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Atikokan
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 1 X 230 MW
Operation: 1985
Fuel: lignite
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: BBC
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power
Generation
Posted 23 Jun 2004 |
Battle River
Location: AB
Operator: Atco Power
Configuration: 2 X 30 MW (ret), 2 X 165 MW, 1 X 405 MW
Operation: 1956-1981
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: BBC, GE, Hitachi
Quick facts: The Battle River site is 200km southeast of Edmonton. Prairie
Mines & Royalty Ltd supply the fuel which is surface-mined from the
Paintearth and Vesta coal mines located directly south of the station. A
cooling reservoir for the plant was created in 1954 by a 12m high dam on
the Battle River. Units 1&2 were retired and dismantled in 2000.
Photograph courtesy of
Alberta Power Ltd
Posted 28 Feb 2009 |
Belledune
Location: NB
Operator: NB Power
Configuration: 1 X 450 MW
Operation: 1993
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: Toshiba
Photograph courtesy of NB Power
Posted 27 Oct 2004 |
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Boundary Dam
Location: SK
Operator: SaskPower
Configuration: 2 X 66 MW, 3 X 150 MW, 1 X 292 MW
Operation: 1959-1978
Fuel: lignite
Boiler supplier: B&W, CE
T/G supplier: Parsons, GE, Hitachi
Photograph courtesy of SaskPower
Posted 8 Sep 2004 |
Brandon
Location: MB
Operator: Manitoba Hydro
Configuration: 4 X 33 MW, 1 X 105 MW
Operation: 1958-1969
Fuel: subbituminous coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: CE, B&W
T/G supplier: MV, BBC
Quick facts: This was Manitoba Hydro's first thermal power plant and was
designed to burn lignite from Saskatchewan. Three of
the 33-MW units were retired in 1996 while the fourth operates as a
synchronous condenser. The plant now uses subbituminous coal from the Powder River Basin plus natural gas. Two 120-MW
Alstom gas turbines were added in 2002.
Photograph by Brian Simmons and courtesy of Manitoba Hydro
Posted 31 Mar 2001 |
Genesee
Location: AB
Operator: Capital Power Corp
Configuration: 2 X 430 MW, 1 X 450 MW
Operation: 1989-2005
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE, B-H
T/G supplier: GEC, Hitachi
EPC: SNC-Lavalin
Quick facts: Edmonton Power began investigating this plant site in the
1950s due to the proximity of low-sulfur coal reserves and cooling water
availability. The utility applied for permission to build the plant in
1977 and groundbreaking was in Feb 1982. After several deferments,
Unit-2 went online in Oct 1989 followed by the second unit in Jun 1994. The station
covers and area of 7,000ha including a 735ha cooling pond with makeup from the
North Saskatchewan River. The stack on the first two units is 121m tall. Coal handling facilities for Units 1&2 were
sized for four similar units. Genesee-3, Canada's first supercritical
generating unit, was completed in Feb 2005. Capital Power was
incorporated in May 2009 and after an IPO in Jun 2009, Epcor retained a
70% stake in the genco.
Photograph courtesy of EPCOR
Posted 7 Mar 2005
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Grand Lake-4
Location: NB
Operator: NB Power
Configuration: 1 X 60 MW
Operation: 1964
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Parsons
Quick facts: Grand Lake 1-3 were retired in 1993.
Photograph courtesy of NB Power
Posted 27 Oct 2004 |
Keephills
Location: AB
Operator: TransAlta Generation Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 400 MW
Operation: 1983-1984
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: Hitachi
Quick facts: This power station is 70km west of Edmonton and
5km south of Wabamun Lake, not far from the Highvale surface mine. Unit-2
was the site of a long-term pilot project using activated carbon injection
for mercury control. This pilot completed in 2008 having removed 60% of
the mercury in the input fuel. Power is sold into the grid under Alberta
Power Purchase Arrangement (PPA) effective from 1 Jan 2001 to 31 Dec 2020.
Photograph by Dave
Belcher (Google Earth)
Posted 13 Feb 2010 |
Keephills-3
Location: AB
Operator: TransAlta Generation Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 495 MW
Operation: 2011
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: B-H
T/G supplier: Hitachi
EPC: ColtWorleyParsons, Epcor
Quick facts: Unit-3 is a supercritical unit jointly-owned on a 50:50 basis by TransAlta and
Epcor. It is essentially a sister unit to Genesee-3. Construction began in
Feb 2007, first firing was in Jun 2010, and the unit began final
commissioning in Jan 2011 to schedule. Commercial operation was on 1 Sep 2011. The unit cost about CND$1.6bn.
Photograph courtesy of TransAlta
Posted 8 Jan 2011 |
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Lakeview
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 8 X 300 MW
Operation: 1962-1969 (ret 2005)
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Babcock & Wilcox Goldie McCulloch, CE, B&W
T/G supplier: AEI, Parsons
EPC: Ontario Hydro
Quick facts: Lakeview was taken offline on 30 Apr 2005 after 43yrs of
service, initially supplying almost 20% of Ontario's electricity.
Construction started in on the 52ha site Jun 1958 and Unit-1 generated
first power on 30 Oct 1961. At
completion, Lakeview had cost $C274mn and was said to be the largest
thermal power plant in the world. It remained the largest thermal plant in
Canada until the completion of Nanticoke. The 167m stacks were a
landmark on the Lake Ontario waterfront for decades. From 1990-1993,
$C1.1bn was invested in four units to increase efficiency and reliability.
Four units were decommissioned in 1993 due to reduced load forecasts. Total station output was over 215 TWh.
Lakeview's main structure have now been demolished and removed. the
controlled implosion of the eight boilers by Dykon Explosive Demolition
from Tulsa, OK, was the first such event broadcast live on Canadian TV.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power
Generation
Posted 1 Dec 2007 |
Lambton
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 2 X 500 MW, 2 X 525 MW
Operation: 1969-1970
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE
Quick facts: Lambton is on the St Clair River south of Sarnia, Ontario.
Annual production is around 11 TWh. Units 3&4 were overhauled and retrofit
with Joy/Bischoff FGD scrubbers and B&W Canada SCRs. Full-load coal burn
is 640 ton/hr. Units 1&2 closed on 1 Oct 2010 per provincial mandate.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power
Generation
Posted 23 Jun 2004 |
Lingan
Location: NS
Operator: Nova Scotia Power Inc
Configuration: 4 X 158 MW
Operation: 1979-1984
Fuel: bituminous coal, heavy oil
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: Toshiba
Quick facts: Lingan is on Cape Breton Island and was designed to burn coal mined nearby by the
Cape Breton Development Corp, thereby reducing Nova
Scotia's use of oil for power generation. Unit-1 was commissioned on 1 Nov 1979.
After shutdown of regional mining, the plant switched to coal from the US and
South America. During 2006-2008, the plant was retrofit with low-Nox combustion systems
from B&W. The stacks are
150m high.
Photograph by Mary Vallis
Re-posted 26 May 2010 |
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Milner
Location: AB
Operator: Maxim Power Corp
Configuration: 1 X 158 MW
Operation: 1972
Fuel: coal washings
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Hitachi
Quick facts: This plant in Grand Cache was built by Alberta Power Ltd and
named for Horatio Ray Milner, a prominent lawyer and business man and a founding director of Canadian
Utilities. It was acquired by Maxim in 2005. Milner has a long-term agreement with Luscar Ltd for the supply of up
to 540,000 tpy of coal from their Coal Valley mine located in Edson. Power produced from Milner is sold through the
Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO). A 500-MW extension is in planning.
Photograph by Maxim Power
Corp
Posted 12 Sep 2009 |
Nanticoke
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 4 X 490 MW, 2 X 500 MW, 2 X 512 MW
Operation: 1969-1970
Fuel: subbituminous coal, bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: BW
T/G supplier: Howden Parsons, Parsons
Quick facts: Nanticoke GS is on the north shore of Lake Erie in Haldimand
County. The plant was completed in 1978 at a cost of over C$800 million at
which time it was one of the largest power stations in the world, a
ranking it held for many years. An additional C$900mn has been invested
since then on reliability and environmental improvements. Annual
production has ranged from 6 TWh to 24 TWh depending on need. Over its
life Nanticoke has produced over 500 TWh and has historically employed
more than 600 people. On 1 Oct 2010, OPG closed Units 3&4 per a provincial
mandate calling for the phase out of coal-fired plant in the province.
This was 4yrs in advance of the schedule agreed in 2006.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power
Generation
Posted 6 Oct 2010 |
Point Aconi
Location: NS
Operator: Nova Scotia Power Inc
Configuration: 1 X 210 MW
Operation: 1994
Fuel: pet coke, bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Pyropower
T/G supplier: GE
EPC: Sargent & Lundy, Mitsui
Quick facts: Point Aconi is on a 52ha site on the northern tip of
Boularderie Island in Cape Breton County. It has Canada's largest CFB unit
which was the world's largest at completion. The plant has Nova Scotia's
only offshore cooling water intake. Beginning in 1999, the boiler was re-engineered and partially rebuilt by Foster Wheeler
in a $20mn. Fuel was also switched to an
80:20 coke-coal blend. The result was a 10-MW increase in output and
increases in reliability measures. The project won Power magazine's Maramaduke Award in 2006.
Photograph courtesy of Nova Scotia Power
Inc
Posted 23 Jun 2004 |
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Point Tupper
Location: NS
Operator: Nova Scotia Power Inc
Configuration: 1 X 79 MW (ret), 1 X 150 MW
Operation: 1969-1973
Fuel: bituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE, B&W
T/G supplier: GE, Stal, Howden Parsons, Parsons
Photograph courtesy of Nova Scotia Power
Inc
Posted 23 Jun 2004 |
Poplar River
Location: SK
Operator: SaskPower
Configuration: 2 X 315 MW
Operation: 1980-1983
Fuel: lignite
Boiler supplier: B&W Canada, CE Canada
T/G supplier: Hitachi
Quick facts: In the fall of 1974, the
Saskatchewan Government announced the construction of the Poplar River
Power Project. Construction of the Morrison Dam and cooling water
reservoir got underway in 1975 and was completed in 1977. Late in 1975
work began on construction of the power house. The 122m stack can be seen
for many miles around Coronach. The first turbine was commissioned on 20
June 1981. Fuel is supplied from the Luscar Mining Poplar River Coal Mine.
Two of the largest electric draglines in Canada are used to load 150t
haulers, which deliver the coal to the loadout, where it is transported to
the power plant by train.
Photograph by Robin Wall
Re-posted 6 Aug 2011 |
Richard L Hearn
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 4 X 100 MW, 4 X 200
Operation: 1951-1961 (ret 1983)
Fuel: bituminous coal, natural gas
Boiler supplier: Babcock & Wilcox Goldie McCulloch, CE
T/G supplier: Parsons
EPC: Stone & Webster
Quick facts: Hearn-1 was Canada’s first 100-MW
steam-electric unit and the plant was officially opened on 26 Oct 1951 by
the Hon Leslie Frost, Premier of Ontario. Richard L Hearn reached its full 1,200-MW capacity for the first
time on 22 Mar 1961 and cost C$156mn to build. At full load the boilers
burned about 440 tph of coal. The 200-MW units (5-8) had
cross-compound turbines. Each unit was originally equipped with its own
stack, but in the late 1960s, a 215m stack was added at a cost of $C9m, at
the time one of the tallest stacks in the world. In 1971, the entire plant was
converted to burn Alberta natural gas with four units retaining the option
to burn coal. The station operated on gas until Units 1-5 were mothballed
in the early 1980s. The last three 200-MW units resumed
burning coal along and but were closed in Jul 1983. Some
of the generators then operated as synchronous condensers. In Mar 1990,
Ontario Hydro said it would restart Units 7&8 top meet winter load, and
work was underway when the new NDP government of Premier Bob Rae cancelled
the project. The site was then used occasionally for movie sets and the
Portlands CCGT plant was built on adjacent property.
Photograph by SimonP (flickr)
Posted 1 Dec 2007 |
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Shand
Location: SK
Operator: SaskPower
Configuration: 1 X 300 MW
Operation: 1992
Fuel: lignite
Boiler supplier: B&W Canada
T/G supplier: Hitachi
Quick facts: In 1993, Shand received an award from Power magazine in
recognition of its advanced pollution control equipment. This includes a LIFAC limestone injection system.
The site is sized for a second unit.
Photograph courtesy of SaskPower
Posted 8 Sep 2004 |
Sheerness
Location: AB
Operator: Atco Power Ltd
Configuration: 2 X 400 MW
Operation: 1986-1990
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: Hitachi
Quick facts: Sheerness is 200km northeast of Calgary adjacent to the
Montgomery and Sheerness Coal Mines. The plant is owned 50:50 by ATCO
Power and TransAlta Cogeneration LP. The latter company is in turn 50%
owned by Hongkong Electric and Cheung Kong
Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. A cooling pond was built for the plant with
makeup from the Red Deer River.
Photograph courtesy of
Alberta Power Ltd
Posted 13 Dec 2009 |
Sundance
Location: AB
Operator: TransAlta Utilities
Configuration: 2 X 304 MW, 3 X 380 MW, 1 X 433 MW
Operation: 1970-1980
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: AEI, GEC, EE
Quick facts: This is the largest coal-fired plant in western Canada. In
2005, Sundance received Power magazine's Marmaduke Award for completing
installation of a plantwide wireless network and condition-based
monitoring system. In Feb 2011, TransAlta announced that Units 1&2 would
be closed permanently, having been taken offline in Dec 2010 for repairs.
These were found to be more extensive than could be financially justified
under the Sundance merchant plant operating regime.
Photograph courtesy of Power
Posted 21 Sep 2005 |
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Thunder Bay 2&3
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 2 X 165 MW
Operation: 1981
Fuel: subbituminous coal, lignite
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: BBC
EPC: W P London & Assoc
Quick facts: Thunder Bay is located at the mouth of the Mission River at
Lake Superior and uses low-sulphur lignite coal from Saskatchewan and PRB
coal from the USA. Annual production is about 1,500 GWh. A 100-MW unit was
first on the site. It completed in 1963 and was retired in 1984. Units 2&3
had Canada’s first direct digital controls for boiler and burner
management and are equipped with a 650ft, multi-flue stack. A new CEM
system was installed in 2003. About 65% of the plant’s fly ash is sold.
The Mission Island Marsh is a conservation area next to the power station.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Posted 4 Jan 2009 |
Trenton 5&6
Location: NS
Operator: Nova Scotia Power Inc
Configuration: 2 X 150 MW
Operation: 1969-1991
Fuel: bituminous coal, heavy oil
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Howden Parsons, GE, Hitachi
Quick facts: Trenton is on the bank of the East River at
Pictou . It was designed to burn coal mined nearby in Pictou County as well as on
Cape Breton Island. In 1991,/92, the plant used coal from the
Westray Mine, located several kilometres south of the plant, but this
mine was permanently closed on 9 May 1992 following a fatal methane gas
explosion. Since 2001, Trenton has used coal imported from the United
States and South America shipped to a bulk unloading terminal on the Strait of Canso at Point Tupper
and railed by CB&CNS trains to the site. Unit-5 is in the midst of a
multi-million dollar turbine upgrade and has been retrofit with a
baghouse. Unit-6 was commissioned was retrofit with a Low-NOx system in 2008.
Photograph by Verne Equinopx (wikipedia)
Posted 6 Sep 2009 |
Wabamun
Location: AB
Operator: TransAlta Utilities
Configuration: 2 X 66 MW, 1 X 159 MW, 1 X 279 MW
Operation: 1958-1967 (ret)
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Boiler supplier: Babcock & Wilcox Goldie
McCulloch, CE
T/G supplier: MV, AEI
Quick facts: This was the first of TransAlta's three coal-fired
plants built in the Wabamun Lake area 70km west of Edmonton. The three smaller sets decommissioned from 2002-2004
and Unit-4 was retired on 1 Apr 2010. In Dec 2005, TransAlta submitted a detailed site remediation and
reclamation plan to Alberta Environment incorporating
extensive environmental research, stakeholder consultation, and analysis.
The Wabamun retirement process is to serve as a model for decommissioning other
coal-fired plant.
Photograph by brendanberg (flickr)
Posted 13 Jan 2009 |
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