New energy generating station at Nanticoke takes a step forward Photo by Brian Thompson / The ExpositorArticle content Ontario’s Minister of Energy and Mines visited Haldimand County on Wednesday to announce the provincial government’s next step toward new energy generation. Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Shuttered in 2013 and demolished six years later, the coal-fired generating station at Nanticoke employed more than 600 workers and was once the largest coal-fired plant in North America with a capacity of 4,000 megawatts at peak operation. Advertisement 3 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Photo by Brian Thompson / The Expositor What type of generating station may be built at Nanticoke has yet to be determined.