40 MW combined cycle station,
burning wood and natural gas.
Location
Cochrane, Ontario, Canada
Size
Nominal rating -- 42 MWe
Fuel
Natural gas and wood waste.
The facility is Canada's first unhogged-wood-residue power plant.
Date
of First Operation
April 1990
Wood
Boiler
1 -- 120,000 lb./hr. Volcano
Corner-Tube
Steam
Turbine
1 -- 15 MW Westinghouse
Gas
Turbine
1 -- 27 MW General Electric,
LM2500 PH STIG
Heat
Recovery
1 -- 70,000 lb./hr. Zurn-Volcano
Steam Generator
Condenser
1 -- 3-cell
GEA air-cooled
Emission
Control
1 -- PPC Electrostatic Precipitator
(wood plant), plus steam injection into the gas turbine (gas plant)
Indicative
Efficiency
Meets Class 43 efficiency
hurdle of approx. 7,000 Btu/kWh* * Note: The Canadian government does not include
wood when calculating Class 34/43 efficiencies.
