A new power plant is set to open on Toronto's waterfront. The Portland Energy Centre has two natural gas turbines, these turbines will be tested until the planned opening on June 1st. This power plant is expected to supply around one quarter of Toronto's overall energy needs. The power lines coming from Pickering are just about maxed out and the city was warned that they could face brownouts, this problem however will be resolved upon completion of the plant. In addition to the two gas turbines, an additional turbine will be introduced in the fall that will run off steam from the heat of the first two turbines. Some criticts like Greg Bosner tried to stop the plant from being built in this area and instead build up the parks and recreations aspect for the neighborhood.
Although i think this is a great idea to build a new power plant to supply energy to our growing city, and i think that it is also smart to have another turbine run off the heat of the previous two to save energy and resources i agree with Greg Bosner. To build the power plant on the lake front is in my opinion a mistake. It could have been built in another location more removed and inland so that this area could be developed for parks purposes to aid the surrounding communities. It is good that a new plant is being built to stop the energy crisis the city is in but it should have been built elsewhere.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/05/23/portlands-energy.html
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