List of generating stations in Manitoba

This is a list of public utility electrical generating stations in Manitoba, Canada.

Manitoba produces close to 97% of its electricity through hydropower. The most important hydroelectric development in Manitoba is the 3,955-megawatt Nelson River Hydroelectric Project. Its 5 power stations produced 27.4 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2014-2015, meeting 75.7% of the provincial demand.

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.^[1]

Hydroelectric

Name	Date	Units	Capacity (MW)	Location	Owner	River	Ref
Grand Rapids Generating Station	1965	4	479	53°9′29″N 99°17′33″W / 53.15806°N 99.29250°W	Manitoba Hydro	Saskatchewan River	[1]
Great Falls Dam	1922	6	129	50°27′47″N 96°0′11″W / 50.46306°N 96.00306°W	Manitoba Hydro	Winnipeg River	[1]
Jenpeg Generating Station	1979	6	122	54°32′36″N 98°1′36″W / 54.54333°N 98.02667°W	Manitoba Hydro	Nelson River	[1]
Kelsey Generating Station	1957	7	287	56°2′21″N 96°31′54″W / 56.03917°N 96.53167°W	Manitoba Hydro	Nelson River	[1]
Kettle Generating Station	1970	12	1,220	56°23′3″N 94°37′54″W / 56.38417°N 94.63167°W	Manitoba Hydro	Nelson River	[1]
Laurie River 1 Generating Station	1952	3	10	Laurie River	Manitoba Hydro	Laurie River	[1]
Laurie River 2 Generating Station	1958	3	10	Laurie River	Manitoba Hydro	Laurie River	[1]
Limestone Generating Station	1990	10	1,350	56°30′25″N 94°6′25″W / 56.50694°N 94.10694°W	Manitoba Hydro	Nelson River	[1]
Long Spruce Generating Station	1977	10	980	56°24′1″N 94°22′10″W / 56.40028°N 94.36944°W	Manitoba Hydro	Nelson River	[1]
McArthur Falls Generating Station	1954	8	56	50°23′51″N 95°59′31″W / 50.39750°N 95.99194°W	Manitoba Hydro	Winnipeg River	[1]
Pine Falls Generating Station	1952	6	87	50°34′5″N 96°10′37″W / 50.56806°N 96.17694°W	Manitoba Hydro	Winnipeg River	[1]
Pointe du Bois Hydroelectric Dam	1911	16	75	50°18′2″N 95°32′39″W / 50.30056°N 95.54417°W	Manitoba Hydro	Winnipeg River	[1]
Seven Sisters Generating Station	1931	6	165	50°7′13″N 96°0′44″W / 50.12028°N 96.01222°W	Manitoba Hydro	Winnipeg River	[1]
Slave Falls Generating Station	1931	8	68	50°13′21″N 95°34′6″W / 50.22250°N 95.56833°W	Manitoba Hydro	Winnipeg River	[1]
Wuskwatim	2012	3	211	55°32′16″N 98°29′46″W / 55.5378596°N 98.4960365°W	Wuskwatim Power Limited Partnership (Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and Manitoba Hydro)[2]	Burntwood River	[1]

Wind

Name	Date	Capacity (MW)	Location	Owner	Type	Ref
St. Leon Wind Farm	2005	99	St. Leon	Algonquin Power	Wind	[3]
St. Joseph Wind Farm	2011	138	Montcalm	Pattern Energy	Wind	[4]

Fossil fuels

Name	Date	Units	Capacity (MW)	Location	Owner	Type	Ref
Brandon Generating Station	1958–2002	3	327	49°50′44″N 99°53′16″W / 49.84556°N 99.88778°W	Manitoba Hydro	Coal / Natural gas	[1]
Selkirk Generating Station	1958	2	125	50°8′32″N 96°53′3″W / 50.14222°N 96.88417°W	Manitoba Hydro	Natural gas	[1]

Off-grid

List of all power plants in Manitoba serving loads in communities not connected to the North American power grid.

Name	Date	Capacity (MW)	Location	Owner	Type	Ref
Brochet		3	Brochet	Manitoba Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Lac Brochet		2	Lac Brochet	Manitoba Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Shamattawa		3	Shamattawa	Manitoba Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Tadoule Lake		2	Tadoule Lake	Manitoba Hydro	Diesel	[1]

See also

• Manitoba Hydro
• Energy in Canada
• List of power stations in Canada

Notes and references

Notes

References

1. Manitoba Hydro (2015), Your Energy: Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board 64th Annual Report For the Year Ended March 31, 2015 (PDF), Winnipeg: Manitoba Hydro, p. 93
2. [Manitoba Hydro: Wuskwatim Generating Station http://www.hydro.mb.ca/corporate/facilities/gs_wuskwatim.shtml]
3. Algonquin Power, St-Léon, retrieved 2010-08-22
4. Manitoba Hydro (2011). "St. Joseph Wind Farm". Retrieved January 15, 2013.