List of generating stations in New Brunswick

Beechwood

Grand Falls

Hargrove

Mactaquac

Milltown

Nepisiguit Falls

Sisson

St. George

Tinker

Tobique Narrows

Point Lepreau

Bayside

Coleson Cove

Belledune

Grand Manan

Millbank

Sainte-Rose

Grandview

Caribou

Edmundston

Lamèque

Kent Hills

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Map of all 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 fuel oil, hydroelectric, nuclear, diesel, coal, natural gas, wind, and biomass power stations. NB Power, the government-owned, integrated public utility is the main power generator in the province. There is a total of 4,388 MW of generation capacity listed here, with 47% of that capacity in the Saint John region in four stations.

Energy capacity by source in NB

1. Fossil fuel (53.8%)
2. Hydro (21.9%)
3. Nuclear (15.2%)
4. Other renewables (9.2%)

Non-renewable

Fossil fuel

List of all power stations using fossil fuel in New Brunswick.

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Type	Ref
Bayside Generating Station	Saint John	277	1999	NB Power	Natural gas	[1] [2] [3]
Belledune Generating Station	Belledune	467	1993	NB Power	Coal	[4]
Coleson Cove Generating Station	Saint John	972	1976	NB Power	Fuel oil	[4]
Grand Manan Generating Station	Grand Manan	29	1989	NB Power	Diesel	[4]
Millbank Generating Station	Millbank	397	1991	NB Power	Diesel	[4]
Sainte-Rose Generating Station	Sainte-Rose	99	1991	NB Power	Diesel	[4]
Grandview Cogeneration Plant	Saint John	95	2004	TransCanada	Natural gas	[5]

Nuclear

List of all nuclear power stations in New Brunswick.

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station	45°04′10″N66°27′20″W / 45.06944°N 66.45556°W / 45.06944; -66.45556 (Point Lepreau)	660	1983	NB Power	[4]

Renewable

Hydro

List of all hydroelectric generating stations in New Brunswick.

Name	Location	River	Capacity (MW)	Commission Date	Owner	Ref
Beechwood Generating Station	46°32′32″N67°40′09″W / 46.542253°N 67.669276°W / 46.542253; -67.669276 (Beechwood Generating Station)	Saint John River	112	1962	NB Power	[4]
Grand Falls Generating Station	47°03′00″N67°44′33″W / 47.0500811°N 67.7425575°W / 47.0500811; -67.7425575 (Grand Falls Generating Station)	Saint John River	66	1931	NB Power	[4]
Hargrove Dam	46°31′02″N67°35′45″W / 46.517212°N 67.595713°W / 46.517212; -67.595713 (Hargrove Dam)	Monquart River	3	1962	Hargrove Hydro	[ citation needed ]
Mactaquac Generating Station	45°57′18″N66°52′03″W / 45.954969°N 66.867514°W / 45.954969; -66.867514 (Mactaquac Generating Station)	Saint John River	668	1968	NB Power	[4]
Madawaska Hydro-Dam Fraser Plant	Edmundston	Madawaska River	5.3	1917	Edmundston Energy	[6] [7]
Milltown Generating Station	45°10′32″N67°17′34″W / 45.175426°N 67.292895°W / 45.175426; -67.292895 (Milltown Generating Station)	St. Croix River	3	1900s (demolished 2023)	NB Power	[4] [8]
Nepisiguit Falls Generating Station	47°24′17″N65°47′36″W / 47.4047977°N 65.7932138°W / 47.4047977; -65.7932138 (Nepisiguit Falls Generating Station)	Nepisiguit River	11	1929	NB Power	[4] [8]
Second Falls Dam	47°28′07″N68°14′10″W / 47.4684779°N 68.2359832°W / 47.4684779; -68.2359832 (Second Falls Dam)	Green River	3.2	1911	Edmundston Energy	[7]
Sisson Generating Station	47°16′03″N67°14′49″W / 47.267621°N 67.246891°W / 47.267621; -67.246891 (Sisson Generating Station)	Tobique River	9	1929	NB Power	[4] [8]
St. George Dam	45°07′41″N66°49′44″W / 45.128158°N 66.828844°W / 45.128158; -66.828844 (St. George Dam)	Magaguadavic River	15	1900s	St. George Power	[9] [10]
Tinker Dam	46°48′35″N67°46′00″W / 46.8098266°N 67.7665365°W / 46.8098266; -67.7665365 (Tinker Dam)	Aroostook River	34.5	1923	Algonquin Power	[11] [12]
Tobique Narrows Generating Station	46°46′49″N67°41′42″W / 46.780339°N 67.695089°W / 46.780339; -67.695089 (Tobique Narrows Generating Station)	Tobique River	20	1953	NB Power	[4]

Other renewables

Main article: List of wind farms in Canada

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

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Type	Ref
Burchill Wind Energy Project	Lorneville	42	2023	Tobique First Nation/Natural Forces	Wind	[13]
Cap-Pelé Wind	Botsford Portage	2.4	2020	WKB Community Wind	Wind	[14]
Caribou Wind Park	70 km west of Bathurst	99	2009	Suez Renewable Energy	Wind	[4] [15]
Edmundston Pulp Mill	Edmundston	45	1997	Fraser Papers	Biomass	[16] [17]
Lamèque Wind Power Project	Lamèque Island	45	2011	ACCIONA Energy	Wind	[18]
Kent Hills Wind Farm	Riverside-Albert	167	2008, 2010	TransAlta	Wind	[19]
Oinpegitjoig (Richibucto) Wind Project	Richibucto	3.8	2020	Pabineau First Nation	Wind	[14]
Wisokolamson	Riverside-Albert	18	2019	SWEB Development	Wind	[20] [21]
Wocawson Energy Project	Kings County	20	2020	Wocawson Energy	Wind	[14]

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14. NB Power, Wind Energy , retrieved 2021-11-05
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16. Twin Rivers - Edmundston Pulp Mill , retrieved 2014-01-08
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See also

• NB Power
• Energy in Canada
• List of power stations in Canada

• Energy portal
• Canada portal