Lakeview Generating Station

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Lakeview Generating Station is a retired power station in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Lakeview Generating Station	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	43.571111, -79.551667 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

• Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8: 43.571111, -79.551667

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	retired	coal - bituminous	300	subcritical	1962	2005
Unit 2	retired	coal - bituminous	300	subcritical	1963	2005
Unit 3	retired	coal - bituminous	300	subcritical	1965	2005
Unit 4	retired	coal - bituminous	300	subcritical	1965	2005
Unit 5	retired	coal - bituminous	300	subcritical	1967	2005
Unit 6	retired	coal - bituminous	300	subcritical	1969	2005
Unit 7	retired	coal - bituminous	300	subcritical	1969	2005
Unit 8	retired	coal - bituminous	300	subcritical	1969	2005

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	Ontario Power Generation Inc [100.0%]
Unit 2	Ontario Power Generation Inc [100.0%]
Unit 3	Ontario Power Generation Inc [100.0%]
Unit 4	Ontario Power Generation Inc [100.0%]
Unit 5	Ontario Power Generation Inc [100.0%]
Unit 6	Ontario Power Generation Inc [100.0%]
Unit 7	Ontario Power Generation Inc [100.0%]
Unit 8	Ontario Power Generation Inc [100.0%]

Background

The plant's eight units were brought online between 1962 and 1969 and, at 2,400 MW, the plant was believed to be the largest in the world in the early 1970s. Four units were idled and the plant became a peaking plant in the 1990s. The plant was retired in 2005.

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