Eastern Power Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project — Canada

Eastern Power Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project is a 600 MW gas power station in Ontario, Canada. It ranks #71 of 1,210 Canada power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 17.8% of Canada's electricity; the national grid averages 191 gCO₂/kWh (77.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_easternhydrogenready_canada.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 600 MW, Eastern Power Hydrogen Ready Power Plant Project is well above the median gas plant in Canada (170 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); GE Power: 7FA. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #16 largest gas power plant of 112 in Canada by capacity.

Canada has 112 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 37,176 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Green Electron power station · Gas · 300 MW · Ontario
• Vogtech St. Clair power station · Gas · 250 MW · Ontario
• Greenfield Energy Centre · Gas · 1,038 MW · Michigan
• Lambton power station · Coal · 2,000 MW · Ontario
• St. Clair Power Plant · Coal · 1,547 MW ·
• St Clair · Coal · 1,233.5 MW · Michigan

Location

Coordinates 42.789871, -82.427871 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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