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Marathon Pulp Inc — 16 MW Biomass

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Marathon Pulp Inc is a 16 MW biomass power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
16 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
Marathon Pulp Inc.

Operator

Location
48.72, -86.39

Coordinates

Insights

#645
largest in %s
#564
largest %s worldwide
#21,104
largest worldwide
2010
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
7
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Biomass
Capacity
16 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
Marathon Pulp Inc.
Country
Canada
Coordinates
48.719, -86.394

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
20,299 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
507,478 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
230 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

4,413
cars / year
2,707
homes / year
922,687
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Marathon Pulp Inc is a 15.5 MW biomass power plant in Canada, commissioned in 1997.

Ranked #55 of 117 biomass plants in Canada, it accounts for 0.5% of Canada’s total biomass capacity of 3,102 MW. The largest biomass plant in Canada is Atikokan-G1 at 215 MW, making Marathon Pulp Inc 13.9 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Umbata Falls (23 MW, Hydro) and Wawatay (13.5 MW, Hydro) within 50 km. The facility is located in Ontario, approximately 100 km from Thunder Bay.

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