The generating station in Belledune will be kept open beyond 2030 as coal is phased out, instead moving to using wood pellets.
Move will reduce plant’s carbon dioxide emissions by 70% as end of coal generation ordered by 2030
Sam Farley · CBC News
· Posted: Sep 17, 2026 5:04 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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N.B. Power says its Belledune Generating Station will be using sustainable pellets by the end of 2029, just before the federal deadline to stop coal generation. (Tara King-Stewart/CBC)
The generating station in Belledune will be kept open beyond 2030 as coal is phased out, instead moving to using sustainable wood pellets, N.B. Power says.
The utility announced Thursday that it had secured agreements with New Brunswick and Canadian producers to supply wood and hemp biomass pellets for the plant, which is roughly 40 kilometres north of Bathurst.
Federal requirements require coal generation to be phased out by 2030.
“I think this is an accomplishment that we all need to be really, really proud of, moving from the most greenhouse gas intensive energy generator we have in the province to the largest renewable generator,” N.B.
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