Generating Stations
See also: List of power stations in Manitoba| Station | Started | Location | Units | Power per unit (MW) |
Total power (MW) | Average annual generation (TW·h) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe du Bois | 1911 | Winnipeg R. | 16 | various | 78 | 0.6 | Ex–Winnipeg Hydro, 8.4 MW Straflo installed 1999, 14 m head, replacement planned |
| Great Falls | 1922 | Winnipeg R. | 6 | various | 131 | 0.75 | Ex–Winnipeg Electric Railway Co., 17.7 m head, 883 m³/s each unit |
| Seven Sisters | 1931 | Winnipeg R. | 6 | 25 | 165 | 0.99 | 18.6 m head, 1,146 m³/s |
| Slave Falls | 1931 | Winnipeg R. | 8 | 8 | 67 | 0.52 | Ex–Winnipeg Hydro |
| Laurie River 1 | 1952 | Laurie R. | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0.03 | Ex–Sherrit Gordon, 16.8 m head |
| Pine Falls | 1952 | Winnipeg R. | 6 | 14 | 82 | 0.62 | 11.3 m head, 917 m³/s |
| McArthur Falls | 1954 | Winnipeg R. | 8 | 7 | 56 | 0.38 | 7 m head, 966 m³/s |
| Kelsey | 1957 | Nelson R. | 7 | 30 | 211 | 1.8 | Ex-INCO, 17.1 m head, station 1,713 m³/s |
| Laurie River 2 | 1958 | Laurie R. | 2 | 2.5 | 5 | 0.03 | As for LR 1 |
| Brandon (steam) | 1958 | Brandon | 1 | 105 | 105 | 0.6 | Unit 5, sub-bituminous coal, emergency use only |
| Selkirk (steam) | 1958 | Selkirk | 2 | 60 | 121 | 0.3 | Natural gas since 2002 |
| Grand Rapids | 1965 | Saskatchewan R. | 4 | 120 | 472 | 1.54 | First station built under Manitoba Hydro name, frequency control for Manitoba, 36.6 m head, 1500 m³/s per unit |
| Kettle | 1970 | Nelson R. | 12 | 103 | 1,220 | 7.1 | 30 m head, 370 m³/s each unit |
| Long Spruce | 1977 | Nelson R. | 10 | 100 | 1,010 | 5.8 | 26 m head, 4,580 m³/s |
| Jenpeg | 1979 | Nelson R. | 6 | 16 | 97 | 0.9 | USSR Bulb Turbines |
| Limestone | 1990 | Nelson R. | 10 | 135 | 1,340 | 7.7 | 5,100 m³/s total |
| Wuskwatim Generating Station | 2012 | Burntwood River | 3 | 66 | 200 | First power was June 2012 | |
| Brandon (combustion turbine) | 2002 | Brandon | 2 | 130 | 260 | 0.05 | Units 6 & 7, natural gas/diesel backup simple cycle |
| Diesel Plants | - | Brochet, Lac Brochet, Tadoule Lake, Shamattawa |
12 | various | 4 | 0.01 | Diesel fuel, not on grid |
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