Ontario Power Generation's plant in Atikokan will stop using coal this fall.The plant won't be generating power using biomass until 2014.
Plant Manager Chris Fralick says they'll be shutting the plant down in October to allow for the conversion work to proceed.
Cost of the work is estimated at about $200-million.
Fralick says the existing workforce of 85 will continue to be on site during the work.
