Corporate Highlights - 2010

TransAlta progressed on key strategic imperatives in 2010:

Drive the base:

• Sustained high-level plant performance; achieved strong availability of 88.9 per cent versus 85.1 per cent in 2009
• Enhanced core operating efficiencies through technological initiatives
• Achieved cost savings and lowered overall OM&A by 5 per cent due to lower planned maintenance and various productivity initiatives

Reposition coal:

• Leader in developing CCS technologies through Project Pioneer
• Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Washington state for developing a plan to reduce emissions from Centralia by 2025
• Continued to work closely with policymakers to develop long-term plans for providing clean and sustainable electricity in our core markets 

Green and diversify our portfolio:

• Added 189 MW of wind power; commissioned Kent Hill 2 (54 MW), Ardenville (69 MW), and Summerview 2 (66 MW) wind facilities on time and on budget
• Became Canada's largest wind power generator, owning over 1,000 MW of wind capacity
• Announced plans to develop Sun 7, a 700 MW natural gas-fired facility