Lambton Generating Station

{{Short description|Decommissioned coal-fired power station in Lambton County, Ontario}}

{{Infobox power station

|name = Lambton Generating Station

|image = Lambton GS.JPG

|country = Canada

|location = Corunna, Ontario

|coordinates = {{coord|42|47|50|N|82|28|10|W|region:CA-ON_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

|owner = Ontario Power Generation

|status = Permanent shutdown

|th_fuel_primary = Coal

|th_technology = Steam turbine

|ps_combined_cycle =

|ps_electrical_capacity = 950 megawatts{{cite web|url=http://www.opg.com/power/thermal/ |title=Power Generation: Thermal Power |publisher=Ontario Power Generation |date= |accessdate=2012-10-13}}

|commissioned = 1969

|decommissioned = Shutdown in September 2013

}}

The Lambton Generating Station was a coal-fuelled power plant located on the St. Clair River near Corunna, Ontario, delivering up to 950 MW of power to the grid.{{cite web |title=Lambton Generating Station brochure |url=http://www.opg.com/power/thermal/brochures/lambtonbrochure.pdf |publisher=Ontario Power Generation |accessdate=11 January 2013}} It is owned by Ontario Power Generation.{{cite web |title= Lambton Generating Station |url=http://www.opg.com/power/thermal/lambton.asp |publisher=Ontario Power Generation |accessdate=11 January 2013}}

The plant previously had a total generating capacity of 1,976 MW,[http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/pubs/Ontario-Marine-Study-Phase1-Report.pdf (pg 60)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216152657/http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/pubs/Ontario-Marine-Study-Phase1-Report.pdf |date=2012-02-16 }} prior to the permanent shutdown of generating units 1 and 2 (of four) in October 2010.{{cite web | url=http://www.opg.com/news/releases/101001CoalRemovedFromService.pdf |title=Four OPG coal-fired generating units removed from service – Press Release |publisher=Ontario Power Generation |accessdate =4 October 2010}} The remaining units were shut down in September 2013.{{cite news|last1=Morrow|first1=Adrian|title=Ontario shuts down Lambton power plant ahead of schedule|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-to-shut-down-lambton-power-plant-ahead-of-schedule/article15005767/|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=22 October 2013|accessdate=24 February 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025225646/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-to-shut-down-lambton-power-plant-ahead-of-schedule/article15005767|archivedate=25 October 2013}} It was connected to the power grid via numerous 230 kV lines, and also had two interconnections with Detroit Edison and ITC Transmission via a 230 kV line (Lambton-St. Clair #1) and a 345 kV line (Lambton-St. Clair #2). It is located almost exactly across the St. Clair River from Detroit Edison's St. Clair Power Plant in East China, Michigan.

The facility had three {{convert|168|m|ft|adj=on}} smokestacks, one of which was equipped with flue-gas desulfurization units, commonly called "scrubbers", to remove sulfur oxide.archive.org/stream/annualrepor1967onta/annualrepor1967onta_djvu.txt Emissions from scrubbers at the Lambton station could be seen for over 16 km, although with the scrubbers operating properly, these plumes likely had over 90% less SO₂ compared with other coal-fired stations without scrubbers.

On November 22, 2016, it was announced that Ontario Power Generation was no longer looking at alternative uses for Lambton Generating Station, and that the facility would be decommissioned in 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theobserver.ca/2016/11/22/lambton-generation-station-to-be-decommissioned|title=OPG plans to decommission Lambton Generating Station in 2017}}{{cite web|title=OPG to Decommission Lambton Generating Station|url=http://www.opg.com/news-and-media/news-releases/Documents/20161122_LambtonDecommission.pdf|publisher=Ontario Power Generation Inc.|accessdate=24 November 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124104427/http://www.opg.com/news-and-media/news-releases/Documents/20161122_LambtonDecommission.pdf|archivedate=24 November 2016}}

It was definitively closed in 2020. Demolition work is in progress and should last 2 years.{{cite web|url=https://www.theobserver.ca/news/local-news/demolition-set-to-restart-at-lambton-generating-station-site |first=Paul |last=Morden |title=Demolition set to restart at Lambton Generating Station |publisher=The Observer |date=11 February 2021 |access-date=30 March 2021}}

On February 12, 2022, the majority of buildings at Lambton Generating Station, including the three large stacks, were imploded.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-12|title=Watch as old Lambton, Ont., generating station demolished by implosion|url=https://london.ctvnews.ca/watch-as-old-lambton-ont-generating-station-demolished-by-implosion-1.5779040|access-date=2022-02-13|website=London|language=en}}