Thunder Bay Generating Station
- Thunder Bay Generating Station
Thunder Bay Generating Station is a coal fired station owned by Ontario Power Generation, located on Mission Island on the shore of Thunder Bay in Lake Superior. The plant provides energy to parts of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario.
Thunder Bay Generating Station began operation in 1963, with one 100 MW coal-fuelled generating unit. Two additional coal-fuelled units were added in the early 1980s, and in 1984 the original 100 MW unit was removed from service. This plant is connected to the power grid via 115 Kv and 230 Kv transmission lines.
Its two coal-fuelled boilers provide a peak output of 326 MW fuelled by low sulphur lignite coal from Western Canada and low sulphur sub-bituminous coal from the Powder River Basin in the United States.
Annual production at the plant is approximately 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours (KWh), enough energy to supply over 100,000 households for one year. The station occupies convert|53|ha|acre|0|lk=on|abbr=on on Mission Island, at the mouth of the Kaministiquia River delta on Thunder Bay. The plant's chimney is convert|198|m|ft|0|abbr=on tall and the steam temperature is convert|538|C|F|0|lk=on|abbr=on.
See also
* Atikokan Generating Station
* Kakabeka Falls Generating Station
References
* [http://www.opg.com/pdf/brochure_thunderbay.pdf Thunder Bay Generating Station Information Brochure]
External links
* [http://www.opg.com/power/fossil/thunderbay.asp Ontario Power Generation: Thunder Bay Generating Station]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Atikokan Generating Station — is a coal fired station owned by Ontario Power Generation, located convert|8|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of Atikokan, convert|190|km|mi|0|abbr=on west of Thunder Bay, in Northwestern Ontario. The plant employs 90 people.Atikokan Generating Station… … Wikipedia
Kakabeka Falls Generating Station — is a hydroelectric facility operated by Ontario Power Generation on the bank of the Kaministiquia River, km to mi|2|abbr=yes|precision=0 downstream from Kakabeka Falls in the community of Kakabeka Falls, Ontario, km to mi|30|abbr=yes|precision=0… … Wikipedia
Ontario electricity policy — refers to plans, legislation, incentives, guidelines, and policy processes put in place by the Government of the Province of Ontario, Canada, to address issues of electricity production, distribution, and consumption. Policymaking in the… … Wikipedia
Ontario Power Generation — Type Corporation established under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) with a single shareholder, the Government of Ontario[1] Industry Electricity generation … Wikipedia
Powder River Basin — The Powder River Basin The Powder River Basin is a geologic region in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, about 120 miles (190 km) east to west and 200 miles (320 km) north to south, known for its coal deposits. The region supplies … Wikipedia
Liste des centrales électriques au Canada — La centrale nucléaire de Bruce est la plus puissante au Canada. Cette page regroupe les plus importantes centrales électriques au Canada. Sommaire 1 … Wikipédia en Français
Kaministiquia River — The Red River Expedition at Kakabeka Falls by Frances Anne Hopkins, 1877 Mouth Lake Superior Basin countries … Wikipedia
Ontario — This article is about the Canadian province. For other uses, see Ontario (disambiguation). Ontario … Wikipedia
List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Ontario — Map of all coordinates from Google Map of all coordinates from Bing Export all coordinates as KML … Wikipedia
Northeast blackout of 2003 — States and provinces that experienced the blackout; not all areas within these political boundaries were affected. The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern… … Wikipedia
