Williams Lake Generating Station is a 66MW biopower project. It is located in British Columbia, Canada. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in April 1993.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Biopower 66 66 – Active British Columbia, Canada CRS Sirrine Engineers

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The project was developed by CRS Sirrine Engineers and is currently owned by Atlantic Power with a stake of 100%.

The project generates 505GWh of electricity.

Wood waste which is a kind of wood by-product is used as a feedstock to power the project.

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The project got commissioned in April 1993.

Power Purchase Agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to BC Hydro under a power purchase agreement for a period of 21 years from 2008. The contracted capacity is 66MW.

Contractors Involved

The steam turbines for the biopower project have been supplied by BWXT Canada and GE Power.

Dresser-Rand Group supplied steam boiler for the project. The temperature witnessed inside the boiler is around 950Degree Fahrenheit. The steam is pressurized inside the boiler at 1,550psig.

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All power projects included in this report are drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center. The information regarding the project parameters is sourced through secondary information sources such as electric utilities, equipment manufacturers, developers, project proponent’s – news, deals and financial reporting, regulatory body, associations, government planning reports and publications. Wherever needed the information is further validated through primary from various stakeholders across the power value chain and professionals from leading players within the power sector.