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Joint Arrangements | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of interests in other entities [Abstract] |
Joint arrangements | Joint Arrangements Joint arrangements at Dec. 31, 2017, included the following:
Joint operations | Segment | Ownership (per cent) | Description
Sheerness | Coal | 50 | Coal-fired plant in Alberta, of which TA Cogen has a 50 per cent interest, operated by ATCO Power
Genesee Unit 3 | Coal | 50 | Coal-fired plant in Alberta operated by Capital Power Corporation
Keephills Unit 3 | Coal | 50 | Coal-fired plant in Alberta operated by TransAlta
Goldfields Power | Gas | 50 | Gas-fired plant in Australia operated by TransAlta
Fort Saskatchewan | Gas | 60 | Cogeneration plant in Alberta, of which TA Cogen has a 60 per cent interest, operated by TransAlta
Fortescue River Gas Pipeline | Gas | 43 | Natural gas pipeline in Western Australia, operated by DBP Development Group
McBride Lake | Wind | 50 | Wind generation facility in Alberta operated by TransAlta
Soderglen | Wind | 50 | Wind generation facility in Alberta operated by TransAlta
Pingston | Hydro | 50 | Hydro facility in British Columbia operated by TransAlta

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