La Grande-4 hydroelectric power station
| La Grande-4 hydroelectric power station | |||
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 53 '11 " N , 73 ° 27' 54" W | ||
| country | Canada | ||
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La Grande Rivière ( Reservoir La Grande 4 ) |
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| Type | Storage power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Hydropower | ||
| power | 2779 MW | ||
| owner | Hydro Quebec | ||
| Project start | 1978 | ||
| Start of operations | 1984-1986 | ||
The hydropower plant La Grande-4 ( French: Centrale La Grande-4 or LG-4) is a storage power plant in the Canadian province of Québec . It is located in the Jamésie region on the La Grande Rivière river .
The power plant is part of the Baie James hydropower project , has nine Francis turbines and is fed by the Réservoir La Grande 4 . The installed capacity of the generators is 2,779 MW , the drop height 116.7 meters. The power station is operated by Société d'énergie de la Baie James , a subsidiary of the state-owned energy utility Hydro-Québec . The power plant is underground and is located in a 246 m long, 31.6 m wide and 47 m high cavern . Construction work began in 1978, and commissioning took place in stages between 1984 and 1986.
A five-kilometer access road, which is not accessible to private vehicles, leads south to the Route Transtaïga . Another five kilometers away is the Keyano settlement, which was built in 1978 for construction workers and is now used by operations and maintenance workers.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Centrales hydroélectriques. Hydro-Québec, accessed March 26, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Keyano. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed on March 26, 2012 (French).
- ^ Travel Guide to the Trans-Taiga Road. -Walter Muma, 2008, accessed March 26, 2012 .
- ↑ Centrale La Grande-4. Commission de toponymie du Québec, accessed on March 26, 2012 (French).