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Thunder Bay Generating Station

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The Thunder Bay Generating Station is a key infrastructure asset in Canada's power generation grid, located on the continent of North America. Designated as a fossil fuel electricity generation station, the facility features an installed capacity of 0 MW. Its primary operation relies on harnessing coal energy resources to generate bulk electricity. Operational management and ownership of the facility are handled by the Ontario Power Generation, which oversees daily maintenance and grid dispatch integration. An exact commissioning date for the installation is not registered in official historical logs. In terms of domestic production capacity within Canada, Thunder Bay Generating Station occupies the #18 position among all operational coal power plants. Its 0 MW capacity represents a 0.00% share of Canada's total installed coal generating capacity, which currently stands at 11,929 MW. The largest operational coal installation in Canada is the Sundance with an output of 2,141 MW, making the Thunder Bay Generating Station approximately 1.0 times smaller by comparison. Across all fuel types and electricity generation technologies country-wide, this facility accounts for 0.0000% of Canada's aggregate generation capacity of 193,175 MW. Based on historical capacity factors characteristic of coal power plants (modeled at 55% for analysis), the facility's expected annual electricity generation is calculated at approximately 0 MWh. Applying domestic consumption statistics where an average household in Canada consumes 11 MWh of electricity annually, this level of production is sufficient to meet the energy demands of roughly 0 homes. By utilizing traditional thermal power processes, the station delivers reliable dispatchable energy to the grid, supporting grid resilience during periods of low renewable resource availability and satisfying industrial base-load demands. The physical site of the station is located at geographic coordinates 48.3600° latitude and -89.2200° longitude. Analysis of local grid infrastructure shows a density of other assets within a 50-kilometer radius. These nearby facilities include the Thunderbay G3 (biomass-fired, 135 MW), the Thunder Bay Condensing Turbine (biomass-fired, 62.4 MW), the Silver Falls (hydroelectric, 48 MW), representing a cluster of localized power assets. This geographic placement is vital for reinforcing regional distribution infrastructure and minimizing transmission line losses across this sector of Canada.