Timmins, Ontario: Ontario Power Generation reported April 7 that its Peter Sutherland Sr. Generating Station on New Post Creek had begun generating electricity.
The $300 million project, a partnership between OPG and Coral Rapids Power, a company wholly owned by Taykwa Tagamou Nation (TTN), was completed “safely, ahead of schedule and on budget.”
Located about 80 kilometres north of Smooth Rock Falls, the Peter Sutherland Sr. GS is named after a respected community elder. The two unit station will provide 28 MW to the provincial grid.
Wayne Ross
“This project has gone well due to the relationship we’ve built on a foundation of respect and trust,” said Coral Rapids President Wayne Ross. “There have been many benefits for our community including good paying jobs, transferable skills, and a long term revenue stream.”
The turbines use a portion of the water flowing down New Post Creek to generate electricity by moving water 250 metres through a penstock to the power house on the Abitibi River. The remaining water will continue to flow over the falls to maintain its natural beauty.
The project team installed two turbines, a steel penstock, a 340 metre-long open channel, a spillway dam and a seven kilometre transmission line.