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Largest power plants in Ontario, Canada by capacity

The biggest power plants in Ontario, Canada ranked by installed capacity (MW). Open data.

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	Darlington	Nuclear	Canada	3,736
2	Bruce B	Nuclear	Canada	3,390
3	Bruce A	Nuclear	Canada	3,220
4	Pickering B	Nuclear	Canada	2,160
5	Lennox	Gas	Canada	2,100
6	Lambton power station	Coal	Canada	2,000
7	Pickering A	Nuclear	Canada	1,084
8	Robert H Saunders	Hydro	Canada	1,045
9	Goreway	Gas	Canada	915
10	Halton Hills	Gas	Canada	683
11	Portlands	Gas	Canada	624
12	York Energy Centre	Gas	Canada	494
13	Des-Joachims	Hydro	Canada	429
14	Abitibi Canyon	Hydro	Canada	349
15	Thunder Bay power station	Coal	Canada	320
16	Green Electron power station	Gas	Canada	300
17	Thorold CGS	Gas	Canada	285
18	K2 Wind	Wind	Canada	270
19	South Kent	Wind	Canada	270
20	Smoky Falls	Hydro	Canada	267
21	Otto Holden	Hydro	Canada	243
22	Wells	Hydro	Canada	239
23	Kipling	Hydro	Canada	230
24	West Lincoln Niagara Region Wind Farm	Wind	Canada	230
25	Harmon	Hydro	Canada	219
26	Atikokan-G1	Biomass	Canada	215
27	Little Long	Hydro	Canada	200
28	Wolfe Island	Wind	Canada	197.8
29	Chats Fall / Chute-des-Chats	Hydro	Canada	192
30	Prince	Wind	Canada	189
31	Otter Rapids	Hydro	Canada	182
32	Stewartville	Hydro	Canada	182
33	Underwood	Wind	Canada	181.5
34	Armow	Wind	Canada	180
35	Barrett Chute	Hydro	Canada	176
36	Mountain Chute	Hydro	Canada	170
37	Aubrey Falls	Hydro	Canada	162
38	Grand Renewable Energy Park	Wind	Canada	149
39	Jericho	Wind	Canada	149
40	Pine Portage	Hydro	Canada	145
41	Chenaux	Hydro	Canada	144
42	Decew Falls 2	Hydro	Canada	144
43	Destec - Kingston	Gas	Canada	140
44	Thunderbay G3	Biomass	Canada	135
45	Kirkland G1-G5	Gas	Canada	132
46	Melancthon II	Wind	Canada	132
47	Summerhaven	Wind	Canada	124.4
48	Mississauga	Gas	Canada	122
49	Iroquois Falls	Gas	Canada	120
50	Masson	Hydro	Canada	105
51	Port Dover / Nanticoke	Wind	Canada	104.4
52	Goshen	Wind	Canada	102.4
53	Port Alma	Wind	Canada	101.2
54	Chatham	Wind	Canada	101
55	Cedar Point	Wind	Canada	100
56	Grand Renewable Energy Park	Solar	Canada	100
57	Sol-Luce Kingston	Solar	Canada	100
58	Grand Bend	Wind	Canada	99.3
59	East Lake St. Clair	Wind	Canada	99
60	Erie Shores	Wind	Canada	99
61	Erieau	Wind	Canada	99
62	Greenwich	Wind	Canada	98.9
63	Talbot	Wind	Canada	98.9
64	Cameron Falls - OPG	Hydro	Canada	92
65	East Windsor Cogeneration	Gas	Canada	92
66	Dufferin	Wind	Canada	91.4
67	GTAA Cogeneration	Gas	Canada	90
68	Sarnia Refinery power station	Gas	Canada	90
69	Arnprior	Hydro	Canada	82
70	Raleigh	Wind	Canada	78
71	Ripley	Wind	Canada	76
72	Bornish	Wind	Canada	73
73	Manitou Falls	Hydro	Canada	72
74	Windsor Cogeneration	Gas	Canada	72
75	Suncor Utility Plant	Gas	Canada	70
76	Alexander	Hydro	Canada	69
77	Ottawa Health Sciences Centre	Gas	Canada	68
78	Melancthon I	Wind	Canada	67.5
79	Stelco Lake Erie cogeneration plant	Gas	Canada	65
80	Algoma Cogeneration	Gas	Canada	63
81	Thunder Bay Condensing Turbine	Biomass	Canada	62.4
82	MacKay	Hydro	Canada	62
83	McLean's Mountain	Wind	Canada	60
84	Sarnia 2	Solar	Canada	60
85	Adelaide	Wind	Canada	59.9
86	Bluewater	Wind	Canada	59.2
87	Bow Lake	Wind	Canada	58
88	Loyalist	Solar	Canada	54
89	Clergue	Hydro	Canada	52
90	Silver Falls	Hydro	Canada	51
91	Dupont Maitland	Gas	Canada	50
92	Southgate Solar	Solar	Canada	50
93	Whitby	Gas	Canada	50
94	Windsor Airport SF	Solar	Canada	50
95	Pointes aux Roches	Wind	Canada	48.6
96	Aguasabon	Hydro	Canada	47
97	Andrews	Hydro	Canada	47
98	Rayner	Hydro	Canada	46
99	Dunford	Hydro	Canada	45
100	SSM 2/3	Solar	Canada	45
101	Island Falls (H2O)	Hydro	Canada	44
102	Nanticoke	Solar	Canada	44
103	Red Rock Falls	Hydro	Canada	41
104	Dufferin	Hydro	Canada	40.6
105	Grand Valley III	Wind	Canada	40.1
106	Adelaide (Suncor)	Wind	Canada	40
107	Harrow	Wind	Canada	40
108	Thames River I	Wind	Canada	40
109	Kingsbridge 1	Wind	Canada	39.6
110	Calstock	Biomass	Canada	38
111	Stardale	Solar	Canada	33.2
112	St. Columban	Wind	Canada	33
113	Iroquois Falls	Hydro	Canada	30
114	South Branch	Wind	Canada	30
115	Lac Seul / Ear Falls	Hydro	Canada	29
116	Peter Sutherlan Sr.	Hydro	Canada	28
117	Big Eddy Inco	Hydro	Canada	27.6
118	Twin Falls	Hydro	Canada	27.5
119	Hull-2	Hydro	Canada	27
120	Espanola Mill	Biomass	Canada	25
121	Goulais	Wind	Canada	25
122	Kakabeka	Hydro	Canada	25
123	Longlac Biomass Cogeneration	Biomass	Canada	25
124	Elmsley East / West	Solar	Canada	24
125	Arnprior Solar	Solar	Canada	23.4
126	Decew Falls 1	Hydro	Canada	23
127	Gartshore	Hydro	Canada	23
128	Hollingsworth	Hydro	Canada	23
129	Umbata Falls	Hydro	Canada	23
130	Conestogo	Wind	Canada	22.9
131	East Durham	Wind	Canada	22.4
132	Scott Falls	Hydro	Canada	22
133	Amherstburg-1	Solar	Canada	20
134	Belmont	Solar	Canada	20
135	Carmichael	Hydro	Canada	20
136	Kent Breeze	Wind	Canada	20
137	Sarnia 1	Solar	Canada	20
138	Terrace Bay	Biomass	Canada	20
139	Walpole	Solar	Canada	20
140	Grand Valley I / II	Wind	Canada	19.8
141	High Falls (Worthington)	Hydro	Canada	19.3
142	Domtar Espanola Mill	Hydro	Canada	18
143	Ganaraska	Wind	Canada	18
144	Grey Highlands	Wind	Canada	18
145	Gunn's Hill	Wind	Canada	18
146	Healey Falls	Hydro	Canada	18
147	Hogg	Hydro	Canada	18
148	Long Sault Rapids	Hydro	Canada	18
149	Plateau I / II	Wind	Canada	18
150	Shekak (Nagagami)	Hydro	Canada	18
151	Index Energy Mills Road Corp	Biomass	Canada	17.8
152	Mission	Hydro	Canada	16
153	Steephill	Hydro	Canada	16
154	Marathon Pulp Inc	Biomass	Canada	15.5
155	Brampton Biomass	Biomass	Canada	15.1
156	Becker Cogeneration	Biomass	Canada	15
157	Tembec Kapuskasing	Biomass	Canada	15
158	Wawaitin	Hydro	Canada	15
159	Lower Sturgeon	Hydro	Canada	14
160	Wawatay	Hydro	Canada	13.5
161	McPhail	Hydro	Canada	13
162	Harris	Hydro	Canada	12
163	Hull (Chute Des Chaudières)	Hydro	Canada	12
164	Soave Hydroponics	Biomass	Canada	12
165	St. Isidore A	Solar	Canada	12
166	St. Isidore B	Solar	Canada	12
167	Welland	Hydro	Canada	12
168	Amherstburg-2	Solar	Canada	11.8
169	Liberty Energy Centre	Biomass	Canada	11.4
170	Buckingham	Hydro	Canada	11.2
171	Stone Mills	Solar	Canada	11
172	Fort William	Solar	Canada	10.9
173	First Light II	Solar	Canada	10.4
174	Adelaide 1	Solar	Canada	10
175	Amherstburg Solar	Solar	Canada	10
176	Arthur	Wind	Canada	10
177	Beamlight	Solar	Canada	10
178	Belleville TS Demorestville	Solar	Canada	10
179	Big Chute	Hydro	Canada	10
180	Breen 2	Solar	Canada	10
181	Brockville 1	Solar	Canada	10
182	Brockville Solar	Solar	Canada	10
183	Chute-Bell	Hydro	Canada	10
184	Citylights	Solar	Canada	10
185	Cornwall	Solar	Canada	10
186	Discoverylight	Solar	Canada	10
187	Earthlight	Solar	Canada	10
188	Effisolar Beckwith	Solar	Canada	10
189	Ernestown	Wind	Canada	10
190	Fotolight	Solar	Canada	10
191	Front Line	Wind	Canada	10
192	Gesner	Wind	Canada	10
193	Gitchi Animki Niizh	Hydro	Canada	10
194	Glenarm	Solar	Canada	10
195	Goldlight	Solar	Canada	10
196	Goodlight	Solar	Canada	10
197	Gracey	Wind	Canada	10
198	Grey Highlands Zero Emission People (Zep)	Wind	Canada	10
199	Illumination	Solar	Canada	10
200	Kingston Gardiner Hwy2 North	Solar	Canada	10
201	Kingston Gardiner Hwy2 South	Solar	Canada	10
202	Kingston Gardiner TS Odessa	Solar	Canada	10
203	Kingston Gardiner TS Unity Road	Solar	Canada	10
204	Lily Lake	Solar	Canada	10
205	Liskeard 1	Solar	Canada	10
206	Liskeard 3	Solar	Canada	10
207	Liskeard 4	Solar	Canada	10
208	Lunarlight	Solar	Canada	10
209	Mattawishkwia	Solar	Canada	10
210	Mightysolar	Solar	Canada	10
211	Mississippi Mills	Solar	Canada	10
212	Namewaminikan	Hydro	Canada	10
213	Napanee TS Taylor Kidd	Solar	Canada	10
214	Norfolk Bloomsburg	Solar	Canada	10
215	North Maiden	Wind	Canada	10
216	Northland Power Burks Falls West	Solar	Canada	10
217	Northland Power Solar Abitibi	Solar	Canada	10
218	Northland Power Solar Belleville North	Solar	Canada	10
219	Northland Power Solar Belleville South	Solar	Canada	10
220	Northland Power Solar Burks Falls East	Solar	Canada	10
221	Northland Power Solar Crosby	Solar	Canada	10
222	Northland Power Solar Empire	Solar	Canada	10
223	Northland Power Solar Glendale	Solar	Canada	10
224	Northland Power Solar Long Lake	Solar	Canada	10
225	Northland Power Solar Martin's Meadows	Solar	Canada	10
226	Northland Power Solar Mccann LP	Solar	Canada	10
227	Northland Power Solar North Burgess	Solar	Canada	10
228	Northland Power Solar Rideau Lakes	Solar	Canada	10
229	Okikendawt	Hydro	Canada	10
230	Orillia 1	Solar	Canada	10
231	Orillia 2	Solar	Canada	10
232	Penn Energy - Hamilton Port Hope-4	Solar	Canada	10
233	Penn Energy - Vandorp	Solar	Canada	10
234	Perpetual Cleanpower Lindsay	Solar	Canada	10
235	Perpetual Cleanpower Oro 4 Line	Solar	Canada	10
236	Port Ryerse	Wind	Canada	10
237	Ranney Falls	Hydro	Canada	10
238	Raylight	Solar	Canada	10
239	Richardson	Wind	Canada	10
240	Silvercreek	Solar	Canada	10
241	Simcoe Solar Energy Centre I	Solar	Canada	10
242	Simcoe Solar Energy Centre III	Solar	Canada	10
243	Smiths Falls 2	Solar	Canada	10
244	Smiths Falls 4	Solar	Canada	10
245	Smiths Falls 5	Solar	Canada	10
246	Smiths Falls 6	Solar	Canada	10
247	Snowy Ridge	Wind	Canada	10
248	Solar Spirit 4	Solar	Canada	10
249	Solray Energy Epsom	Solar	Canada	10
250	Solray Energy Sunderland	Solar	Canada	10
251	South Side	Wind	Canada	10
252	Sparklelight	Solar	Canada	10
253	Sune Newboro 1	Solar	Canada	10
254	Sune Newboro 4	Solar	Canada	10
255	Sunny Shores	Solar	Canada	10
256	Swanton Line	Wind	Canada	10
257	Val Caron	Solar	Canada	10
258	Valerie Falls	Hydro	Canada	10
259	Wainwright	Solar	Canada	10
260	Waubaushene 3	Solar	Canada	10
261	Welland Ridge Road	Solar	Canada	10
262	Zephyr	Wind	Canada	10
263	Clear Creek	Wind	Canada	9.9
264	Cultus	Wind	Canada	9.9
265	Frogmore	Wind	Canada	9.9
266	Mohawk Point	Wind	Canada	9.9
267	Ravenswood	Wind	Canada	9.9
268	13th Side Road	Solar	Canada	9.5
269	Ingersoll 1	Solar	Canada	9.5
270	Skyway 8	Wind	Canada	9.5
271	Erie Ridge	Solar	Canada	9.4
272	Fort Frances	Hydro	Canada	9.4
273	Chaudiere 4	Hydro	Canada	9.3
274	Penn Energy - Edwardsburgh Morrisburg-1	Solar	Canada	9.3
275	Penn Energy - S. Glengarry St. Lawrence-1	Solar	Canada	9.3
276	Eddy Ottawa (Powerhouses 2 & 3)	Hydro	Canada	9.2
277	First Light I	Solar	Canada	9.1
278	Ryerse	Solar	Canada	9.1
279	Aria	Solar	Canada	9
280	Bisnett Line	Wind	Canada	9
281	Brockville 2	Solar	Canada	9
282	HAF Energy	Wind	Canada	9
283	Hound Chute	Hydro	Canada	9
284	Huron	Wind	Canada	9
285	Plateau III	Wind	Canada	9
286	Spring Valley ON	Solar	Canada	9
287	Wainfleet	Wind	Canada	9
288	Gitchi Animki Bezhig	Hydro	Canada	8.9
289	Calm Lake	Hydro	Canada	8.8
290	Sturgeon Falls	Hydro	Canada	8.8
291	West Nipissing	Hydro	Canada	8.7
292	Bluearth Little Creek	Solar	Canada	8.5
293	Midhurst 6	Solar	Canada	8.5
294	Thunder Bay Airport	Solar	Canada	8.5
295	Chaudiere 2	Hydro	Canada	8.4
296	Cruickshank	Wind	Canada	8.3
297	Springwood	Wind	Canada	8.2
298	Big Eddy	Hydro	Canada	8
299	Crystal Falls	Hydro	Canada	8
300	Glen Miller	Hydro	Canada	8
301	Penn Energy - Brantgate	Solar	Canada	8
302	Penn Energy - Ridgefield	Solar	Canada	8
303	Peterborough Robert G. Lake	Hydro	Canada	8
304	Ragged Rapids	Hydro	Canada	8
305	Ramore	Solar	Canada	8
306	Settlers Landing	Wind	Canada	8
307	Waubaushene 4	Solar	Canada	8
308	Swift Rapids	Hydro	Canada	7.9
309	White River	Biomass	Canada	7.5
310	Smooth Rock Falls	Hydro	Canada	7.4
311	Chapleau Cogeneration	Biomass	Canada	7.2
312	Heywood	Hydro	Canada	7.2
313	Serpent	Hydro	Canada	7.2
314	Burritts Rapids	Solar	Canada	7
315	Sunningdale 1	Solar	Canada	7
316	Proof Line	Wind	Canada	6.6
317	Ragged Chute	Hydro	Canada	6.6
318	Midhurst 4	Solar	Canada	6.5
319	Orillia 3	Solar	Canada	6.5
320	Penn Energy - Roseplain	Solar	Canada	6.5
321	Smiths Falls 3	Solar	Canada	6.5
322	Wm Ottawa Landfill	Biomass	Canada	6.4
323	Whittington	Wind	Canada	6.2
324	Eugenia	Hydro	Canada	6
325	Kap Solar Park	Solar	Canada	6
326	Oxley	Wind	Canada	6
327	Sandy Falls	Hydro	Canada	6
328	Seymour	Hydro	Canada	6
329	Smiths Falls 1	Solar	Canada	6
330	Trail Road LFG	Biomass	Canada	6
331	Big Beaver Falls	Hydro	Canada	5.5
332	Britannia LFG	Biomass	Canada	5.5
333	Camp Three Rapids	Hydro	Canada	5.5
334	Old Woman Falls	Hydro	Canada	5.5
335	White Otter Falls	Hydro	Canada	5.5
336	Ferndale	Wind	Canada	5.1
337	Alderville 3	Solar	Canada	5
338	Almonte	Hydro	Canada	5
339	Batawa	Hydro	Canada	5
340	Beare Road LFG	Biomass	Canada	5
341	Calabogie	Hydro	Canada	5
342	Enbridge Tilbury	Solar	Canada	5
343	Meyersburg	Hydro	Canada	5
344	South Falls	Hydro	Canada	5
345	Stinson	Hydro	Canada	5
346	Twin Falls (Kagiano)	Hydro	Canada	5
347	Humber Treatment Plant	Biomass	Canada	4.7
348	Waterloo LFG	Biomass	Canada	4.6
349	Nairn	Hydro	Canada	4.5
350	Cameron Falls - BRP	Hydro	Canada	4.2
351	Lafleche LFG	Biomass	Canada	4.2
352	London Street	Hydro	Canada	4.1
353	Napier Wind	Wind	Canada	4.1
354	Coniston	Hydro	Canada	4
355	Hagues Reach	Hydro	Canada	4
356	Minden	Hydro	Canada	4
357	Mother Earth I	Wind	Canada	4
358	Sidney	Hydro	Canada	4
359	Thomas Low	Hydro	Canada	4
360	Stanley Adamson Powerhouse	Hydro	Canada	3.9
361	Midhurst 2	Solar	Canada	3.5
362	Midhurst 3	Solar	Canada	3.5
363	Midhurst II	Solar	Canada	3.5
364	Waubaushene 5	Solar	Canada	3.5
365	Wabageshik	Hydro	Canada	3.4
366	Balsam Lake	Solar	Canada	3
367	Chute	Hydro	Canada	3
368	Frankford	Hydro	Canada	3
369	High Falls (OPG)	Hydro	Canada	3
370	Matthias	Hydro	Canada	3
371	McVittie	Hydro	Canada	3
372	Misema	Hydro	Canada	3
373	West Lorne Biooil Cogeneration	Biomass	Canada	3
374	Geisler Falls / Corkery Falls	Hydro	Canada	2.9
375	Woolwich Bio-En	Biomass	Canada	2.9
376	Kapuskasing	Hydro	Canada	2.8
377	Fenelon Falls	Hydro	Canada	2.6
378	Jones Falls	Hydro	Canada	2.4
379	Quixote	Wind	Canada	2.3
380	Scarfe Lake	Hydro	Canada	2.3
381	Wilson's Falls	Hydro	Canada	2.3
382	Auburn	Hydro	Canada	2
383	Campbellford	Hydro	Canada	2
384	Crowe Bay	Hydro	Canada	2
385	Elliot Chute	Hydro	Canada	2
386	HPG Site A	Solar	Canada	2
387	Lakefield	Hydro	Canada	2
388	Merrickville	Hydro	Canada	2
389	Nipissing	Hydro	Canada	2
390	Rideau Falls	Hydro	Canada	2
391	Ruby Farms	Solar	Canada	2
392	Sills Island	Hydro	Canada	2
393	Trethewey Falls	Hydro	Canada	2
394	Bracebridge Falls	Hydro	Canada	1.9
395	Kingston Mills	Hydro	Canada	1.9
396	Eagle River	Hydro	Canada	1.8
397	OPG 7 Gomberg	Wind	Canada	1.8
398	Chiblow Lake	Hydro	Canada	1.7
399	Eastview LFG	Biomass	Canada	1.7
400	Bensfort Road LFG	Biomass	Canada	1.6
401	Galetta	Hydro	Canada	1.6
402	Hamilton (Digester Gas) Cogenertion	Biomass	Canada	1.6
403	Merrick Landfill	Biomass	Canada	1.6
404	Providence Bay	Wind	Canada	1.6
405	Sarnia LFG	Biomass	Canada	1.6
406	Sudbury LFG	Biomass	Canada	1.6
407	Wasdell Falls	Hydro	Canada	1.6
408	Appleton	Hydro	Canada	1.4
409	Moose Rapids	Hydro	Canada	1.4
410	Stanton Dairy Farm	Biomass	Canada	1.3
411	Water Street Pumphouse	Hydro	Canada	1.3
412	Cascade Street	Hydro	Canada	1.2
413	Gitzler Falls	Hydro	Canada	1.2
414	Burk's Falls	Hydro	Canada	1.1
415	McKenzie Falls	Hydro	Canada	1.1
416	Wainwright Falls	Hydro	Canada	1.1
417	Bingham Chute	Hydro	Canada	1
418	Black Bay 2	Solar	Canada	1
419	East LFG	Biomass	Canada	1
420	Elora	Hydro	Canada	1
421	Grimsby Bioreactor	Biomass	Canada	1
422	Hanna Chute	Hydro	Canada	1

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Frequently asked questions

What ranks first in largest power plants in ontario, canada by capacity?

Darlington (Canada) ranks #1 with 3,736 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 422 power plants in Ontario, Canada.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Darlington (3,736); 2. Bruce B (3,390); 3. Bruce A (3,220).