List of generating stations in Manitoba

This is a list of public utility electrical generating stations in Manitoba, Canada.

Manitoba produces close to 98% 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 28.2 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2009-2010, meeting 81.4% of the provincial demand.

Manitoba Hydro, the government-owned public utility is the main power generator in the province with 14 hydroelectric generating stations, 2 fossil-fuel plants and 4 diesel generators, for a total installed capacity of 5,511 MW.[1]

Hydroelectric

Name Date Capacity (MW) Location Owner River Ref
Grand Rapids Generating Station 1965 479 53°9′29″N 99°17′33″W / 53.15806°N 99.29250°W Manitoba Hydro Saskatchewan River [1]
Great Falls Dam 1922 136 50°27′47″N 96°0′11″W / 50.46306°N 96.00306°W Manitoba Hydro Winnipeg River [1]
Jenpeg Generating Station 1979 135 54°32′36″N 98°1′36″W / 54.54333°N 98.02667°W Manitoba Hydro Nelson River [1]
Kelsey Generating Station 1957 250 56°2′21″N 96°31′54″W / 56.03917°N 96.53167°W Manitoba Hydro Nelson River [1]
Kettle Generating Station 1970 1,220 56°23′3″N 94°37′54″W / 56.38417°N 94.63167°W Manitoba Hydro Nelson River [1]
Laurie River 1 Generating Station 1952 10 Laurie River Manitoba Hydro Laurie River [1]
Laurie River 2 Generating Station 1958 10 Laurie River Manitoba Hydro Laurie River [1]
Limestone Generating Station 1990 1,340 56°30′25″N 94°6′25″W / 56.50694°N 94.10694°W Manitoba Hydro Nelson River [1]
Long Spruce Generating Station 1977 1,010 56°24′1″N 94°22′10″W / 56.40028°N 94.36944°W Manitoba Hydro Nelson River [1]
McArthur Falls Generating Station 1954 55 50°23′51″N 95°59′31″W / 50.39750°N 95.99194°W Manitoba Hydro Winnipeg River [1]
Pine Falls Generating Station 1952 89 50°34′5″N 96°10′37″W / 50.56806°N 96.17694°W Manitoba Hydro Winnipeg River [1]
Pointe du Bois Hydroelectric Dam 1911 77 50°18′2″N 95°32′39″W / 50.30056°N 95.54417°W Manitoba Hydro Winnipeg River [1]
Seven Sisters Generating Station 1931 165 50°7′13″N 96°0′44″W / 50.12028°N 96.01222°W Manitoba Hydro Winnipeg River [1]
Slave Falls Generating Station 1931 67 50°13′21″N 95°34′6″W / 50.22250°N 95.56833°W Manitoba Hydro Winnipeg River [1]
Wuskwatim 2012 200 55°32′16″N 98°29′46″W / 55.5378596°N 98.4960365°W Wuskwatim Power Limited Partnership (Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and Manitoba Hydro)[2] Burntwood River [1]

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 Capacity (MW) Location Owner Type Ref
Brandon Generating Station 1958–2002 339 49°50′44″N 99°53′16″W / 49.84556°N 99.88778°W Manitoba Hydro Coal / Natural gas [1]
Selkirk Generating Station 1958 129 50°8′32″N 96°53′3″W / 50.14222°N 96.88417°W Manitoba Hydro Natural gas [1]

Off-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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 Manitoba Hydro (2010), Building a Powerful Future: Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board 59th Annual Report For the Year Ended March 31, 2010, Winnipeg: Manitoba Hydro, p. 103
    2. ↑ [Manitoba Hydro: Wuskwatim Generating Station http://www.hydro.mb.ca/corporate/facilities/gs_wuskwatim.shtml]
    3. ↑ Algonquin Power, St-Léon, retrieved 2010-08-22
    4. ↑ Manitoba Hydro (2011). "St. Joseph Wind Farm". Retrieved January 15, 2013.