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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. Since then numerous other hydroelectric ...
Ontario Power Generation and Moose Cree First Nation [46] Lac-Seul Station: Ear Falls: 12: Ontario Power Generation [46] Lakefield Generating Station: Lakefield: 12: Ontario Power Generation [46] Little Long Generating Station: Kapuskasing: 133: Ontario Power Generation and Moose Cree First Nation [46] London Street Dam: Peterborough: 4.1 ...
Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company of Niagara Falls, N.Y., was the first company to generate electricity (in minor amounts) from Niagara Falls in 1882, but fell into bankruptcy in about two years. Schoellkopf Hydraulic Power Company was also created about 1882. Its individual powerplants at various sites near the falls were ...
Adam Beck I contains 10 generators and first produced power in 1922. It was originally called the Queenston-Chippawa Hydroelectric Plant and was renamed after Adam Beck in 1950 on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death. The water is diverted through the Chippawa-Queenston Power Canal from the Welland River.
Hydro One Limited is an electricity transmission and distribution utility serving the Canadian province of Ontario. Hydro One traces its history to the early 20th century and the establishment of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (renamed "Ontario Hydro" in 1974). In October 1998, the provincial legislature passed the Energy ...
Electricity generationin Canada. 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).
Installed capacity. 25 MW. Kakabeka Generating Station is a hydroelectric facility operated by Ontario Power Generation on the bank of the Kaministiquia River, 2 km (1.2 mi) downstream from Kakabeka Falls in the community of Kakabeka Falls, Ontario, 30 km (19 mi) west of Thunder Bay. The plant provides energy to the city of Thunder Bay and area.
Otter Rapids Generating Station is a dam and hydroelectric power plant located in Pitt Township [2] in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [3] Owned by Ontario Power Generation, this 4-unit, 182 MW station is part of the Northeast Plant Group. [4] The Ontario Northland Railway runs past this facility.