Canyon Creek pumped hydro energy storage

  • Project
  • energy storage
  • hydroélectricité
  • pumped storage
  • renewable energy
Athabasca Falls Near Canyon Creek Pumped Storage

The Canyon Creek pumped hydro energy storage project is critical for Alberta’s renewable energy future. With a generation capacity of 75 MW, it can supply up to 37 hours of on-demand, clean energy to the Alberta electricity grid. This project is able to generate power during high-demand periods and store energy during low-demand periods.

  • Date Aug 01, 2023
  • Region Western Canada
  • Client AECON
  1. Our experts' solutions 

    The project included two earth-filled embankment reservoirs, a 7 km penstock pipe, a powerhouse equipped with three vertical Pelton units and a separate pump house with four horizontal pumps. It also included associated balance of plant (BoP) and a substation interconnected to the AltaLink network in Hinton, Alberta.

    BBA assisted with value engineering and optimization, preliminary hydraulic analysis (head loss and transient), detailed design initiation, environmental permitting and compliance monitoring, scope interface definition with equipment supplier and cost estimate support.

    By working closely with AECON, BBA also resolved a critical flaw in the reference design hydraulics, eliminating the need for a transient pressure management facility and reducing the length of the penstock. Our team also significantly reduced operational risks for the owner by removing large pressure release valves and increased cost certainty through clear definition of the water-to-wire supplier scope.

    • 75 MW of generation capacity
    • 37 hrs of on-demand clean energy
    • 486 m of gross head
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