Thursday, September 13, 2012

No More Coal For Atikokan

The burning of coal at Ontario Power Generation's plant in Atikokan is over.

The last piece of coal went through the plant Tuesday as OPG proceeds with the conversion to biomass.

Plant Manager Chris Fralick says it's the start of a new era.

Since commission in 1985, the plant generated over 19.5-billion kilowatts of electricity.