List of generating stations in Manitoba
This is a list of public utility electrical generating stations in Manitoba, Canada.
Manitoba produces close to 97% of its electricity through hydropower. The most important hydroelectric development in Manitoba is the 3,955-megawatt Nelson River Hydroelectric Project. Its 5 power stations produced 27.4 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2014-2015, meeting 75.7% of the provincial demand.
Manitoba Hydro, the government-owned public utility is the main power generator in the province with 15 hydroelectric generating stations, 2 fossil-fuel plants and 4 diesel generators, for a total installed capacity of 5,701 MW.[1]
Hydroelectric
Wind
Name | Date | Capacity (MW) | Location | Owner | Type | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Leon Wind Farm | 2005 | 99 | St. Leon | Algonquin Power | Wind | [3] |
St. Joseph Wind Farm | 2011 | 138 | Montcalm | Pattern Energy | Wind | [4] |
Fossil fuels
Name | Date | Units | Capacity (MW) | Location | Owner | Type | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brandon Generating Station | 1958–2002 | 3 | 327 | 49°50′44″N 99°53′16″W / 49.84556°N 99.88778°W | Manitoba Hydro | Coal / Natural gas | [1] |
Selkirk Generating Station | 1958 | 2 | 125 | 50°8′32″N 96°53′3″W / 50.14222°N 96.88417°W | Manitoba Hydro | Natural gas | [1] |
Off-grid
List of all power plants in Manitoba serving loads in communities not connected to the North American power grid.
Name | Date | Capacity (MW) | Location | Owner | Type | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brochet | 3 | Brochet | Manitoba Hydro | Diesel | [1] | |
Lac Brochet | 2 | Lac Brochet | Manitoba Hydro | Diesel | [1] | |
Shamattawa | 3 | Shamattawa | Manitoba Hydro | Diesel | [1] | |
Tadoule Lake | 2 | Tadoule Lake | Manitoba Hydro | Diesel | [1] |
See also
Notes and references
Notes
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Manitoba Hydro (2015), Your Energy: Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board 64th Annual Report For the Year Ended March 31, 2015 (PDF), Winnipeg: Manitoba Hydro, p. 93
- ↑ [Manitoba Hydro: Wuskwatim Generating Station http://www.hydro.mb.ca/corporate/facilities/gs_wuskwatim.shtml]
- ↑ Algonquin Power, St-Léon, retrieved 2010-08-22
- ↑ Manitoba Hydro (2011). "St. Joseph Wind Farm". Retrieved January 15, 2013.
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