Northland's 80 MW Jurassic battery reaches commercial operation in Alberta

Northland Power Inc. said on September 29, 2026 that its 80 MW / 160 MWh Jurassic Battery Energy Storage System in Cypress County, Alberta has achieved commercial operations, bringing online what the company calls Alberta's largest battery storage facility. The release says the project was delivered ahead of schedule and under budget, was built with zero lost-time incidents across nearly 75,000 hours worked, and is supported by a 15-year offtake agreement covering 100% of its capacity; it names neither the counterparty nor a cost.

The cost figure sits in Northland's April 9, 2025 release on financial close, which put the project cost at approximately $120 million, with no currency stated, and expected commercial operation in late 2026. Northland's second-quarter results on August 12, 2026 had the project in final testing and commissioning, on track for the end of 2026 "with overall costs aligned with original expectations." The company's project page is more hedged than the release, describing Jurassic as "one of the largest projects of its kind in Alberta" with 39 battery packs and 19 transformers.

The grid operator knows the asset by another name. An Alberta Electric System Operator notice, dated April 8, 2026 on the operator's market-updates index, said Jurassic Solar LP was connecting an 80 MW energy storage resource, Raptor Battery (RPT2), effective April 24, 2026; the province's Major Projects listing identifies Jurassic Solar L.P as Northland Power and says a 220 MW solar array is to follow the battery. In AESO's current supply and demand report at 13:08 on September 29, 2026, Raptor Battery lists a maximum capability of 80 MW; no other asset in the report's energy storage group lists more than 20 MW, while nine assets in the gas, hydro and solar groups carry the report's marker for including storage with no storage size given. Northland's storage page calls Jurassic its second battery project after the 250 MW / 1,000 MWh Oneida facility in Ontario and says it acquired 300 MW / 1.2 GWh of late-stage battery projects in Poland, the market where ENGIE said on September 4, 2026 it holds a 758 MW / 2,156 MWh portfolio, positions taken in July and August 2026 and all scheduled for commissioning in 2028 and 2029.