Kirkland Lake Generating Station Design Details

View the conceptual process diagram.

Location
Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada

Size
Nominal rating – 138 MWe

Fuel
Natural gas and wood waste. The facility is the world’s first combined-cycle integrated-fuels project.

Date of First Operation
August 1990.

Development, Conceptual Design, Detailed Design, Construction Management, Commissioning/Start-Up and Operation
Northland Power Inc. and Cogeneration Associates Limited

Wood Boilers
3 – 60,000 lb./hr. Deltak with 10 tonnes/hr. KMW combustors

Steam Turbines
1 – 25 MW Metropolitan Vickers
1 – 20 MW Parsons Generator /General Electric Steam Turbine

Gas Turbines
3 – 22 MW General Electric, LM2500 PE
1 – 30 MW General Electric, LM2500+ DLE

Heat Recovery
3 – 60,000 lb./hr. Deltak

Condensers
2 – Resorcon Wet Surface Cooled

Emission Control
3 Joy Scrubbers