Mitsubishi Power to provide gas turbine for Ontario expansion project
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Mitsubishi Power to provide gas turbine for Ontario expansion project

Mitsubishi Power announced it was recently awarded a contract by Ontario’s Atura Power to supply an advanced gas turbine to the Napanee Generating Station expansion project.

Atura Power, a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation, is expanding the power generation capacity at its 900 MW Napanee Generating Station in the Town of Greater Napanee, Ontario. The planned expansion has a targeted completion by 2028.

Atura Power will add an M501JAC combustion turbine from Mitsubishi Power Americas, that will operate in simple cycle and provide up to 430 MW of additional electricity. Mitsubishi Power Americas said its M501JAC is known for its operational flexibility and startup times, and can also operate as a peaker. The turbine will join two M501GAC units already operating in combined cycle at the site. This will be the fifth Mitsubishi Power M501JAC turbine in Canada.

In 2019, Ontario Power Generation acquired the Napanee Generating Station and two other gas-fired plants in a $2.8 billion deal with TC Energy (formerly known as TransCanada). The facilities included the 683 MW Halton Hills power plant, the 900 MW Napanee generating station which was nearing completion at the time, and TC Energy’s 50% interest in the 550 MW Portlands Energy Center.

The deal was subject to a number of closing conditions which included regulatory approvals and Napanee reaching commercial operations as outlined in the agreement.

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