Atikokan Generating Station

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 began operation in 1985 and underwent an overhaul in the autumn of 2003.

It has one coal fuelled generating unit with low nitrogen oxide (NOx) burners, providing a peak output of 230 MW fuelled by low sulfur lignite coal from Western Canada. 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 convert|3|km2|acre|0|abbr=on north of Atikokan, Ontario. The plant's chimney is convert|145|m|ft|0|abbr=on tall and the steam temperature is convert|538|C|F|0|lk=on|abbr=on.

See also

* Thunder Bay Generating Station

* Kakabeka Falls Generating Station

References

* [http://www.opg.com/pdf/brochure_atikokan.pdf Atikokan Generating Station Information Brochure]

External links

* [http://www.opg.com/power/fossil/atikokan.asp Ontario Power Generation: Atikokan Generating Station]