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Pointe du Bois — 75 MW Hydroelectric

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Pointe du Bois is a 75 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
75 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1929

Year online

Owner
Manitoba Hydro

Operator

Location
50.30, -95.55

Coordinates

Insights

#360
largest in %s
#2,661
largest %s worldwide
#11,403
largest worldwide
1929
%d yrs older than avg
9
operated by %s
9
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
75 MW
Commissioned
1929
Status
Operational
Owner
Manitoba Hydro
Country
Canada
Coordinates
50.298, -95.548

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
6,307 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
504,576 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,371
cars / year
841
homes / year
286,691
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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Great Falls Generating Station

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Caribou Falls

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91MW · 1955

Pine Falls

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Pointe du Bois Generating Station

Canada · Hydroelectric

75MW · 1911

About this plant

Pointe du Bois is a 75 MW hydro power plant in Canada, operated since its commissioning year is not specified.

Ranked #161 of 612 hydro plants in Canada, this facility contributes 0.07% of Canada’s total hydro capacity of 102,714 MW. The largest hydro plant in Canada is Centrale Robert-Bourassa at 5,616 MW, making Pointe du Bois 74.8 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Pointe du Bois Generating Station (75 MW, Hydro), Slave Falls (68 MW, Hydro), and Mcarthur (56 MW, Hydro). It is located in Manitoba, approximately 200 km northeast of Winnipeg.

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