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Atikokan Generating Station is a biomass power plant owned by Ontario Power Generation (OPG) located Шаблон:Convert north of Atikokan, Ontario (Шаблон:Convert 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 generating unit with low nitrogen oxide (NOx) burners, providing a peak output of 230 MW fuelled by low-sulfur lignite coal from the Ravenscrag Formation in Southern Saskatchewan.[1]

In late 2012, the facility powered down and underwent renovations, due to the Ontario government's initiative to eliminate all coal-fired electricity generation.[2] It is the first generating station to be converted by OPG to be fueled by biomass,[3] and is North America's largest purely biomass-fueled power plant.[4] The conversion came at a cost of C$200 million, and the plant was re-opened on 10 September 2014.[4][5][6]

Annual production at the plant is approximately 900 million kilowatt-hours (kWh), enough energy to supply approximately 70,000 households for one year. The station occupies an area of Шаблон:Convert. The plant's chimney is Шаблон:Convert tall, and the steam temperature is Шаблон:Convert. This plant is connected to the provincial power grid via several 230,000-volt transmission lines.

Emissions

Greenhouse Gases (2012)[7]
Greenhouse gas Sum (tonnes) Sum (tonnes CO2e*)
CO2 46,684 46,684
CH4 1.22 26
N2O 0.92 286
Total - 46,996

*Calculated figures for CO2e are rounded to the nearest tonne.

Total emissions, 2004-2020[7]
Year Emissions (tonnes CO2e)
2004 1,181,122
2005 1,108,437
2006 851,094
2007 754,148
2008 413,639
2009 200,393
2010 501,830
2011 78,078
2012 46,996
2013 0
2014 0
2015 48,070
2016 29,219
2017 18,138
2018 19,645
2019 17,022
2020 17,104

See also

Шаблон:Portal

References

Шаблон:Reflist

External links

Шаблон:Fossil fuel power ON