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Brandon Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power station owned by Manitoba Hydro, located in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. The station was first built to burn lignite from Saskatchewan . On 1 January 2010, Unit 5, the sole coal-fired unit, was downgraded to emergency use only, per section 16 of the Manitoba Climate Change and Emissions ...
Manitoba Hydro, the government-owned public utility is the main power generator in the province with 15 hydroelectric generating stations, 2 fossil-fuel plants and 4 diesel generators, for a total installed capacity of 5,701 MW.
Manitoba Hydro Limestone Generating Station during construction, about 1987. The great distance between generating sites on the Nelson River and load centers in southern Manitoba required the use of HVDC transmission lines to bring the energy to market. When these lines were commissioned, they were the longest and highest-voltage direct current ...
This is a list of all natural gas-fired power stations in Canada.There are 39 power stations in operation as of February 2020. Ontario has the highest number with 12 power stations scattered across the province, followed by Saskatchewan with 10 power stations and Alberta with 9 power stations.
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.
Pages in category "Manitoba Hydro" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Brandon Generating Station; C. Centra Gas Manitoba; J. Jenpeg ...
Pages in category "Natural gas-fired power stations in Manitoba" ... Brandon Generating Station; S. Selkirk Generating Station
Brandon (/ ˈ b r æ n d ə n /) is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada.It is located in the southwestern corner of the province on the banks of the Assiniboine River, approximately 214 kilometres (133 mi) west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and 120 kilometres (75 mi) east of the Saskatchewan border.