Kitasoo Xai’xais Hydropower
Kitasoo Xai’xais Hydropower 2009-2021 Kitasoo Xai’xais Hydropower Project British Columbia, Canada The village of Klemtu is a coastal community located on Swindle Island north of Bella Bella in British Columbia, Canada, with access to this remote area limited to seaplane, scheduled B.C. Ferry, and other marine services. The previous hydropower generation system comprised of a […]
Ah’ta’apq Creek Hydroelectric
Ah’ta’apq Creek Hydroelectric 2023 Ah’ta’apq Creek Hydroelectric Project British Columbia, Canada Ah’ta’apq Creek is a run-of-river hydropower facility composing of a weir, an intake, a conveyance penstock, and a timber powerhouse building. Inside the powerhouse there is a single axis Pelton turbine , with a rated capacity of 350kW and switchgear located inside; and a […]
Taltson Hydropower Station
Taltson Hydropower Station 2002-2005 Taltson Hydropower Station Northwest Territories, Canada The facility currently comprises a vertical axis 18 MW Francis unit. Four inoperable 1 MW Ossberger units housed in an addition were permanently deactivated in 2004. In order to supply electricity to major industrial users in the territory, both an upgrade and an expansion of the existing […]
Capilano Energy Recover
Capilano Energy Recovery Facility 2003-2006 Capilano Energy Recovery Facility and Break Head Tank North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada As part of Metro Vancouver’s Seymour-Capilano Project, water will be pumped from Capilano Reservoir to the Seymour Filtration Plant and then return through a second tunnel to the head of the Capilano Mains system. A break head […]
Miller Creek Hydroelectric
Miller Creek Hydroelectric 2000-2002 Miller Creek Hydroelectric Project British Columbia, Canada The project generates 29.5 MW utilizing 760 m of head. The run-of-river power scheme comprises two intakes, a 1000 m free-surface flow tunnel, a 4.5 km buried steel penstock, a powerhouse accommodating two Pelton turbines, a switchyard, a transmission line and 7 km of access roads. GEA’s […]
Bluefish Hydroelectric
Bluefish Hydroelectric 2006/2009 Bluefish Hydroelectric Plant – Upgrades Northwest Territories, Canada The existing facility comprises two 4 MW installations utilizing 33 m of head between Bluefish and Prosperous Lakes, 26.6 m3/s is currently conveyed through a tunnel to the two powerhouses. However the intake is substandard and required a new trash rack and gate. The existing rock-crib dam […]
Kitasoo Hydroelectric
Kitasoo Hydroelectric 2006 Kitasoo Hydroelectric Project British Columbia, Canada This small facility (1.1 MW), serving a first nations community on BC’s central coast, utilises the natural impoundment of a glacial tarn some 350 m above sea level. A steel penstock carries water down to the powerhouse at the sea-shore, driving a single Pelton unit. The facility […]
Tyson Creek Hydroelectric
Tyson Creek Hydroelectric 2007 Tyson Creek Hydroelectric Project Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada At 865 m of available static head, this 9.3 MW plant is expected to be the highest-head project in North America. At peak flows, about 1.4 m3/s will be withdrawn to produce 48 GWh per annum. A significant component is the intake tunnel developed by […]
McLymont Creek Hydropower
McLymont Creek Hydroelectric 2012-2015 McLymont Creek Hydroelectric Project British Columbia, Canada This run-of-river project generates 70 MW of power from 268 m of head using three horizontal axis Francis turbines. The intake features a radially gated sluice channel, rubber weir spillway and headrace canal. From the intake, water is conveyed through a 2.7 km long […]