Atikokan Generating Station

Atikokan Generating Station is a biomass power plant owned by OPG (OPG) Located 8 km (5 mi) north of Atikokan , Ontario (190 km (118 mi) west of Thunder Bay ). The plant employs 90 people. The Atikokan Generating Station Began operation as a coal-fired station in 1985 and underwent an overhaul in the autumn of 2003.

Until 2012, it had one coal fueled generation unit with low sulfur oxide (NOx) burners, providing a peak output of 230 MW fired by low sulfur lignite coal from Western Canada . In late 2012, the facility is powered down and underwent renovations, by the Ontario government’s initiative to eliminate all coal-fired electricity generation. ^[1] It is the first generating station to be converted by OPG to be fueled by biomass, ^[2] and is North America’s largest purely biomass-fueled power plant. ^[3] The conversion came at a cost of C $ 200 million, and the plant was re-opened on September 10, 2014. ^[3][4] [5]

Annual production at the plant is approximately 900 million kilowatt-hours (kWh), enough to supply approximately 70,000 households for one year. The resort occupies an area of ​​3 km ² (741 acres). The plant’s chimney is 145 m (476 ft) tall, and the steam temperature is 538 ° C (1,000 ° F ). This plant is connected to the provincial power grid via several 230,000-volt transmission lines.