Canada

Hinton Pulp — 52 MW Biomass

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Hinton Pulp is a 52 MW biomass power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
52 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2006

Year online

Owner
Hinton Pulp

Operator

Location
53.42, -117.57

Coordinates

Insights

#435
largest in Canada
#213
largest Biomass worldwide
#12,924
largest worldwide
2006
1 yrs newer than avg
1
operated by Hinton Pulp
0
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Biomass
Capacity
52 MW
Commissioned
2006
Status
Operational
Owner
Hinton Pulp
Country
Canada
Coordinates
53.415, -117.572

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
68,100 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
1,702,506 t

over ~25 yrs

Intensity
230 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

14,804
cars per year
9,080
homes per year
3,095,465
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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About this plant

Hinton Pulp is a 52 MW biomass power plant in Canada, operated since its commissioning.

Ranked #18 of 117 biomass plants in Canada, Hinton Pulp’s 52 MW represents 1.68% of Canada’s total biomass capacity of 3,102 MW. The largest biomass plant in Canada is Atikokan-G1 at 215 MW, making Hinton Pulp 4.1 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km of Hinton Pulp. The facility is located in Alberta, approximately 300 km west of Edmonton.

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