List of electrical generating stations in New Brunswick

This is a list of electrical generating stations in New Brunswick, Canada.

New Brunswick has a diversified electric supply mix of nuclear, coal, fuel oil, natural gas and hydroelectric power stations. NB Power, the government-owned integrated public utility is the main power generator in the province.

Contents

Fossil fuel

Name Date Capacity (MW) Location Owner Type Ref
Bayside Power 260 Saint John Emera Natural gas [1]
Belledune Generating Station 458 Belledune NB Power Coal [2]
Coleson Cove Generating Station 978 Seaview NB Power Fuel oil [2]
Courtenay Bay Generating Station[note 1] 109 Saint John Emera Fuel oil [2]
Dalhousie Generating Station[note 2] 300 Darlington NB Power Fuel oil [2]
Grand Lake Generating Station[note 1] 58 Minto NB Power Coal [2]
Grand Manan Generating Station 28 Grand Manan NB Power Diesel [2]
Millbank Generating Station 399 Millbank NB Power Diesel [2]
Sainte-Rose Generating Station 100 Sainte-Rose NB Power Diesel [2]
Grandview Cogeneration Plant 88 Saint John TransCanada Natural gas [3]

Nuclear

List of all nuclear power stations in New Brunswick.

Name Date Capacity (MW) Location Owner Type Ref
Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station 1975-1982 635 NB Power Nuclear [2]

Renewable

Hydro

List of all hydroelectric generating stations in New Brunswick.

Name Date Capacity (MW) Location Owner River Ref
Beechwood Dam 113 NB Power Saint John River [2]
Grand Falls Generating Station 66 NB Power Saint John River [2]
Mactaquac Dam 672 NB Power Saint John River [2]
Milltown Dam 4 St. Stephen NB Power St. Croix River [2]
Nepisiguit Falls 11 NB Power Nepisiguit River [2]
Sisson Dam 9 Plaster Rock NB Power Tobique River [2]
St. George Dam 15 St. George J. D. Irving Magaguadavic River  
Tinker Dam 34.5 Algonquin Power Aroostook River [4]
Tobique Narrows Dam 20 Perth-Andover NB Power Saint John River [2]

Other renewables

Main article: List of wind farms in Canada

List of all wind farms and biomass power plants in New Brunswick.

Name Date Capacity (MW) Location Owner Type Ref
Caribou Wind Park 99 70 km west of Bathurst Suez Renewable Energy Wind [2]
Edmundston Mill-3 44.5 Edmundston Fraser Papers Biomass  
Kent Hills Wind Farm 96 Riverside-Albert TransAlta Wind [5]

Notes and References

Notes'

  1. ^ a b Decommissioned.
  2. ^ The plant is currently scheduled to be decommissioned in 2011.

References'

  1. ^ Emera, Bayside Power, http://www.emera.com/en/home/ourbusiness/corporatestructure/baysidepower.aspx, retrieved 2010-08-21 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q NB Power, System Map, http://www.nbpower.com/html/en/safety_learning/learning/systemmap/system_map.html, retrieved 2010-08-22 
  3. ^ TransCanada, Grandview Cogeneration Plant, http://www.trangrandviewom//refdocs/Key_Projects/becancour.pdf, retrieved 2010-08-27 
  4. ^ Algonquin Power (13 January 2010), Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Announces Completion Of Acquisition Of 36.8 MW Of Hydroelectric Generation Assets, http://www.algonquinpower.com/newsroom/2010.asp#Jan13-2010, retrieved 2010-08-25 
  5. ^ TransAlta, Kent Hills, http://www.transalta.com/facilities/plants-operation/kent-hills, retrieved 2010-08-22 

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