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Chutes à Thompson — 10 MW Hydroelectric

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Chutes à Thompson is a 10 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
10 MW

Installed

Commissioned
—

Year online

Owner
Société d’énergie Rivière Franquelin Inc

Operator

Location
49.31, -67.86

Coordinates

Insights

#827
largest in %s
#5,599
largest %s worldwide
#24,751
largest worldwide
1
operated by %s
19
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
10 MW
Commissioned
—
Status
Operational
Owner
Société d’énergie Rivière Franquelin Inc
Country
Canada
Coordinates
49.308, -67.860

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
833 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
66,604 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

181
cars / year
111
homes / year
37,843
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Manic-5

Canada · Hydroelectric

1,596MW · 1968

Centrale Manic-5

Canada · Hydroelectric

1,596MW · 1968

René-Lévesque (Manic-3)

Canada · Hydroelectric

1,326MW · 1979

Jean-Lesage (Manic-2)

Canada · Hydroelectric

1,229MW · 1979

Manic-5-PA

Canada · Hydroelectric

1,064MW · 1979

Outardes-3

Canada · Hydroelectric

1,026MW · 2015

About this plant

Chutes à Thompson is a 9.9 MW hydro power plant in Canada, operated by Société d’énergie Rivière Franquelin Inc and commissioned in 2012.

Ranked #355 of 612 hydro plants in Canada. Its 9.9 MW accounts for 0.01% of Canada’s total hydro capacity of 102,715 MW. The largest hydro plant in Canada is Centrale Robert-Bourassa at 5,616 MW, making Chutes à Thompson 567.7 times smaller.

There are no nearby plants within 50 km. The facility is located in Quebec, approximately 500 km from Quebec City.

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