Waneta power plant
| Waneta power plant | ||
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| location | ||
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 0 '15 " N , 117 ° 36' 42" W | |
| country |
 Canada
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| Waters | Pend Oreille | |
| Height upstream | 64 m | |
| power plant | ||
| owner | Teck Resources | |
| operator | FortisBC | |
| construction time | 1951-1954 | |
| Start of operation | 1954 | |
| technology | ||
| Turbines | 3 × 72 MW & 1 × 76.5 MW (old), 2 × 167.5 MW (new) Francis turbines | |
| Others | ||
The Waneta power plant ( English Waneta dam ) is a run-of-river power plant on Pend Oreille in British Columbia at the confluence with the Columbia River . It has an installed capacity of 627.5 MW and was built by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada ( Cominco ) from 1951 to 1954 to provide electricity for the lead-zinc smelter in Trail, 15 km away .
From 2010 to 2015, the power plant was expanded by two more turbines with a total output of 335 MW for $ 900 million.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Waneta Dam: History
- ↑ Hydroelectric Plants in Canada - British Columbia ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2009) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Waneta Expansion
