List of electrical generating stations in British Columbia

This is a list of power stations in British Columbia, Canada.

Contents

Renewable

Hydroelectric





List of all hydroelectric power stations in British Columbia.

Name Date Capacity (MW) Location Owner Type Ref
Aberfeldie 1953 5 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Akolkolex 1995 10 Revelstoke TransAlta Hydro [2]
Alouette Lake 1928 9 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Arrow Lakes/Keenleyside Dam 2002 185 Columbia Power Corporation Hydro [3]
Ash River 1959 28 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Ashlu Creek 2010 49.9 Squamish Innergex Renewable Energy Hydro [4]
Bonnington Falls 1905 16 Nelson Nelson Hydro Hydro [5]
Boston Bar Hydro (Scuzzy Creek) 1995 6 Boston Bar Boston Bar LP Hydro [6]
Brandywine Creek 2003 7.6 Whistler Run of River Power Hydro [7]
Bridge River Power Project 1948 478 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Brilliant Dam 1944 145 Columbia Power Corporation Hydro [3]
Brilliant Expansion 2009 120 Columbia Power Corporation Hydro [3]
Brown Lake 1996 7 Prince Rupert Capital Power Corporation Hydro [8]
Buntzen Lake 1951 73 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Cheakamus 1957 158 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
China Creek 2005 6.5 Port Alberni Upnit Power Corporation Hydro [9]
Clowhom Dam 1957 33 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Coats IPP 1985 0.5 Gabriola Island Crofter's Gleann Enterprises Ltd. Hydro [6]
Corra Linn Dam 1932 49 FortisBC Hydro [10]
Cypress Creek 2009 2.8 Gold River Synex Energy Resources Ltd Hydro [11]
Doran Taylor Hydro 1996 5.6 Port Alberni Summit Power Hydro [6]
Douglas Creek (Kwalsa Energy) 2010 27.6 Mission Cloudworks Energy Hydro [12]
Eagle Lake Micro Hydro 2003 0.2 West Vancouver District of West Vancouver Hydro [13]
East Toba 2010 123 Powell River Plutonic Power Hydro [14]
East Twin 1991 1.5 McBride Brookfield Renewable Power Hydro [15]
Eldorado Reservoir 2009 1.1 Kelowna District of Lake Country Hydro [16]
Elko Dam 1924 12 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Falls River 1930 7 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Fire Creek (Kwalsa Energy) 2010 25 Mission Cloudworks Energy Hydro [12]
Fitzsimmons Creek 2010 7.5 Whistler Innergex Renewable Energy Hydro [4]
Furry Creek 2004 11 Furry Creek Fort Chicago Energy Partners Hydro [17]
Gordon M. Shrum Generating Station 1968 2,730 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Hauer Creek (aka Tete) 2007 3 Valemount Hauer Creek Power Inc. Hydro [6]
Hluey Lake (SNP) 1999 3 Dease Lake Capstone Infrastructure Hydro [18]
Hystad Creek 2002 5.7 Valemount Brookfield Renewable Power Hydro [15]
John Hart 1947 126 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Jordan River Dam 1971 170 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Kemano Power Station 1953 790 Rio Tinto Alcan Hydro [19]
Kootenay Canal 1975 583 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Ladore Falls 1956 47 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Lajoie Dam 1957 25 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Lamont Creek (Upper Stave Energy) 2010 28 Mission Cloudworks Energy Hydro [12]
Lois Lake 1930 37.4 Powell River Brookfield Renewable Power Hydro [20]
Lower Bonnington 1925 66 FortisBC Hydro [10]
Lower Clowhom 2009 11 Sechelt Fort Chicago Energy Partners. Hydro [21]
Malibu Hydro 2005 0.6 Malibu Malibu Club Hydro [22]
Mamquam Hydro 1996 52 Squamish Atlantic Power Corporation Hydro [23]
Marion 3 Creek 2005 4.6 Port Alberni Marion Creek Hydro Inc. Hydro [24]
McDonald Ranch 1993 0.1 Grasmere McDonald Ranch & Timber Co. Ltd. Hydro [6]
McNair Creek Hydro 2004 9.8 Sechelt Renewable Power Corp. Hydro [25]
Mears Creek 2004 3.8 Gold River Synex Energy Resources Ltd Hydro [11]
Mica Dam 1976 1,805 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Miller Creek 2003 33 Pemberton Capital Power Corporation Hydro [8]
Montrose Creek 2010 73 Powell River Plutonic Power Hydro [14]
Morehead Creek 1994 0.11 Williams Lake Morehead Valley Hydro Hydro [26]
Moresby Lake/Queen Charlotte Power 1990 5.7 Haida Gwaii Atlantic Power Corporation Hydro [27]
Ocean Falls 1922 14.5 Ocean Falls Boralex Hydro

[28]
Peace Canyon Dam 1980 694 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Pine Creek 2009 2.1 Atlin Taku River Tlingit First Nation Hydro [29]
Pingston Creek 2003 45 Revelstoke Brookfield Renewable Power, TransAlta Hydro [2]
Powell Lake 1911 46 Powell River Brookfield Renewable Power Hydro [20]
Ptarmigan Creek – RBV (Robson Valley) 1993 3.6 McBride Robson Valley Power Corp Hydro [6]
Puntledge 1955 24 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Race Rocks 2006 0.065 EnCana Corporation Tidal [30]
Raging River 1 Small Hydro 2002 1,8 Port Alice Raging River Power & Mining Inc. Hydro [31]
Revelstoke Dam 1984 1,843 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Ruskin Dam 1930 105 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Rutherford Creek 2004 49.9 Mount Currie Innergex Renewable Energy Hydro [4]
Seaton Creek Hydro (Homestead) 1997 0.3 New Denver Homestead Hydro Systems Hydro [6]
Sechelt Creek (Salmon Inlet) 1997 17 Sechelt Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Hydro [32]
Seton Powerhouse 1956 48 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Seven Mile Dam 1979 805 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Shuswap River 1929 6 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Soo River 1994 14 Summit Power Hydro [33]
South Cranberry Creek 2008 9 Revelstoke Advanced Energy Systems Ltd. Hydro [6]
South Slocan 1928 54 FortisBC Hydro [10]
South Sutton Creek 2005 5 Port Alberni South Sutton Creek Hydro Inc. Hydro [6]
Spillimacheen 1955 4 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Stave Falls Dam 1912 91 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Stokke Creek (Kwalsa Energy) 2010 21 Mission Cloudworks Energy Hydro [12]
Strathcona 1958 64 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Tipella Creek (Kwalsa Energy) 2010 16.7 Mission Cloudworks Energy Hydro [12]
Tyson Creek Hydro 2009 9.3 Sechelt Renewable Power Corp. Hydro [34]
Upper Bonnington 1907 66 FortisBC Hydro [10]
Upper Clowhom 2009 11 Sechelt Fort Chicago Energy Partners Hydro [21]
Upper Mamquam 2005 25 Squamish TransAlta Hydro [2]
Upper Stave River (Upper Stave Energy) 2010 33.5 Mission Cloudworks Energy Hydro [12]
Wahleach Lake 1952 63 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Walden North 1993 18 Lillooet FortisBC Hydro [6]
Walter Hardman 1960 8 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Waneta Dam 1952 490 BC Hydro, Teck Hydro [35][36]
Whatshan Dam 1972 54 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Woodfibre Dam 1947 2.59 Squamish BC Hydro Hydro [37]
Zeballos Lake 2009 23 Zeballos Zeballos Lake Hydro LP Hydro [38]

Biomass, Biogas and Waste Heat

List of all biomass, biogas and waste heat power plants in British Columbia.

Name Date Capacity (MW) Location Owner Status Ref
150 Mile House 6 150 Mile House EnPower Waste heat [39]
Armstrong Wood Waste Co-Gen 2002 20 Armstrong Riverside Forest Products Biomass [6]
Burnaby Incinerator (SEEGEN) 2003 22 Burnaby Montenay Inc. Biomass [40]
Cedar Road LFG Inc. 2009 1.4 Nanaimo Cedar Road LFG Inc. Biogas [41]
Celgar Mill 52 Castlegar Mercer International Biomass [42][43]
Hartland Landfill Project 1.6 Victoria Maxim Power Biomass [44]
Kamloops Green Energy 76 Kamloops Domtar Biomass [6]
NWE Williams Lake WW 68 EPCOR, TransCanada Biomass [6]
PGP Bio Energy Project 60 Prince George Canfor Biomass [6]
Savona Generating Station 2008 5.9 Savona EnPower Waste heat [39]
Skookumchuk Power Project 51 Skookumchuk Tembec Biomass [6]
Vancouver Landfill Project 2003 7.4 Delta Maxim Power Biomass [45]
Williams Lake Power Plant 66 Williams Lake Atlantic Power Corporation Biomass [46]

Wind

Main article: List of wind farms in Canada

List of all wind farms in British Columbia.

Name Date Capacity (MW) Location Owner Type Ref
Bear Mountain Wind Park 102 Dawson Creek AltaGas Wind [47]
Dokie Wind 2011 144 Chetwynd Plutonic Power Wind [48]
The Eye of the Wind 1.5 Grouse Mountain Resort Wind [49]

Fossil fuel

List of all fossil fuel power plants in British Columbia.

Name Date Capacity (MW) Location Owner Type Ref
Burrard Generating Station 1961 950 BC Hydro Natural gas [50]
Fort Nelson Generating Station 1999 47 BC Hydro Natural gas [50]
Island Generating Station 2002 275 Campbell River Capital Power Corporation Natural gas [51]
McMahon Cogeneration Plant 1993 120 Taylor ATCO Power Natural gas [52]
Prince Rupert Generating Station 1975 46 BC Hydro Natural gas [50]

Off-Grid

List of all power plants in British Columbia serving loads in communities not connected to the North American power grid.

Name Date Capacity (MW) Location Owner Type Ref
Ah-Sin-Heek 6.58 Ah-Sin-Heek BC Hydro Diesel [1]
Anahim Lake 3.65 Anahim Lake BC Hydro Diesel [1]
Atlin 2.65 Atlin BC Hydro Diesel [1]
Bella Bella 3.3 Bella Bella BC Hydro Diesel [1]
Clayton Falls 2 BC Hydro Hydro [1]
Dease Lake 3.45 Dease Lake BC Hydro Diesel [1]
Eddontenajon 2.55 Eddontenajon BC Hydro Diesel [1]
Masset 12.945 Masset BC Hydro Diesel [1]
Sandspit 9.15 Sandspit BC Hydro Diesel [1]
Telegraph Creek 1.8 Telegraph Creek BC Hydro Diesel [1]

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