Portlands Energy Centre

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Portlands Energy Centre
Country
  • Canada
Location470 Unwin Ave
Toronto, Ontario
Coordinates 43°38′58″N79°19′51″W / 43.64944°N 79.33083°W / 43.64944; -79.33083
StatusOperational
Commission date 2008
Construction cost$730 million CAD [1]
Owner(s)Atura Power (Ontario Power Generation)
Operator(s)Atura Power
Employees30
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Natural gas
Cooling source Lake Ontario
Combined cycle?Yes
Power generation
Units operational2 × 181 MW GE 7FA gas turbines
2 × Alstom fired HRSG
1 × 290 MW Alstom steam turbine
Nameplate capacity 550 megawatts
External links
Website portlandsenergycentre.com
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The Portlands Energy Centre is a 550-megawatt natural gas electrical generating station in Toronto, Ontario. It is located in the Port Lands area of the Toronto waterfront at 470 Unwin Avenue, adjacent to the site of the decommissioned Hearn Generating Station.

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Ownership

The Portlands Energy Centre was originally owned and operated as a 50/50 joint partnership between Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and TransCanada Corporation (now TC Energy). [2] OPG acquired full ownership of the facility in 2020, and it is currently operated by OPG's subsidiary Atura Power. [3]

Technical specifications of the plant

The technical specifications of the plant in the original submission of the environmental review report (a less rigorous form of a full environmental assessment) to the Ministry of the Environment in November 2003 have been significantly altered. This was due to the government instructing Ontario Power Generation to stop participating in projects which use more environmentally acceptable generations systems, such as co-generation. [4] Originally, the plant was described as two identical 275 MW power train systems, each comprising a 175 MW GE 7FA gas turbine generator, and other equipment. This proposed configuration was capable of producing over 272,000 per hour of steam for district heating.

Power purchase agreement, timing and capital costs

On September 18, 2006, TransCanada issued a press release [5] announcing that Portlands Energy Centre L.P. had signed a 20-year Accelerated Clean Energy Supply (ACES) contract with the Ontario Power Authority for the power output of the PEC.

The plant started delivering 340 MW of power to the City of Toronto in June 2008 in single-cycle operation and was fully operational with an output of 550 MW by the second-quarter 2009. [6] Total capital costs are expected to reach $730MM.

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References

  1. Peltier, Robert (1 September 2009). "Top Plants: Portlands Energy Centre, Ontario, Canada". POWER Magazine. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. Dr. Robert Peltier, PE (September 1, 2009). "Top Plants: Portlands Energy Centre, Ontario, Canada". Tradefair Group.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "OPG subsidiary Atura Power finalizes acquisition of natural gas assets". Ontario Power Generation. April 29, 2020.
  4. Memorandum of Agreement between the Crown and Ontario Power Generation, August 17, 2005
  5. TransCanada Corp., Press Release dated September 18, 2007: Portlands Energy Centre Signs Accelerated Clean Energy Supply Contract Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  6. TransCanada Corp. 2007 Annual Report Archived 2008-04-03 at the Wayback Machine

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