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.
It is owned by
Ontario Power Generation.
The plant previously had a total generating capacity of 1,976 MW, prior to the permanent shutdown of generating units 1 and 2 (of four) in October 2010.
The remaining units were shut down in September 2013. 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 had three smokestacks, one of which was equipped with
flue-gas desulfurization
Flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) is a set of technologies used to remove sulfur dioxide () from exhaust flue gases of fossil-fuel power plants, and from the emissions of other sulfur oxide emitting processes such as waste incineration.
Methods
...
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 SO
2 compared with other coal-fired stations without scrubbers.
On November 22, 2016, it was announced that Ontario Power Generation was no longer looking at alternative uses for Lambton Generating Station, and that the facility would be decommissioned in 2017.
It was definitively closed in 2020. Demolition work is in progress and should last 2 years.
On February 12, 2022, the majority of buildings at Lambton Generating Station, including the three large stacks, were
imploded.
Emissions
*Calculated figures for CO2e are rounded to the nearest tonne.
Redevelopment
In 2012, plans were announced to relocate a proposed natural gas-powered generating station, originally intended for construction by
Greenfield South Power Corporation in
Mississauga
Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...
, near to Etobicoke's
Sherway Gardens, to the Lambton Generating Station site.
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 and the subsequent
2014 campaign.
See also
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List of electrical generating stations in Ontario
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List of electrical generating stations in Canada
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Science and technology in Canada
*
List of tallest smokestacks in Canada
References
{{Fossil fuel power ON
Ontario electricity policy
Ontario Hydro
Ontario Power Generation
Coal-fired power stations in Ontario
Buildings and structures in Lambton County
Former coal-fired power stations in Canada