| Lingan Generating Station | |
|---|---|
 The Lingan Generating Station viewed from the north | |
 Lingan Generating Station, Nova Scotia | |
| Country | Canada |
| Location | Lingan, Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates | 46°14′08″N 60°02′21″W / 46.235541°N 60.039270°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1977 |
| Commission date | 1 November 1979 |
| Construction cost | $400,000,000[1] |
| Owner | Nova Scotia Power |
| Employees | 120[2] |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Secondary fuel | Number 6 fuel oil |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 4 |
| Nameplate capacity | 620 MW |
| Annual net output | 2,288 GWh (2014)[3] |
| External links | |
| Website | https://www.nspower.ca |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Lingan Generating Station is a 620 MW Canadian coal-fired electrical generating station located in the community of Lingan in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Lingan is operated by Nova Scotia Power Inc. and is their largest generating station.
Lingan Generating Station rests on the shores of the Cabot Strait, open to Indian Bay, approximately 1.6 km (0.99 mi) south-west of the headland named North Head and 0.7 km (0.43 mi) north of the headland named Little Head. Its civic address is 2599 Hinchey Avenue, Lingan, NS.
A thermal generating station, Lingan was opened by then-provincial Crown corporation Nova Scotia Power Corporation on November 1, 1979 at the height of the 1970s oil crisis. It was designed to burn bituminous coal mined by the Cape Breton Development Corporation (DEVCO) at the nearby Lingan Colliery and the adjacent Phalen Colliery as a means of reducing Nova Scotia's reliance of foreign oil for electrical generation.