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 |