List of generating stations in Newfoundland and Labrador

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This is a list of electrical generating stations in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Newfoundland and Labrador has forty-eight power stations, and mainly rely on hydropower for its generation needs. The province's biggest power station, the 5,428-megawatt Churchill Falls Generating Station, mainly supplies Quebec, under a 65-year contract, due to expire in 2041.

Newfoundland Power, a subsidiary of St. John's-based Fortis Inc., is the retailer of electricity for most areas in the province. Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, a subsidiary of government-owned Nalcor Energy, owns and operates most generation, the transmission grid and sells directly to large industrial customers. The company also serves remote communities not connected to the main power grids, in Newfoundland and in Labrador.

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Hydroelectric[]

List of hydroelectric power stations in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Name Location Capacity (MW) Date Owner Ref
Bay d'Espoir Hydroelectric Power Station 47°59′25″N 55°47′59″W / 47.9901514°N 55.7996249°W / 47.9901514; -55.7996249 (Bay d'Espoir Plant) 604 1967 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][2]
Bishop's Falls 49°00′55.3″N 55°28′19.8″W / 49.015361°N 55.472167°W / 49.015361; -55.472167 (Bishop's Falls Plant) 22 1916/2003 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][3]
Buchans Dam Buchans 1.85 1988 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][3]
Cape Broyle 47°05′45.3″N 52°56′13.9″W / 47.095917°N 52.937194°W / 47.095917; -52.937194 (Cape Broyle Plant) 6.28 1952 Newfoundland Power [1]
Cat Arm Hydroelectric Development 50°01′39″N 56°45′55″W / 50.02750°N 56.76528°W / 50.02750; -56.76528 (Cat Arm Plant) 127 1985 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][4]
Churchill Falls Generating Station[note 1] 53°31′32″N 63°57′25″W / 53.52556°N 63.95694°W / 53.52556; -63.95694 (Churchill Falls) 5,428 1974 Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation [1][5][6]
Deer Lake 49°10′11.7″N 57°26′10.5″W / 49.169917°N 57.436250°W / 49.169917; -57.436250 (Deer Lake Plant) 129 1925 Kruger Energy [1][7]
Fall Pond Fall Pond 0.35 Newfoundland Power [8]
Grand Falls Hydroelectric Generating Station 48°55′31.5″N 55°40′04.2″W / 48.925417°N 55.667833°W / 48.925417; -55.667833 (Grand Falls Plant) 74.5 1937/2003 Newfoundland Power, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][3][9]
Granite Canal Hydroelectric Generating Station 48°11′47.6″N 56°48′54.9″W / 48.196556°N 56.815250°W / 48.196556; -56.815250 (Granite Canal Plant) 41 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][10]
Hearts Content 47°51′46.1″N 53°22′32.6″W / 47.862806°N 53.375722°W / 47.862806; -53.375722 (Hearts Content Plant) 2.7 1918 Newfoundland Power [1]
Hinds Lake Hydroelectric Generating Station 49°04′56.9″N 57°12′04.9″W / 49.082472°N 57.201361°W / 49.082472; -57.201361 (Hinds Lake Plant) 75 1980 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][11]
Horsechops 47°07′55.2″N 52°58′53.7″W / 47.132000°N 52.981583°W / 47.132000; -52.981583 (Horsechops Plant) 8.13 1953 Newfoundland Power [1]
Lawn 46°56′52.6″N 55°32′10.3″W / 46.947944°N 55.536194°W / 46.947944; -55.536194 (Lawn Plant) 0.6 1983 Newfoundland Power [1]
Little St. Lawrence 46°55′43.3″N 55°21′27.4″W / 46.928694°N 55.357611°W / 46.928694; -55.357611 (Little St. Lawrence Plant) Newfoundland Power  
Lockston 48°24′03.4″N 53°22′43.3″W / 48.400944°N 53.378694°W / 48.400944; -53.378694 (Lockston Plant) 3 1955–1961 Newfoundland Power [1]
Lookout Brook Lookout Brook 5.8 1958–1983 Newfoundland Power [1]
Menihek Hydroelectric Generating Station[note 2] 54°28′16″N 66°36′45″W / 54.47111°N 66.61250°W / 54.47111; -66.61250 (Menihek) 17 1954 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][12]
Mobile 47°14′52.3″N 52°50′30.5″W / 47.247861°N 52.841806°W / 47.247861; -52.841806 (Mobile Plant) 10.5 1951 Newfoundland Power [1]
New Chelsea 48°01′44.9″N 53°12′36.9″W / 48.029139°N 53.210250°W / 48.029139; -53.210250 (New Chelsea Plant) 3.7 1957 Newfoundland Power [1]
Norris Arm 49°04′03.1″N 55°17′53.6″W / 49.067528°N 55.298222°W / 49.067528; -55.298222 (Norris Arm Plant) 1.14 1983 Newfoundland Power [1]
Paradise River Hydroelectric Generating Station 47°37′05.2″N 54°25′53.7″W / 47.618111°N 54.431583°W / 47.618111; -54.431583 (Paradise River Plant) 8 1989 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][13]
Petty Harbour Generating Station 47°27′55.2″N 52°42′44.6″W / 47.465333°N 52.712389°W / 47.465333; -52.712389 (Petty Harbour Plant) 5.25 1908–1986 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1]
Pierre's Brook Pierre's Brook 4.3 1931 Newfoundland Power [1]
Pitman's Pond Pitman's Pond 0.625 1959 Newfoundland Power [1]
Port Union 48°29′53.2″N 53°05′24.0″W / 48.498111°N 53.090000°W / 48.498111; -53.090000 (Port Union Plant) 0.511 1918 Newfoundland Power [1]
Rattle Brook Jackson's Arm 4 1998 Algonquin Power [1][14]
Rocky Pond Rocky Pond 3.25 1943 Newfoundland Power [1]
Roddickton Hydro Plant Roddickton 0.4 1980 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][15]
Rose Blanche Brook Rose Blanche 6 1998 Newfoundland Power [1]
Sandy Brook Sandy Brook 6.31 1963 Newfoundland Power [1]
Seal Cove 47°27′26.6″N 53°04′03.9″W / 47.457389°N 53.067750°W / 47.457389; -53.067750 (Seal Cove Plant) 3.58 1923–1927 Newfoundland Power [1]
Snooks Arm and Venams Bight Generating Station Baie Verte Peninsula 1 1956 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][16]
Star Lake Hydroelectric Development 48°33′08.1″N 57°12′20.4″W / 48.552250°N 57.205667°W / 48.552250; -57.205667 (Star Lake Plant) 18.4 1998 Enel Green Power, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][3][17][18]
Topsail 47°32′22.2″N 52°55′08.6″W / 47.539500°N 52.919056°W / 47.539500; -52.919056 (Topsail Plant) 2.6 1983 Newfoundland Power [1]
Tors Cove 47°12′38.1″N 52°50′54.3″W / 47.210583°N 52.848417°W / 47.210583; -52.848417 (Tors Cove Plant) 6.5 1942–1951 Newfoundland Power [1]
Twin Falls Hydroelectric Station[note 3] 53°29′41″N 64°32′24″W / 53.49481°N 64.5400053°W / 53.49481; -64.5400053 (Twin Falls) 225 1963 Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation, Iron Ore Company of Canada, Wabush Mines [19]
Upper Salmon Hydroelectric Development 48°11′00.9″N 56°10′22.9″W / 48.183583°N 56.173028°W / 48.183583; -56.173028 (Upper Salmon Plant) 84 1983 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro [1][20]
Victoria 47°46′30.4″N 53°12′55.7″W / 47.775111°N 53.215472°W / 47.775111; -53.215472 (Victoria Plant) 0.55 November 7, 1904 Newfoundland Power [1]
Watson's Brook Corner Brook 9.3 1958 Kruger Energy [7]
West Brook West Brook 0.68 1942 Newfoundland Power [1]

Wind[]

Main article: List of wind farms in Canada

List of all wind farms in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Name Location Capacity (MW) Date Owner Type Ref
Fermeuse Wind Project Fermeuse 27 Wind [21]
Ramea Wind-Hydrogen-Diesel Energy Project Ramea 0.3 Nalcor Energy Wind, Diesel, Hydrogen [22]
St. Lawrence Wind Project St. Lawrence 27 NeWind Group Inc. Wind [23]

Other[]

List of other power stations in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Name Location Capacity (MW) Date Owner Type Ref
Corner Brook Biomass Cogen. Corner Brook 15 Kruger Energy Biomass [24]
Holyrood Thermal Generating Station 47°27′10″N 53°05′43″W / 47.45278°N 53.09528°W / 47.45278; -53.09528 490 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Fuel oil [25]
Hardwoods Turbine Station 47°31′29.6″N 52°50′49.8″W / 47.524889°N 52.847167°W / 47.524889; -52.847167 50 1976 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Diesel Turbine
Stephenville Turbine Station Stephenville 50 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro Diesel Turbine

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Most of the station generation is sold Hydro-Québec under a 65-year contract expiring in 2041.
  2. ^ This generating station is under contract by Hydro-Québec to serve off-grid loads in the Schefferville, Quebec area.
  3. ^ This generating station was put into extended shutdown in 1974, and the water diverted to Churchill Falls.

References[]

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  3. ^ a b c d Newfoundland and Labrador (2008), An Act To Return To The Crown Certain Rights Relating to Timber and Water Use Vested in Abitibi-Consolidated and to Expropriate Assets and Lands Associated with the Generation of Electricity Enabled by those Water Use Rights (S.N.L., chapter A-1.01), retrieved 2010-08-29
  4. ^ Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, Cat Arm Hydroelectric Generating Station, archived from the original on 2011-07-06, retrieved 2010-08-24
  5. ^ Nalcor Energy, Churchill Falls, retrieved 2010-08-24
  6. ^ Hydro-Québec (April 2010), Shaping The Future : Annual Report 2009 (PDF), Montreal, p. 52, ISBN 978-2-550-58101-7, ISSN 0702-6706, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-05, retrieved 2010-04-08
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  8. ^ Newfoundland Power (21 April 2010), Sustainable Energy Report (PDF), retrieved 2010-08-30
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  10. ^ Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, Granite Canal Hydroelectric Generating Station, retrieved 2010-08-24
  11. ^ Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, Hinds Lake Hydroelectric Generating Station, retrieved 2010-08-24
  12. ^ Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (15 November 2007), Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, Hydro-Québec and Iron Ore Company of Canada reach an agreement to supply electricity to three northern Québec communities, retrieved 2010-08-24
  13. ^ Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, Paradise River Hydroelectric Generating Station, archived from the original on 2011-07-06, retrieved 2010-08-24
  14. ^ Algonquin Power, Rattle Brook, archived from the original on 2010-08-25, retrieved 2010-08-25
  15. ^ Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, Roddickton Hydro Plant, retrieved 2010-08-24
  16. ^ Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, Snook Arm and Benams Bight, retrieved 2010-08-24
  17. ^ Enel North America, Star Lake Hydroelectric Project, retrieved 2010-08-29
  18. ^ Roberts, Terry (21 February 2009), "Province made bid for Star Lake", The Telegram, St. John's, retrieved 2010-08-29
  19. ^ Green, Peter, The History of Churchill Falls, IEEE Canada, retrieved 2010-08-31
  20. ^ Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, Upper Salmon Hydroelectric Generating Station, retrieved 2010-08-24
  21. ^ SkyPower (2 July 2009), SkyPower Achieves Commercial In-service Designation for North America's Most Easterly Wind Power Project, Toronto, archived from the original on 21 February 2009, retrieved 2010-08-22
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  23. ^ ENEL North America (16 September 2010), First Canadian Wind Farm Inaugurated by ENEL Green Power, archived from the original on 30 July 2012, retrieved 2010-08-22
  24. ^ Kruger Energy, Brompton Biomass Cogeneration Plant, retrieved 2010-08-22
  25. ^ Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, Thermal Generation, archived from the original on 2010-06-06, retrieved 2010-08-22
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