List of power plants in Quebec
The following is a list of facilities that produce electricity in the Canadian province of Quebec .
Québec produces around 97% of its electricity from hydropower (2013). In addition to a few smaller power plant operators, there is the state-owned Hydro-Québec , which was founded in 1944 and has had a dominant market position since the early 1960s. The company operates 61 hydropower plants (until 2012 the only nuclear power plant in the province).
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Hydropower plants
Facilities owned by Hydro-Québec
Hydro-Québec owned facilities
investment | Type | Power (in MW) |
Turbines | Height of fall (in m) |
commissioning acceptance |
Reservoir | River system | region | Coordinates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Churchill Falls | Storage | 5428 | 11 | 312.4 | 1971-1974 | Smallwood Reservoir | Churchill | Labrador | 53 ° 31 ′ 30 " N , 63 ° 58 ′ 40" W. |
McCormick | Running water | 351 | 8th | 37.8 | 1952 | - | Manicouagan | Côte-Nord | 49 ° 11 ′ 35 " N , 68 ° 19 ′ 37" W. |
Facilities owned by private companies and municipalities
Québec has dozens of privately-owned and community-owned hydropower plants. Rio Tinto Alcan is Québec's largest private electricity producer; the six power plants have an installed capacity of 2042 MW. The 102 private hydropower plants together generate a capacity of 3789.1 MW, which corresponds to about a tenth of the production of Hydro-Québec.
investment | Type | Power (in MW) |
commissioning acceptance |
Reservoir | River system | region | owner |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abénaquis | Running water | 2.4 | 1911 | - | Rivière Magog | Estrie | City of Sherbrooke |
Adam-Cunningham | Storage | 7th | 1953 | Lac Brochet | Rivière Shipshaw | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Resolute Forest Products |
Arthurville | Running water | 0.8 | 1993 | - | Rivière du Sud | Chaudière Appalaches | Algonquin Power Fund |
Ayers-1 | Running water | 4.5 | 1929 | - | Rivière du Nord | Laurentides | Ayers limitée |
Ayers-2 | Running water | 1.2 | 1994 | - | Rivière du Nord | Laurentides | Ayers limitée |
Baie-Saint-Paul | Running water | 0.8 | 1898-1997 | - | Bras du Nord-Ouest | Capitale-Nationale | Société d'énergie de Baie-Saint-Paul |
Barrage Larocque | Running water | 10 | 1997 | - | Rivière Saint-François | Estrie | Kruger Inc. |
Belding | Running water | 1.5 | 1910 | - | Rivière Coaticook | Estrie | City of Coaticook |
Belle-Rivière | Running water | 1 | 1993 | - | La Belle Rivière | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Société d'énergie Belle Rivière |
Bésy | Running water | 18th | 2006 | - | Rivière aux Sables | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Resolute Forest Products |
Bird-1 | Running water | 2 | 1937-1994 | - | Rivière Jacques-Cartier | Capitale-Nationale | Boralex |
Bird-2 | Running water | 2.8 | 1995 | - | Rivière Jacques-Cartier | Capitale-Nationale | Boralex |
Buckingham | Running water | 11.2 | 1914-1994 | - | Rivière du Lièvre | Outaouais | Boralex |
Cascades-Savard | Running water | 0.03 | 1988 | - | Cascades Savard | Côte-Nord | Relais-Gabriel restaurant |
Chicoutimi | Storage | 8.2 | 1923 | Lac Kénogami | Rivière Chicoutimi | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Resolute Forest Products |
Chute-aux-Galets | Storage | 13.6 | 1921 | Lac Sébastien | Rivière Shipshaw | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Resolute Forest Products |
Chute-Blanche | Running water | 1.5 | 1998 | - | Petite rivière Péribonka | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Hydro-Morin |
Chute-des-Passes | Running water | 833 | 1959 | - | Rivière Péribonka | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Rio Tinto Alcan |
Chute-du-Diable | Running water | 224 | 1952 | - | Rivière Péribonka | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Rio Tinto Alcan |
Chute Garneau | Running water | 2.8 | 1925-2011 | - | Rivière Chicoutimi | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Saguenay city |
Chute-à-caron | Running water | 222 | 1931 | - | Rivière Saguenay | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Rio Tinto Alcan |
Chute-à-la-Savane | Running water | 245 | 1952 | - | Rivière Péribonka | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Rio Tinto Alcan |
Chute-à-Magnan | Running water | 7.7 | 1994 | - | Rivière du Loup | Mauricie | Innergex |
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | Running water | 25th | 1999 | - | Rivière Chaudière | Chaudière Appalaches | Innergex |
Chutes-à-Gorry | Running water | 10.8 | 1993-1997 | - | Rivière Sainte-Anne | Capitale-Nationale | Société d'énergie Columbus |
Bataram Club | Running water | 0.1 | 19 ?? | - | Rivière Noire Sud-Ouest | Capitale-Nationale | Pourvoirie Charlevoix |
Club des Alcania | Running water | 0.02 | 1981 | - | Ruisseau Vassale | Mauricie | Club of the Alcania Shawinigan |
Côte-Sainte-Catherine-1 | Running water | 2 | 1989 | - | Saint Lawrence River | Montérégie | Algonquin Power Fund |
Côte-Sainte-Catherine-2 | Running water | 4.8 | 1993 | - | Saint Lawrence River | Montérégie | Algonquin Power Fund |
Côte-Sainte-Catherine-3 | Running water | 4.5 | 1995 | - | Saint Lawrence River | Montérégie | Algonquin Power Fund |
Daniel Larocque | Running water | 2.4 | 1912-1987 | - | Rivière du Lièvre | Laurentides | Algonquin Power Fund |
Donnacona | Running water | 4.5 | 1913-1997 | - | Rivière Jacques-Cartier | Capitale-Nationale | Algonquin Power Fund |
Drummond | Running water | 0.9 | 1965 | - | Rivière Magog | Estrie | City of Sherbrooke |
Dufferin | Running water | 37.3 | 1958 | - | Rivière du Lièvre | Outaouais | Energy Brookfield |
East Angus | Running water | 2.1 | 1993 | - | Rivière Saint-François | Estrie | Boralex |
Eustis | Running water | 0.7 | 1903 | - | Rivière Coaticook | Estrie | City of Sherbrooke |
Franquelin | Running water | 8.8 | 2010 | - | Rivière Franquelin | Côte-Nord | Société d'énergie rivière Franquelin |
Fraser | Running water | 2.3 | 1992 | - | Rivière du Loup | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Hydro cutter |
Frontenac | Running water | 2.2 | 1888 | - | Rivière Magog | Estrie | City of Sherbrooke |
Glenford (Chute-Ford) | Running water | 4.2 | 1930-1995 | - | Rivière Sainte-Anne | Capitale-Nationale | Algonquin Power Fund |
High falls | Running water | 91.4 | 1929 | - | Rivière du Lièvre | Outaouais | Energy Brookfield |
Hull | Running water | 12 | 1913 | - | Ottawa | Outaouais | Domtar |
Huntingville | Running water | 0.3 | 1996 | - | Rivière aux Saumons | Estrie | Boralex |
Isle Maligne | Storage | 448 | 1926 | Lac Saint-Jean | La Grande Décharge | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Rio Tinto Alcan |
Jean-Guérin | Running water | 5.87 | 1998 | - | Rivière Etchemin | Chaudière Appalaches | Société d'énergie Columbus |
Jim-Gray | Storage | 63 | 1953 | Lac La Mothe | Rivière Shipshaw | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Resolute Forest Products |
Joey Tanenbaum | Running water | 17th | 1994 | - | Rivière Coulonge | Outaouais | Hydro-Pontiac |
Jonquière | Running water | 4.85 | 1998 | - | Rivière aux Sables | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Resolute Forest Products |
Jonquière-N⁰-1 | Running water | 4.5 | 1996 | - | Rivière aux Sables | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Saguenay city |
L'Anse-Saint-Jean | Running water | 0.45 | 1995 | - | Rivière Saint-Jean | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Hydro-Morin |
La Grande-Dame | Running water | 1.8 | 1912 | - | Rivière Magog | Estrie | Towns of Magog and Sherbrooke |
La pulp | Running water | 3.7 | 1997 | - | Rivière Rimouski | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Boralex |
La Sarre-1 | Running water | 1 | 1994 | - | Rivière La Sarre | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Hydro-Abitibi |
La Sarre-2 | Running water | 0.8 | 1995 | - | Rivière La Sarre | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Hydro-Abitibi |
Lebreux | Running water | 1 | 1995 | - | Rivière Hall | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Hydro Canomore |
Low | Running water | 0.4 | 1994 | - | Ruisseau Stag | Outaouais | Hydro-Low |
Magpie | Running water | 40.6 | 2007 | - | Rivière Magpie | Côte-Nord | Magpie SOCOM |
Maquatua | Running water | 1.1 | 1985 | - | Rivière Maquatua | North du Quebec | Corporation Sakami Eeyou |
Marches-Naturelles | Running water | 4.5 | 1908-1995 | - | Rivière Montmorency | Capitale-Nationale | Boralex |
Masson | Running water | 119.36 | 1933 | - | Rivière du Lièvre | Outaouais | Energy Brookfield |
McDougall | Running water | 8.5 | 1925 | - | Rivière Jacques-Cartier | Capitale-Nationale | Boralex |
Memphrémagog | Storage | 2 | 1911 | Lac Memphrémagog | Rivière Magog | Estrie | City of Magog |
Minashtuk | Running water | 12 | 2000 | - | Rivière Mistassibi | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Minashtuk |
Montmagny | Running water | 2.1 | 1999 | - | Rivière du Sud | Chaudière Appalaches | Innergex |
Moulin Melbourne | Running water | 0.075 | 2003 | - | Rivière au Saumon | Estrie | 9067-8780 Quebec |
Moulin-aux-Abénaquis | Running water | 0.177 | 1997 | - | Rivière des Abénaquis | Chaudière Appalaches | 9070-3075 Quebec |
Murdock-Wilson | Running water | 52 | 1957 | - | Rivière Shipshaw | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Resolute Forest Products |
Onatchiway | Storage | 0.18 | 1925 | Lac Onatchiway | Rivière Shipshaw | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Resolute Forest Products |
Paton | Running water | 1.7 | 1927 | - | Rivière Magog | Estrie | City of Sherbrooke |
Pentecôte | Running water | 2 | 1999 | - | Rivière Riverin | Côte-Nord | Algonquin Power Fund |
Petite High Falls | Running water | 0.5 | 1999 | - | Rivière Blanche | Outaouais | Hydro Norbyco |
Petites Bergeronnes | Running water | 4.2 | 1994 | - | Rivière des Petites Bergeronnes | Côte-Nord | Société d'énergie Columbus |
Pont-Arnaud | Running water | 5.625 | 1913-2011 | - | Rivière Chicoutimi | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Saguenay city |
Portneuf-1 | Running water | 7.5 | 1996 | - | Rivière Portneuf | Côte-Nord | Innergex |
Portneuf-2 | Running water | 11.75 | 1996 | - | Rivière Portneuf | Côte-Nord | Innergex |
Portneuf-3 | Running water | 7.5 | 1996 | - | Rivière Portneuf | Côte-Nord | Innergex |
Pourvoirie Domaine Touristique La Tuque | Running water | 0.1 | 2000 | - | Ruisseau Bourque | Mauricie | Pourvoirie Domaine La Tuque |
Rapide-des-Cèdres | Running water | 8.5 | 2005 | - | Rivière du Lièvre | Outaouais | Energy Brookfield |
Rawdon | Running water | 2.4 | 1994 | - | Rivière Ouareau | Lanaudière | Algonquin Power Fund |
Rivière-du-Loup | Running water | 2.1 | 1885-1995 | - | Rivière du Loup | Bas-Saint-Laurent | Algonquin Power Fund |
Rock Forest | Running water | 1.92 | 1911 | - | Rivière Magog | Estrie | City of Sherbrooke |
RSP-1 | Running water | 1 | 1954-1993 | - | Rivière du Sault aux Cochons | Côte-Nord | Boralex |
RSP-2 | Running water | 6th | 1995 | - | Rivière du Sault aux Cochons | Côte-Nord | Boralex |
RSP-3 | Running water | 5.5 | 1995 | - | Rivière du Sault aux Cochons | Côte-Nord | Boralex |
Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults | Running water | 4.5 | 1994 | - | Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest | Center-du-Quebec | Algonquin Power Fund |
Sainte-Marguerite-1 | Running water | 8th | 1993 | Lac Picard | Rivière Sainte-Marguerite | Côte-Nord | Hydrowatt SM-1 |
Sainte-Marguerite-1A | Running water | 8th | 1993 | Lac Picard | Rivière Sainte-Marguerite | Côte-Nord | Fiducie Sainte-Marguerite |
Sainte-Marguerite-2 | Running water | 19.3 | 1954 | Lac Picard | Rivière Sainte-Marguerite | Côte-Nord | Compagnie minière IOC |
Saint-Alban | Running water | 8.2 | 1902-1996 | - | Rivière Sainte-Anne | Capitale-Nationale | Algonquin Power Fund |
Saint-Jerome | Running water | 1.5 | 1888-1997 | - | Rivière du Nord | Laurentides | Mini-Centrales de l'Est |
Saint-Jovite | Running water | 0.3 | 1985 | - | Ruisseau Noir | Laurentides | Apostles of infinite love |
Saint-Paul | Running water | 0.9 | 1986 | - | Rivière Coaticook | Estrie | City of Coaticook |
Saint-Raphaël | Running water | 3.47 | 1994 | - | Rivière du Sud | Chaudière Appalaches | Algonquin Power Fund |
Shipshaw | Running water | 947 | 1943 | - | Rivière Saguenay | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Rio Tinto Alcan |
SPC | Storage | 38 | 1957 | - | Rivière Chicoutimi | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | Elkem Métal Canada |
T.-D. Bouchard | Running water | 2.6 | 1995 | - | Rivière Yamaska | Montérégie | Algonquin Power Fund |
Thibaudeau-Ricard | Running water | 4.9 | 1997 | - | Riviere Shawinigan | Mauricie | Thibaudeau-Ricard |
W.-R.-Beatty | Running water | 11.6 | 1917-1995 | - | Rivière Noire | Outaouais | Hydro-Pontiac |
Weedon | Storage | 3.8 | 1925 | Reservoir Weedon | Rivière Saint-François | Estrie | City of Sherbrooke |
Westbury | Running water | 4th | 1929 | - | Rivière Saint-François | Estrie | City of Sherbrooke |
Windsor | Storage | 6.5 | 1996 | Mont-Joie Reservoir | Rivière Saint-François | Estrie | Innergex |
Winneway (Belleterre) | Running water | 2.7 | 1938-1993 | - | Riviere Winneway | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Algonquin Power Fund |
W.-R.-Beatty | Running water | 11.6 | 1917-1995 | - | Rivière Noire | Outaouais | Hydro-Pontiac |
Other renewable energies
Wind turbines
investment | Power in MW | Turbines | Installation | owner | place | region |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baie-des-Sables | 109.5 | 73 | 2006 | Cartier Énergie Éolienne | Baie-des-Sables | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Carleton | 109.5 | 73 | 2008 | Cartier Énergie Éolienne | Carleton-sur-Mer | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Jardin d'Éole | 127.5 | 85 | 2008 | Northland Power | Saint-Ulric | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Gros-Morne I. | 100.5 | 67 | 2008 | Cartier Énergie Éolienne | Sainte-Madeleine-de-la-Rivière-Madeleine | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
L'Anse-à-Valleau | 100.5 | 67 | 2007 | Cartier Énergie Éolienne | L'Anse-à-Valleau | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Le Nordais (Cap Chat) | 57 | 76 | 1998 | TransAlta | Cap chat | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Le Nordais (Matane) | 42.75 | 57 | 1999 | TransAlta | Matane | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Montagne-Sèche | 58.5 | 39 | 2008 | Cartier Énergie Éolienne | Cloridorme | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Mont Copper | 54 | 30th | 2004 | FPL Energy, 3Ci | Murdochville | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Mont-Louis | 100.5 | 67 | 2011 | Northland Power | Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Mont Miller | 54 | 30th | 2005 | FPL Energy | Murdochville | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Saint-Ulric | 2.25 | 3 | 1998 | Hydro-Québec Production | Saint-Ulric | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
Site nordique expérimental en éolien CORUS |
4.1 | 2 | 2010 | TechnoCentre éolien | Rivière-au-Renard | Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine |
Biomass
investment | Power (in MW) | owner | place | region |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brompton Biomass Cogen. | 23 | Kruger Energy | Sherbrooke | Estrie |
Chapais energy | 27 | Chapais Energy SEC | Chapais | North du Quebec |
Senneterre | 34.6 | Boralex | Senneterre | Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Nuclear energy
investment | Power (in MW) | Installation | owner | Type | region | Coordinates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gentilly nuclear power station | 635 | 1983 | Hydro Quebec | CANDU reactor | Center-du-Quebec | 46 ° 23 '43 " N , 72 ° 21' 22" W. |
Fossil energy sources
investment | Power (in MW) | Installation | Turbines | owner | Type | region | Coordinates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bécancour | 411 | 1992-1993 | 4th | Hydro Quebec | Gas turbine power plant | Center-du-Quebec | 46 ° 23 ′ 31 ″ N , 72 ° 21 ′ 7 ″ W. |
Cadillac | 162 | 1976-1977 | 3 | Hydro Quebec | Gas turbine power plant | Abitibi-Témiscamingue | 48 ° 12 ′ 51 ″ N , 78 ° 17 ′ 59 ″ W. |
La Citière | 309 | 1979-1980 | 4th | Hydro Quebec | Gas turbine power plant | Montérégie | 45 ° 24 ′ 55 " N , 73 ° 26 ′ 14" W. |
Tracy | 495 | 1964-1968 | 4th | Hydro Quebec | Heavy oil - thermal power station | Montérégie | 45 ° 59 ′ 47 " N , 73 ° 10 ′ 20" W. |
Autonomous networks
The following areas in Québec are not connected to the rest of the North American power grid and have an autonomous power supply. All of these plants are operated by Hydro-Québec Distribution.
place | Power (in MW) | Installation | Type | region |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cap-aux-meules | 66 | Heavy oil - thermal power station | Magdalen Islands | |
Akulivik | 0.9 | Diesel heating plant | Nunavik | |
Aupaluk | 0.9 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
Blanc-Sablon | 4.9 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Côte-Nord | |
Clova | 0.5 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Mauricie | |
Île d'Entrée | 1.2 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Magdalen Islands | |
Inukjuaq | 3.0 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
Ivujivik | 1.0 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
Kangiqsualujjuaq | 2.0 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
Kangiqsujuaq | 1.5 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
Kangirsuk | 1.4 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
Kuujjuaq | 6.6 | 2010 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik |
Kuujjuarapik | 3.4 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
La Romaine | 5.8 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Côte-Nord | |
La Tabatière | 6.8 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Côte-Nord | |
Lac-Robertson | 21.6 | 1995 | Hydroelectric power plant | Côte-Nord |
Obedjiwan | 6.9 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Mauricie | |
Port Menier | 2.8 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Anticosti | |
Puvirnituq | 2.9 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
Quaqtaq | 1.1 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
Salluit | 3 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
Schefferville | 6.8 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Côte-Nord | |
Saint-Augustin | 0.4 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean | |
Tasiujaq | 0.9 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
Umiujaq | 1.1 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik | |
Wemotaci | 2.2 | Diesel cogeneration plant | Nunavik |
Web links
- Hydro-Québec website (French, English)
- List of Hydro-Québec facilities (French)
- List of private hydropower plants (French)
- List of wind turbines in Québec (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hugo Joncas: Hydro-Québec Lorgne la Rivière Magpie. Les Affaires, June 13, 2009, accessed March 9, 2012 (French).
- ^ A b Michel Corbeil: Projet de la Petit-Mécatina: après l'annonce, les critiques. La Presse, May 26, 2009, accessed March 9, 2012 (French).
- ↑ a b c d Complexe de la Romaine: Étude d'impact sur l'environnement. (PDF, 5.30 MB) (No longer available online.) Hydro-Québec, November 2007, pp. 1–6 , archived from the original on June 5, 2011 ; Retrieved March 9, 2012 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Qui sommes-nous? (No longer available online.) Rio Tinto Alcan, 2008, archived from the original on June 22, 2013 ; Retrieved March 9, 2012 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Gentilly-2 nuclear plant shuts down after 29 years. CBC.ca, December 28, 2012, accessed December 28, 2012 .
- ↑ a b c d Centrales thermiques. Hydro-Québec, accessed March 9, 2012 (French).
Remarks
- ↑ Ontario Power Generation owns four turbines in the Ontario area .
- ↑ Hydro-Québec Distribution is the owner and operator
- ↑ An additional third turbine is planned.
- ↑ The owner and operator is Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited, a joint venture between Nalcor Energy (66%) and Hydro-Québec (34%).
- ↑ Hydro-Québec has a 60% stake, Alcoa 40%
- ↑ The power plant was taken out of service for an indefinite period in 2011.
- ↑ a b c reserve generators
- ↑ This settlement was connected to the main network in 2012. The existing power plant will be retained as a reserve.
- ↑ This settlement is supplied by the Mehinek hydroelectric power station in Labrador. The use of the generators is reserved for emergencies.
- ↑ This settlement has been connected to the main grid since 2008, the power plant was demolished.