Atikokan Coal Plant No More

It’s the start of a new era at Ontario Power Generation’s plant in Atikokan.
The last piece of coal went through the plant Tuesday as OPG proceeds with the conversion to biomass.
Plant Manager Chris Fralick says that work is well underway.
The plant is expected to be restarted by the end of 2014.
Since commission of the coal plant in 1985, the station generated over 19.5-billion kilowatts of electricity.