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According to the International Hydropower Association, Canada is the fourth largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world in 2021 after the United States, Brazil, and China. [1] In 2019, Canada produced 632.2 TWh of electricity with 60% of energy coming from Hydroelectric and Tidal Energy Sources). [2]
This is a list of operational hydroelectric power stations in Canada with a current nameplate capacity of at least 100 MW. The Sir Adam Beck I Hydroelectric Generating Station in Ontario was the first hydroelectric power station in Canada to have a capacity of at least 100 MW upon completion in 1922.
Ontario’s electricity distribution consists of multiple local distribution companies (LDCs). Hydro One, a publicly-traded company owned in part by the provincial government, is the largest LDC in the province and services approximately 26 percent of all electricity customers in Ontario.
The following page lists electrical generating stations in Quebec, Canada.. Quebec produces close to 96% of its electricity through hydropower.The James Bay Project is Quebec's largest generation complex, with an installed capacity of 16,527 megawatt of power, approximately 40% of the province's peak load.
This list includes all grid-connected hydroelectric generating stations not owned by the Crown Corporation BC Hydro.This list includes stations owned and operated by Independent Power Producers as well as by private utilities such as Nelson Hydro and FortisBC.
Hydro power, nuclear power and wind generate 80% of Canada's electricity, coal and natural gas are burned for the remaining 20%. [ 128 ] As of 2008, Alberta's electricity sector was the most carbon-intensive of all Canadian provinces and territories, with total emissions of 55.9 million tonnes of CO
The U.S. and Canada said Thursday they have agreed to update a six-decade-old treaty that governs the use of one of North America’s largest rivers, the Columbia, with provisions that officials ...
The following pages lists the power stations in Canada by province or territory: List of generating stations in Alberta; List of generating stations in British Columbia; List of generating stations in Manitoba; List of generating stations in New Brunswick; List of generating stations in Newfoundland and Labrador