| Point Aconi Generating Station | |
|---|---|
 Point Aconi Generating Station | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Location | Point Aconi, Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates | 46°19′18″N 60°19′48″W / 46.321633°N 60.329987°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | January 1990 |
| Commission date | 13 August 1994 |
| Owner | Nova Scotia Power |
| Employees | 65[1] |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Secondary fuel | Petroleum coke |
| Turbine technology | Steam turbine |
| Chimneys | 1 |
| Cooling source | Water from the Cabot Strait |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 |
| Nameplate capacity | 185 MW |
| External links | |
| Website | https://www.nspower.ca |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Point Aconi Generating Station is a 165 MW Canadian electrical generating station located in the community of Point Aconi, Nova Scotia, a rural community in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. A thermal generating station, the Point Aconi Generating Station is owned and operated by Nova Scotia Power Corporation. It opened on August 13, 1994 following four years of construction.
The Point Aconi Generating Station is situated on the shores of the Cabot Strait at the northeastern tip of Boularderie Island, located approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) west of the headland named Point Aconi and 2 km (1.2 mi) east of the headland named Table Head. Its civic address is 1800 Prince Mine Rd, Point Aconi, NS. The facility is located at the northern terminus of Prince Mine Rd – Highway 162.
Unlike the nearby Lingan Generating Station which has four generating units, Point Aconi has only one. The Point Aconi unit, however, is the largest producing unit in Nova Scotia and is also the province’s newest. The facility is able to produce 165 MW and, unlike the vast majority of Canadian coal-fired power plants, uses Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) to reduce emissions of NOx and SO2.
Point Aconi was the world’s largest CFB plant—and the first to enter commercial service in North America—when it came on-line in 1993. Tokyo-based Mitsui & Co., Ltd. was the turnkey contractor for Point Aconi; Sargent & Lundy was the project’s architect/engineer.