Project Detail |
Project: Kirkland Lake Generating Station Location: Kirkland Lake, Ontario Canada Energy source: Natural gas (89%), biomass (11%) Type of facility: Combined-cycle generation with biomass Opened: Base load 1991; peaker 2004 Capacity: 102 MW base load (Gas 85 MW, 14 MW); 30 MW peaking plant %Owned/Operated: 78/100 Features: Main equipment for base load is three 24 MW General Electric LM 2500 gas-fired turbines with heat recovery steam generators and two (18 MW and 20 MW) steam turbine-generator sets Main equipment for peaker is one 30 MW General Electric LM2500 Plus gas turbine PPA with Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation for gas-fired sales to 2015 and for wood-waste-fired sales to 2030 Comprehensive maintenance agreements with the OEM Northland is operations manager |