Nipawin Hydroelectric Station is a
hydroelectric
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...
station owned by
SaskPower
Saskatchewan Power Corporation, trade name, operating as SaskPower, is the principal electric utility in Saskatchewan, Canada. Established in 1929 by the Saskatchewan#Government and politics, provincial government, it serves more than 550,000 cu ...
in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
. It is about upstream from the town of
Nipawin
Nipawin () is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake. The town lies between Codette Lake, created by the Francois-Finlay Dam (built in 1986) and Tobin Lake, created by the E.B. Campbell Dam built i ...
at the Francois-Finlay Dam. The dam, which was completed in 1986, crosses the
Saskatchewan River
The Saskatchewan River (Cree: , "swift flowing river") is a major river in Canada. It stretches about from where it is formed by the joining of the North Saskatchewan River and South Saskatchewan River just east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan ...
creating
Codette Lake, which supplies the water for the power station. The dam was named after James Finaly and Francois LeBlanc who had "constructed a trading post on the lower terrace of Bushfield Flats immediately upstream of the power station".
Description
The Nipawin Hydroelectric Station has a capacity of 255MW, and consists of:
*one Hitachi 85 net MW unit (commissioned in 1985)
*two Hitachi 85 net MW units (commissioned in 1986)
It is possible to expand the station to five generating units, which would keep the baseload capacity at 255MW, but would increase the peak capacity to 420MW.
See also
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List of generating stations in Saskatchewan
This is a list of power stations in Saskatchewan, Canada.
In 2024, the total installed capacity of generation was 5,355 MW with 39% from natural gas, 24% from coal, 21% from hydro, 11% from wind, and 5% from other sources such as solar and was ...
*
E.B. Campbell Hydroelectric Station
*
List of dams and reservoirs in Canada
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References
External links
SaskPower Station Description
Hydroelectric power stations in Saskatchewan
Nipawin No. 487, Saskatchewan
SaskPower
Torch River No. 488, Saskatchewan
Dams in the Saskatchewan River basin
Saskatchewan River
Dams in Saskatchewan
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