This morning Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced a positive Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Greenlight Electricity Centre (GLEC), a 932 MW gas-fired combined cycle power generation facility to be located within Alberta’s Industrial Heartland in Sturgeon County near Edmonton. Pembina estimates the project will require approximately 150 MMcf/d of natural gas.
GLEC is expected to be in service in the second half of 2030 with a capital cost estimate of CAD$4 billion, and will provide electricity on a dedicated basis to a major data center development under a long-term tolling agreement. Media reports last year suggested Meta was the customer, but Meta has not yet publicly confirmed it is pursuing a data center project in Alberta. GLEC has all major regulatory approvals in hand, and the site is permitted for a doubling of capacity to 1,864 MW.
GLEC is owned by Pembina (47.5%), Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (47.5%) and Kineticor Asset Management (5%).
