Thunder Bay Generating Station
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The Thunder Bay Generating Station
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 Location of Thunder Bay Generating Station in Ontario
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| Country | Canada |
| Location | Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 48°21′36″N 89°13′12″W / 48.36000°N 89.22000°WCoordinates: 48°21′36″N 89°13′12″W / 48.36000°N 89.22000°W |
| Status | Active |
| Commission date | 1963 (coal) 2015 (biomass) |
| Owner(s) | Ontario Power Generation |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Advanced biomass |
| Type | Steam turbine |
The Thunder Bay Generating Station ("Thunder Bay GS") is a biomass-fired power station owned by Ontario Power Generation ("OPG"). It is located on Mission Island in Thunder Bay, on the shore of Lake Superior.
Operating since 1963, Thunder Bay GS was the last coal fired station in Ontario. The plant was shut down in April 2014 as part of Ontario's phase out of coal-fired electricity generation. It was converted to run on advanced biomass (wood pellets) and recommissioned on February 9, 2015.
Thunder Bay GS 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. The station occupies 53 ha (131 acres) on Mission Island, at the mouth of the Kaministiquia River delta on Thunder Bay. The plant's chimney is 198 m (650 ft) tall.
The two coal-fuelled boilers provided 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.
While operating as a coal plant, annual production was approximately 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours (KWh), enough energy to supply over 100,000 households for one year.
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