Atikokan Generating Station

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Atikokan Generating Station is a coal fired station owned by Ontario Power Generation, located 8 km (5 mi) north of Atikokan, 190 km (118 mi) 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 3 km² (741 acres) north of Atikokan, Ontario. The plant's chimney is 145 m (476 ft) tall and the steam temperature is 538 °C (1,000 °F).

[edit] See also

• Thunder Bay Generating Station

• Kakabeka Falls Generating Station

[edit] Reference

• Atikokan Generating Station Information Brochure

[edit] External links

• Ontario Power Generation: Atikokan Generating Station

Coordinates: 48°50′17″N, 91°34′15″W