Capital Power Corporation and ENMAX Corporation announced that the project has received all major regulatory approvals required from the Alberta Utilities Commission and Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development and disclosed the turbine supplier. The joint venture partners have executed agreements with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems for the supply and maintenance of the advanced J-Class natural gas turbine technology in commercial operation. The facility will have a nominal generation capacity of 1,060 megawatts consisting of two 530 megawatt units.

The facility consists of two one-on-one, single shaft power islands, each incorporating a 501 J-class natural gas turbine, steam turbine, generator and heat recovery steam generator. This technology has a lower heat rate than previous technology resulting in higher efficiency and about a 4% reduction in CO2 and NOx emissions compared to the previous generation's technology. The J-Class technology also provides superior flexibility to respond to sudden fluctuations in supply and demand which makes it well suited for the Alberta power market.