List of power generating stations in Ontario

There are various power generating stations in Ontario using various sources of energy.

Nuclear

Nuclear power accounts for almost half of Ontario's power generation, and represents the 'baseload' of its power supply. The government plans to maintain nuclear power's role in energy generation through to 2025. Ontario currently has 16 nuclear units in operation. These reactors amount to 11,400 MW of generation capacity and are located at three sites. The stations were constructed by the provincial Crown corporation, Ontario Hydro. In April 1999 Ontario Hydro was split into 5 component Crown corporations with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) taking over all electrical generating stations.

Bruce

Bruce Nuclear Generating Station is located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron, in the communities of Inverhuron and Tiverton, Ontario. It occupies 932 ha (2300 acres) of land.^[1] It is the largest nuclear generating station in the world by total reactor count, and number of operational reactors. It was constructed in stages between 1970 and 1987 by Ontario Hydro. In June 2000, Ontario Power Generation entered into a long term lease agreement with private sector consortium Bruce Power to take over operation of the Bruce station. In May 2001, Bruce Power began operations. The lease is for 18 years (until 2019) with an option to extend a further 25 years (to 2044).^[2]

Darlington

Darlington Nuclear Generating Station is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Clarington, Ontario. The facility derives its name from the Township of Darlington, the former name of the municipality. The Darlington station is a large nuclear facility and comprises 4 CANDU nuclear reactors, having a total output of 3,512 MWe (capacity net) when all units are online. It provides about 20 percent of Ontario's electricity needs, enough to serve a city of two million people.^[3] The facility was constructed in stages between 1981–1993 by Ontario Hydro, and is now owned and operated by Ontario Power Generation.

Pickering

Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Pickering, Ontario. It has capacity to generate 3,094 MW of power with all eight of its units, producing 15-20% of Ontario's power.^[4]

Co-located at the Pickering station is a single 1.8 MWe wind turbine named the OPG 7 commemorative turbine.

Natural Gas

• Brighton Beach
• Goreway Station
• Greenfield Energy Centre
• Greenfield South Power Plant
• Halton Hills Generating Station
• Kapuskasing Power Plant
• Kingston Generating Station
• Lennox Generating Station
• Nipigon Power Plant
• North Bay Power Plant
• Oakville Generating Station
• Portlands
• St Clair Energy Centre
• Tunis Power Plant
• York

Cogeneration

Hydroelectric

• Abitibi Canyon Generating Station
• Chats Falls Generating Station
• Kakabeka Falls Generating Station
• Moses-Saunders Power Dam
• Otter Rapids Generating Station
• Rankine Generating Station
• Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Stations

Defunct stations

Coal

• Atikokan Generating Station
• Hearn Generating Station
• Lakeview Generating Station
• Lambton Generating Station
• Nanticoke Generating Station
• Thunder Bay Generating Station

Oil

Wesleyville Generating Station

Wesleyville Generating Station was a planned 2,000-megawatt oil-fired power plant constructed by Ontario Hydro in the mid 1970s, located in Port Hope, Ontario. The plant was expected to use Bunker C oil, but was never completed due to the 1973 oil crisis. The plant now hosts various different functions to train OPG employees and contractors, including firefighting, rigging, and other safety courses.^[9][10] A 208 m (682 ft) tall chimney^[11] was built at the site and remains the fourth tallest in all of Canada.

Nuclear

• Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station
• Nuclear Power Demonstration

Notes