Lambton Generating Station

Lambton Generating Station
Location of Lambton Generating Station in Ontario
Country Canada
Location Corunna, Ontario
Coordinates 42°47′50″N 82°28′10″W / 42.79722°N 82.46944°W / 42.79722; -82.46944Coordinates: 42°47′50″N 82°28′10″W / 42.79722°N 82.46944°W / 42.79722; -82.46944
Status Permanent shutdown
Decommission date September 2013
Owner(s) Ontario Power Generation
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Type Steam turbine
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 950 megawatts[1]

The Lambton Generating Station was a coal-fuelled power plant located on the St. Clair River near Corunna, Ontario, delivering up to 950 MW of power to the grid.[2] It is owned by Ontario Power Generation.[3]

The plant previously had a total generating capacity of 1,976 MW,[4] prior to the permanent shutdown of generating units 1 and 2 (of four) in October 2010.[3][5] The remaining units were shut down in September 2013.[6] It may be converted to natural gas or biomass in the future.[3] It was connected to the power grid via numerous 230 kV lines, and also had two interconnections with Detroit Edison and ITC Transmission via a 230 kV line (Lambton-St. Clair #1) and a 345 kV line (Lambton-St. Clair #2). It is located almost exactly across the St. Clair River from Detroit Edison's St. Clair Power Plant in East China, Michigan.

The facility has three 168-metre (551 ft) smokestacks,[7] one of which is equipped with flue-gas desulfurization units, commonly called "scrubbers", to remove sulfur oxide. Emissions from scrubbers at the Lambton station could be seen for over 16 km, although with the scrubbers operating properly, these plumes likely had over 90% less SO2 compared with other coal-fired stations without scrubbers.[8]

Emissions

Greenhouse Gases (2012)[9]
Greenhouse gas Sum (tonnes) Sum (tonnes CO2e*)
CO2 2,238,606.72 2,238,607
CH4 46.08 968
N2O 27.05 8,387
HFCs 0.00 2
SF6 0.00 84
Total - 2,248,047

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

Total emissions, 2004-2012[9]
Year Emissions (tonnes CO2e)
2004 7,208,141
2005 8,738,072
2006 6,485,627
2007 8,501,943
2008 6,405,366
2009 3,782,065
2010 3,330,461
2011 1,265,653
2012 2,248,047

Redevelopment

In 2012, plans were announced to relocate a proposed natural gas-powered generating station, originally intended for construction by Greenfield South Power Corporation near Sherway Gardens in Mississauga, to the Lambton Generating Station site.[10]

Construction in Mississauga had already begun in 2011; the original site selection was cancelled during the October 2011 provincial election with the project becoming a key issue during that campaign[11] and the subsequent 2014 campaign.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Power Generation: Thermal Power". Ontario Power Generation. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  2. ↑ "Lambton Generating Station brochure" (PDF). Ontario Power Generation. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lambton Generating Station". Ontario Power Generation. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  4. ↑ (pg 60)
  5. ↑ "Four OPG coal-fired generating units removed from service - Press Release" (PDF). Ontario Power Generation. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Ontario shuts down Lambton power plant ahead of schedule". The Globe and Mail. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 2015-02-24.
  7. ↑ archive.org/stream/annualrepor1967onta/annualrepor1967onta_djvu.txt
  8. ↑ "Flue-gas desulfurization".
  9. 1 2 "Facility and GHG Information - Lambton Generating Station". Environment Canada. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Liberals release another 20,000 pages on Oakville generator amid charges of a "cover-up"". Toronto Star. October 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
  11. ↑ "Construction continues at Mississauga power plant". National Post. 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
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