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Burrard
Location: BC
Operator: BC Hydro
Configuration: 6 X 160 MW CHP
Operation: 1962-1975
Fuel: natural gas
Boiler supplier: Bessemer
T/G supplier: AEI, GE
Quick facts: The Burrard Upgrde Project was completed in 2003. This
included the addition of SCR and CEM systems. Since 2002, three units have
been on standby. Steam is supplied to Imperial Oil Ioco Terminal to heat
heavy oil for shipment and storage.
Photograph courtesy of Vancouver Sun
Posted 31 Oct 2009 |
Clover Bar
Location: AB
Operator: Epcor Generation Inc
Configuration: 4 X 165 MW
Operation: 1970-1979 (ret 2005)
Fuel: natural gas, landfill gas
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Escher Wyss Oerlikon, Hitachi
Quick facts: Until it was shutdown in Sep 2005, Clover Bar sold power into
the Alberta Power Pool. In 1992, the station began supplementing its fuel
supply with methane gas collected from the nearby Clover Bar Landfill
northeast of Edmonton.
Photograph courtesy of EPCOR
Posted 12 May 2001 |
Coleson Cove
Location: NB
Operator: NB Power
Configuration: 3 X 350 MW
Operation: 1976-1977
Fuel: heavy oil
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Hitachi
Quick facts: In 2004, NP Power completed a $C750mn project to
convert Coleson Cove to fire orimulsion. The boilers were modified
to lower NOX emissions while wet ESPs and an FGD system were also added.
Venezuela ceased orimulsion production at the end of 2006.
Photograph courtesy of NB Power
Posted 27 Oct 2004 |
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Courtenay Bay
Location: NB
Operator: NB Power
Configuration: 1 X 50 MW, 1 X 13 MW, 2 X 100 MW (Unit-4 ret)
Operation: 1961-1967
Fuel: heavy oil
Boiler supplier: B&W, CE
T/G supplier: EE, BBC
Photograph courtesy of NB Power
Posted 27 Oct 2004 |
Dalhousie
Location: NB
Operator: NB Power
Configuration: 1 X 100 MW, 1 X 200 MW
Operation: 1969-1980
Fuel: orimulsion
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: BBC
Quick facts: Dalhousie was converted to use orimulsion in 1994 and used
this fuel until Venezuela ceased production at the end of 2006. The plant
now uses heavy oil as it did previously. Babcock & Wilcox retrofit a
single-module, wet limestone FGD scrubber to Dalhousie to allow for
consumption of orimulsion.
Photograph courtesy of NB Power
Posted 27 Oct 2004 |
Estlin
Location: BC
Operator: NRGreen Power
Configuration: 1 X 5 MW ORC
Operation: 2008
Fuel: waste heat
Boiler supplier: n/a
T/G supplier: Ormat
Quick facts: Estlin uses using waste heat from gas compressors on the Alliance natural gas pipeline. The project went online in June 2008.
Photograph courtesy of NRGreen Power
Posted 23 Nov 2011 |
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Lennox
Location: ON
Operator: Ontario Power Generation
Configuration: 4 X 535 MW
Operation: 1976
Fuel: natural gas, heavy oil
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: GE
Quick facts: Lennox is on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario near Bath and
is one of the largest conventional gas- and oil-fired power stations in
North America. In 1982 the station was placed in reserve due to a decrease
in demand and it was subsequently reopened in 1987. Two units were again
placed in reserve between 1994 and 1998. The station was converted to dual
capability in 1998-2000 and often uses gas in the summer and oil in winter
when natural gas is needed for home heating. The plant play a key role in
helping Ontario meet peak power demands.
Photograph courtesy of Ontario Power Generation
Posted 1 Dec 2007 |
Queen Elizabeth
Location: SK
Operator: SaskPower
Configuration: 2 X 66 MW, 1 X 100 MW steam, 6 X 25 MW gas turbine (repower)
Operation: 1958-2002
Fuel: natural gas
Boiler supplier: FW, B&W
T/G supplier: BBC, EE, Hitachi
Quick facts: Unit-1 was repowered with six Hitachi H-25 gas turbines in 2002.
Photograph courtesy of SaskPower
Posted 8 Sep 2004 |
Savona
Location: BC
Operator: Pristine Power Inc
Configuration: 1 X 5.9 MW ORC
Operation: 2008
Fuel: waste heat
Boiler supplier: n/a
T/G supplier: Ormat
Quick facts: Savona is 45km west of Kamloops and is an organic Rankine
cycle system using waste heat from gas compressors on Spectra Energy's
main natural gas pipeline. The project was jointly developed by Pristine
Power and Enmax Green Power and has a 20yr PPA with BC Hydro. Ground was
broken in Mar 2008 and the plant was energized in Jun 2008.
Photograph courtesy of Pristine Power Inc
Posted 7 Sep 2008 |
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Selkirk
Location: Canada
Operator: Manitoba Hydro
Configuration: 2 X 66 MW
Operation: 1961
Fuel: natural gas
Boiler supplier: B&W
T/G supplier: Parsons
Quick facts: Selkirk began operation as a lignite-fired plant. In Jan
2001, plans for a $30mn conversion to gas firing were announced and
this was completed in mid-2002. The plant is lightly loaded and in 1984,
both generators were modified to allow their use as synchronous condensers.
Photograph by Brian Simmons and courtesy of Manitoba Hydro
Posted 26 Mar 2001 |
University of Alberta
Location: AB
Operator: University of Alberta
Configuration: 1 X 13.3 MW, 1 X 26.4 MW CHP
Operation: 1994-2000
Fuel: natural gas
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: Delaval, Brush
Quick facts: This CHP plant serves a district energy system that supplies
the UOA campus, affiliated hospitals, the Cross Cancer Institute, and other
smaller entities. The CHP plant was first built in 1959 with subsequent
additions of boilers and related equipment. The plant has five gas-fired
boilers. The facility also produces instrument quality air using three
oil-free centrifugal air compressors.
Photograph courtesy of University of Alberta
Posted 12 Mar 2008 |
Tracy
Location: QC
Operator: Hydro-Quebec
Configuration: 4 X 150 MW
Operation: 1964-1968 (ret)
Fuel: heavy oil
Boiler supplier: CE
T/G supplier: Parsons
EPC: SNC Lavalin
Quick facts: This was the largest conventional, utility-owned thermal power
plant in Quebec. It was used sparingly and retired in 2012.
Photograph by Denis Chabot and courtesy of CCDMD
Posted 10 Jun 2006 |
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Tufts Cove
Location: NS
Operator: Nova Scotia Power
Configuration: 2 X 100 MW, 1 X 150 MW
Operation: 1965-1976
Fuel: heavy oil, natural gas
Boiler supplier: Babcock & Wilcox Goldie McCulloch, B&W
T/G supplier: AEI, Howden Parsons, Parsons
Quick facts: This station is on the eastern shore of Halifax harbor. ESPs
were retrofit in the 1990s at a cost of about C$32mn and in 2000, the units
were coverted for dual-fuel operation. In 2002/03, two 50-MW combustion
turbines were built at the site and these are being converted for
combined-cycle operation in 2010.
Photograph by Vern Equinox (wikipedia)
Posted 16 Dec 2009 |
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