List of generating stations in New Brunswick
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This is a list of electrical generating stations in New Brunswick, Canada.
New Brunswick has a diversified electric supply mix of fuel oil, hydroelectric, nuclear, diesel, coal, natural gas, wind, and biomass power stations. NB Power, the government-owned, integrated public utility is the main power generator in the province. There is a total of 4,388 MW of generation capacity listed here, with 47% of that capacity in the Saint John region in four stations.
Energy Capacity by source in NB
Non-Renewable
Fossil fuel
List of all power stations using fossil fuel in New Brunswick.
Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Date | Owner | Type | Ref |
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Bayside Generating Station | Saint John | 277 | 1999 | NB Power | Natural gas | [1][2][3] |
Belledune Generating Station | Belledune | 467 | 1993 | NB Power | Coal | [4] |
Coleson Cove Generating Station | Saint John | 972 | 1976 | NB Power | Fuel oil | [4] |
Grand Manan Generating Station | Grand Manan | 29 | 1989 | NB Power | Diesel | [4] |
Millbank Generating Station | Millbank | 397 | 1991 | NB Power | Diesel | [4] |
Sainte-Rose Generating Station | Sainte-Rose | 99 | 1991 | NB Power | Diesel | [4] |
Grandview Cogeneration Plant | Saint John | 95 | 2004 | TransCanada | Natural gas | [5] |
Nuclear
List of all nuclear power stations in New Brunswick.
Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Date | Owner | Ref |
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Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station | 45°04′10″N 66°27′20″W / 45.06944°N 66.45556°W / 45.06944; -66.45556 (Point Lepreau) | 660 | 1983 | NB Power | [4] |
Renewable
Hydro
List of all hydroelectric generating stations in New Brunswick.
Name | Location | River | Capacity (MW) | Date | Owner | Ref |
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Beechwood Generating Station | 46°32′32″N 67°40′09″W / 46.542253°N 67.669276°W / 46.542253; -67.669276 (Beechwood Generating Station) | Saint John River | 112 | 1962 | NB Power | [4] |
Grand Falls Generating Station | 47°03′00″N 67°44′33″W / 47.0500811°N 67.7425575°W / 47.0500811; -67.7425575 (Grand Falls Generating Station) | Saint John River | 66 | 1931 | NB Power | [4] |
Hargrove Dam | 46°31′02″N 67°35′45″W / 46.517212°N 67.595713°W / 46.517212; -67.595713 (Hargrove Dam) | Monquart River | 3 | 1962 | Hargrove Hydro | [citation needed] |
Mactaquac Generating Station | 45°57′18″N 66°52′03″W / 45.954969°N 66.867514°W / 45.954969; -66.867514 (Mactaquac Generating Station) | Saint John River | 668 | 1965-1968 | NB Power | [4] |
Madawaska Hydro-Dam Fraser Plant | Edmundston | Madawaska River | 5.3 | 1917 | Edmundston Energy | [6][7] |
Milltown Generating Station | 45°10′32″N 67°17′34″W / 45.175426°N 67.292895°W / 45.175426; -67.292895 (Milltown Generating Station) | St. Croix River | 3 | 1900s | NB Power | [4][8] |
Nepisiguit Falls Generating Station | 47°24′17″N 65°47′36″W / 47.4047977°N 65.7932138°W / 47.4047977; -65.7932138 (Nepisiguit Falls Generating Station) | Nepisiguit River | 11 | 1921-1929 | NB Power | [4][8] |
Second Falls Dam | Edmundston | Green River | 3.2 | 1911 | Edmundston Energy | [7] |
Sisson Generating Station | 47°16′03″N 67°14′49″W / 47.267621°N 67.246891°W / 47.267621; -67.246891 (Sisson Generating Station) | Tobique River | 9 | 1928-1969 | NB Power | [4][8] |
St. George Dam | 45°07′41″N 66°49′44″W / 45.128158°N 66.828844°W / 45.128158; -66.828844 (St. George Dam) | Magaguadavic River | 15 | 1900s | St. George Power | [9][10] |
Tinker Dam | 46°48′35″N 67°46′00″W / 46.8098266°N 67.7665365°W / 46.8098266; -67.7665365 (Tinker Dam) | Aroostook River | 34.5 | 1923 | Algonquin Power | [11][12] |
Tobique Narrows Generating Station | 46°46′49″N 67°41′42″W / 46.780339°N 67.695089°W / 46.780339; -67.695089 (Tobique Narrows Generating Station) | Tobique River | 20 | 1951-1953 | NB Power | [4] |
Other renewables
List of all wind farms and biomass power plants in New Brunswick.
Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Date | Owner | Type | Ref |
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Burchill Wind Energy Project | Lorneville | 42 | 2023 | Tobique First Nation/Natural Forces | Wind | [13] |
Cap-Pelé Wind | Botsford Portage | 2.4 | 2020 | WKB Community Wind | Wind | [14] |
Caribou Wind Park | 70 km west of Bathurst | 99 | 2009 | Suez Renewable Energy | Wind | [4][15] |
Edmundston Pulp Mill | Edmundston | 45 | 1997 | Fraser Papers | Biomass | [16][17] |
Lamèque Wind Power Project | Lamèque Island | 45 | 2011 | ACCIONA Energy | Wind | [18] |
Kent Hills Wind Farm | Riverside-Albert | 167 | 2008, 2010 | TransAlta | Wind | [19] |
Oinpegitjoig (Richibucto) Wind Project | Richibucto | 3.8 | 2020 | Pabineau First Nation | Wind | [14] |
Wisokolamson | Riverside-Albert | 18 | 2019 | SWEB Development | Wind | [20][21] |
Wocawson Energy Project | Kings County | 20 | 2020 | Wocawson Energy | Wind | [14] |
References
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- ^ Emera Energy - News Release, archived from the original on 2014-05-02, retrieved 2014-01-08
- ^ "NB Power purchases Bayside Generating Station from Emera Energy Inc". www.nbpower.com. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n NB Power, System Map, archived from the original on 2008-12-22, retrieved 2014-01-08
- ^ TransCanada, Grandview Cogeneration Plant (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-06, retrieved 2014-01-08
- ^ Edmundston - Energy, retrieved 2014-01-09
- ^ a b Edmundston Energy - A Century of Progress, retrieved 2014-01-09
- ^ a b c "NB Power - Hydro Tour". Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
- ^ "St George Dam". CARMA. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "A steady stream of sustainable energy". J.D. Irving. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
- ^ Algonquin Power (13 January 2010), Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Announces Completion Of Acquisition Of 36.8 MW Of Hydroelectric Generation Assets, retrieved 2010-08-25
- ^ Algonquin Power Assets, 2014-01-08
- ^ SJ Energy, Burchill Wind Energy Project, retrieved 2023-07-15
- ^ a b c NB Power, Wind Energy, retrieved 2021-11-05
- ^ Bringing Clean Energy to New Brunswick (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-08, retrieved 2014-01-08
- ^ Twin Rivers - Edmundston Pulp Mill, retrieved 2014-01-08
- ^ Twin Rivers History, retrieved 2021-11-05
- ^ "The Maritime Energy Association - New Brunswick". Retrieved 2014-01-09.
- ^ TransAlta, Kent Hills, retrieved 2014-01-08
- ^ "Details". sweb.energy. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
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