAlta produces 1,266,923 megawatt hours of electricity from wind energy, which is the 51st highest total out of 3517 providers that we track in the US.

Producing 5,543,103.01 megawatt hours annually, TransAlta is the 168th largest total producer of all companies in the US.

TransAlta is 77th out of 3517 electricity providers in the nation for total megawatt hours generated from coal.

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TransAlta Energy Makeup

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Power Plants Owned by TransAlta

PlantCity/CountyStatePrimary Fuel TypeProduction (MWh)Emission (kg)Emissions/MWhToxic Chemical ReleaseClosing Date
Transalta Centralia GenerationTransAlta (100.00%)
Lewis County WA Coal 4,003,651.014,508,635,468.631,126.13
Skookumchuck Wind FacilityTransAlta (100.00%)
Thurston County WA Wind 414,741
TransAlta Wyoming WindTransAlta (100.00%)
Uinta County WY Wind 341,330
Big Level WindTransAlta (100.00%)
Potter County PA Wind 256,800
Ada Cogeneration LPTransAlta (100.00%)
Forest Hills CDP MI Natural Gas 247,920101,412,622.92409.05
Lakeswind Power PartnersTransAlta (100.00%)
Clay County MN Wind 183,425
Hillsborough County NH Wind 70,627
Freetown SolarTransAlta (100.00%)
Bristol County MA Solar 6,974
Bristol County MA Solar 4,917
North BrookfieldTransAlta (100.00%)
Worcester County MA Solar 4,410

TransAlta Fuel Makeup

COAL
Coal
Coal
Coal
Coal
Coal
Coal
Coal
Coal
72.13%
WIND
Wind
Wind
Wind
22.86%
NATURAL GAS
Natural Gas
4.47%
SOLAR
Solar
0.37%
DISTILLATE FUEL OIL
Distillate Fuel Oil
0.10%
OTHER
Other
0.08%

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TransAlta FAQ:

Who is the CEO of TransAlta?

Bob Nelson is the CEO of TransAlta.

What percentage of TransAlta's electricity is generated using renewable fuel sources?

Electric generation plants owned by or associated with TransAlta produce 23.30% of their electricity using renewable fuel sources.

What percentage of TransAlta's electricity is generated from nonrenewable fuels?

Power generation facilities owned by or associated with TransAlta produce 76.70% of their electricity from nonrenewable fuel types.

How many power plants are owned by or associated with TransAlta?

There are 12 power plants owned by or associated with TransAlta.

Ginalyn Gelera
Last Reviewed By: Ginalyn Gelera
Published: 2022-03-13