Warden Energy Centre

Wardern Energy Centre
Location of the Warden Energy Centre in southern Ontario
Country	Canada
Location	King, Ontario
Coordinates	43°50′53.4″N 79°19′57.1″W
Status	Operational
Commission date	2000 (additional plant added 2008)
Owner	Markham District Energy Incorporated
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas (combined heating power plant)
Power generation
Make and model	Caterpillar (combined heating power plant)
Nameplate capacity	8.5 MW and 5.2 MW combined heating power plant (latter added in 2008)

Warden Energy Centre is a power station owned by Markham District Energy Incorporated situated at the northwest corner of Warden Avenue and Highway 407 in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The 5.2 MW CHP plant uses natural gas to power 2 Caterpillar G3612 natural gas driven reciprocating engine generator.^[1]

Warden Energy Centre

The combined heating power plant, an 8.5MW CHP, first opened in 2000 with a 12 MW heating capacity and 40MW hot water thermal storage.^[2] The additional CHP plant opened in 2008 is a small building attached to the former Markham Hydro head office building (now Administration Centre for Markham Fire & Emergency Services).

The Warden plant is one of three power plants supply energy for MDE:^[3]

• Bur Oak Energy Centre - 3.25 MW CHP opened in 2014^[4]
• Birchmount Energy Centre - 2.6 MW CHP with 10 MW heating capacity opened in 2010 at Birchmount Road and Highway 407^[2]

Description

The plant consists of:

• two Caterpillar G3612 natural gas driven reciprocating engines

References

1. "WARDEN ENERGY CENTRE, MARKHAM, ONTARIO" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-11-14.
2. "Delegates Tour: Markham District Energy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
3. "Tour of Warden Energy Centre".
4. "The Ontario Power Authority has merged with the Independent Electricity System Operator".