Réservoir aux Outardes 2

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Réservoir aux Outardes 2
Barrage aux Outardes-2 / Centrale aux Outardes-2
Location: Québec (Canada)
Tributaries: Rivière aux Outardes
Drain: Rivière aux Outardes
Major cities nearby: Baie-Comeau
Réservoir aux Outardes 2 (Québec)
Réservoir aux Outardes 2
Coordinates 49 ° 10 ′ 18 "  N , 68 ° 24 ′ 58"  W Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 18 "  N , 68 ° 24 ′ 58"  W
Data on the structure
Construction time: 1974-1988
Power plant output: 523 MW
Operator: Hydro Quebec
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 84  m
Reservoir length 40 km
Storage space 16 200 000  m³

Réservoir aux Outardes 2 is a reservoir on the Rivière aux Outardes river in the Côte-Nord administrative region of the Canadian province of Québec .

It was built between 1974 and 1978. The storage target is 84 m, the storage volume is 16.2 million m³.

The associated dam Barrage aux Outardes-2 is located 24 km west of Baie-Comeau and about 10 km before the mouth of the river in the confluence of the Saint Lawrence River .

The Centrale aux Outardes-2 hydropower plant has 3 turbines with a total output of 523 MW. The hydraulic potential is 82.3 m.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Réservoir aux Outardes 2
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Barrage aux Outardes-2
  3. ^ Hydro-Québec - Hydroelectric Generating Stations