Hank Daniszewski, The London Free Press
Manager Sean Russell of London District Energy which will be enlarged when they add a second gas turbine to increase their electrical generating capacity in London (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)
Summary
A long-awaited expansion of the London District Energy plant in the core of the city is going ahead, but not on the site originally announced.
In 2016, Veresen — former owners of the co-generation plant — announced plans to construct a second building across the street from the original plant at Colborne and Bathurst Streets.
But Enwave, a Toronto-based company that bought the plant last year, has decided to shift gears and expand the existing building to the west, along vacant land adjacent to the CPR tracks.
“We have found some maintenance and operational inefficiencies in expanding the existing plant . . . and also staff won’t have to walk across the street,” said plant manager Sean Russell, noting the project will still cost about $40 million, as originally planned.
The key to the expansion project was a contract with Combined Heat and Power (CHP), a program operated by Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator.
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