Ontario Power Generation

Green Power

Green power is electricity produced from renewable sources such as wind, low-impact hydroelectric, biomass, and solar.

OPG's green power portfolio consists of 31 EcoLogo-certified facilities (29 small hydrolectric, and two wind-powered stations) with a combined capacity of 160 megawatts.

OPG's Pickering Nuclear site is home to the Pickering Wind Generating Station, one of North America's largest wind turbines. The 1.8 megawatt, 117-metre high wind machine was commissioned in 2001 and was designed to produce enough power to satisfy about 600 average households a year. This electricity is produced emission-free.

Also, currently, OPG is conducting a number of important technical studies into using renewable biomass as a replacement fuel for coal in some of its electricity generating units. Biomass, plant material from agricultural and forest sources, is a fuel that has climate change benefits.

Moreover, all biomass fuel sources must meet the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change definition of renewable.

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