The following page lists electrical generating stations in Quebec , Canada.
Quebec produces close to 96% of its electricity through hydropower. The James Bay Project is Quebec's largest generation complex, with an installed capacity of 16,527 megawatt of power, approximately 40% of the province's peak load. Hydro-Québec, the government-owned public utility is the main power generator in the province with 59 hydroelectric facilities located across the province, for a total installed capacity of 34,490 MW. [1]
List of hydroelectric generating stations owned and operated by Hydro-Québec Production. [2]
| Name | Region | Watershed | Type | Reservoir | Capacity (MW) | Units | Head | Commissioned | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCormick | Manicouagan | Run of river | n/a | 392 | 8 | 37.8 | 1952 | Hydro-Québec (60%) and Alcoa (40%) [1] | |
List of privately owned hydroelectric generating stations in Quebec, including facilities owned by municipal utilities.
List of wind farms in Quebec.
List of biomass and waste generating stations in Quebec.
| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Date | Owner | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brompton Biomass Cogen. | 45°28′51″N71°57′08″W / 45.4808°N 71.9521°W | 19 | 2007 | Kruger Energy | Biomass | [87] |
| Dolbeau Biomass Cogen. | 48°52′48″N72°13′04″W / 48.8800°N 72.2178°W | 26.5 | 2012 | Resolute Forest Products | Biomass | [88] |
| Haute-Yamaska, Roland Thibault | 45°27′49″N72°46′50″W / 45.4637°N 72.7806°W | 3 | 2012-2013 | Terreau Biogaz | Waste | [89] |
| Chapais Énergie | Chapais | 27 | Chapais Énergie, s.e.c. | Biomass | [90] [91] | |
| Fibrek Saint-Félicien | 48°44′44″N72°30′45″W / 48.7456°N 72.5124°W | 42.5 | Fibrek | Biomass | [92] | |
| Saint-Nicéphore | 45°49′10″N72°22′31″W / 45.8194°N 72.3754°W | 7.6 | 2012 | Waste Management, Inc | Waste | [93] |
| Saint-Thomas | 46°03′52″N73°15′10″W / 46.0645°N 73.2528°W | 9.35 | 2012 | EBI Énergie | Waste | [94] |
| Senneterre | Senneterre | 34.6 | 2000 | Boralex | Biomass | [95] |
| Témiscaming mill | 46°42′40″N79°05′47″W / 46.7111°N 79.0963°W | 8.1 | 2008 | Tembec | Biomass | [96] |
| Thurso Cogeneration Plant | 45°36′03″N75°15′20″W / 45.6008°N 75.2555°W | 24.3 | 2012 | Fortress Specialty Cellulose | Biomass |
List of nuclear generating stations in Quebec.
| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Date | Owner | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station [97] | 46°23′42″N72°21′21″W / 46.39500°N 72.35583°W | 635 | 1983–2012 | Hydro-Québec | Nuclear | [98] |
List of fossil fuel generating stations in Quebec.
| Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Date | Owner | Type | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bécancour gas turbine | 46°23′31″N72°21′8″W / 46.39194°N 72.35222°W | 411 | 1994 | Hydro-Québec | Natural gas | [99] |
| Cadillac gas turbine [note 7] | 48°12′51″N78°17′59″W / 48.21417°N 78.29972°W | 162 | 1976 | Hydro-Québec | Diesel | [99] [100] |
| La Citière gas turbine | 45°24′55″N73°26′14″W / 45.41528°N 73.43722°W | 309 | 1980 | Hydro-Québec | Diesel | [99] [101] |
| Tracy Thermal Generating Station | 45°59′50″N73°10′20″W / 45.99722°N 73.17222°W | 660 | 1964–1968 | Hydro-Québec | Fuel oil | [99] [102] [103] |
| Bécancour cogeneration project (TCE) [note 8] | 46°22′2″N72°24′15″W / 46.36722°N 72.40417°W | 550 | 2006 | TransCanada | Natural gas | [104] [105] [106] |
List of all generating stations in Quebec serving loads not connected to the main North American power grid.
Hydro-Québec is a Canadian Crown corporation public utility headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in Quebec, as well as the export of power to portions of the Northeast United States. More than 40 percent of Canada’s water resources are in Quebec and Hydro-Québec is the fourth largest hydropower producer in the world.
Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station is a former nuclear power station located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Bécancour, Quebec, 100 km north east of Montreal. The site contained two nuclear reactors; Gentilly-1, a 250 MW CANDU-BWR prototype, that was marred by technical problems and shut down in 1977, and Gentilly-2, a 675-MW CANDU-6 reactor operated commercially by the government-owned public utility Hydro-Québec between 1983 and 2012. These were the only power generating nuclear reactors in Quebec.
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The McCormick generating station is a dam and power station built on the Manicouagan river by the Quebec & Ontario Paper Company and the Canadian British Aluminium Company 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. It is named after colonel Robert R. McCormick (1880–1955), who owned and published the Chicago Tribune.
The Bersimis-2 generating station is a dam and a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station built by Hydro-Québec on the Betsiamites River, in Lac-au-Brochet, 66 km (41 mi) north of the town of Forestville, Quebec. Construction started in 1956 and the power station was commissioned in 1959 with an initial nameplate capacity of 655 megawatts.
The Menihek Hydroelectric Generating Station is a conventional hydroelectric generating station at Menihek Lake in Labrador. The dam and powerhouse are located in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, 40 km (25 mi) south of the isolated town of Schefferville, Quebec and two First Nations communities: Matimekosh-Lac-John and Kawawachikamach. The generating station, two 69 kV power lines and the distribution networks in each community form an independent electricity network, off the main North American grid.
Cartier Wind Energy is a developer, owner and operator of wind farms in Quebec. Formed in 2004 as a partnership between TransCanada Corporation (62%) and Innergex Renewable Energy (38%), the Longueuil-based company has built 5 wind farms with a combined capacity of 589.5 MW in the Gaspé peninsula delivering power under a 20-year contract signed in 2005 with Hydro-Québec. The company's sixth project, a 150-MW wind farm in Les Méchins, Quebec, was cancelled in 2010, after Cartier failed to reach an agreement with landowners.
The Tracy Thermal Generating Station is a retired 660-megawatt heavy fuel oil-fueled thermal power station built from 1962 by the Shawinigan Water & Power Company and completed by Hydro-Québec after the buyout of all private electric utilities by the government of Quebec in 1963. Commissioned between 1964 and 1968, the plant is located on the banks of the Saint Lawrence River in the city of Sorel-Tracy, in the Montérégie Region.
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