Bersimis-2 hydropower plant
| Bersimis-2 hydropower plant | |||
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 10 ′ 31 ″ N , 69 ° 13 ′ 45 ″ W | ||
| country | Canada | ||
| Waters | Rivière Betsiamites | ||
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| Type | Run-of-river power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Hydropower | ||
| power | 869 MW | ||
| owner | Hydro Quebec | ||
| Project start | 1956 | ||
| Start of operations | 1959 | ||
The hydropower plant Bersimis-2 ( French: Centrale Bersimis-2 ) is a run-of-river power plant in the Canadian province of Québec . It is located on the Rivière Betsiamites in the Côte-Nord region . The power plant has five Francis turbines and is fed from the nearby Bersimis-2 reservoir. The installed power of the generators is 869 MW , the drop height 115.63 meters. The power plant is operated by the state-owned energy supply company Hydro-Québec .
Bersimis-2 was built between 1956 and 1959 and is one of the first plants to be built by Hydro-Québec (after the company was founded in 1944, existing plants were initially expanded). Together with Bersimis-1 , located around 30 kilometers upstream, the Hydro-Québec facility offered the opportunity to gain experience in building new power plants. The know-how acquired in the process formed the basis for the much larger projects in northern Québec in the following decades. A pioneering achievement was the construction of one of the world's first high-voltage transmission lines with a voltage of 315 kV.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Centrales hydroélectriques. Hydro-Québec , December 31, 2010, accessed March 13, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Les barrages de la rivière Bersimis. In: Histoires oubliées. Productions Vic Pelletier, accessed March 13, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Betsiamites, un premier chantier éloigné et des lignes à 315 kV. In: Histoire de l'électricité au Québec. Hydro-Québec, accessed March 13, 2012 (French).