Cowie Falls is a 7 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
Coordinates
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Location
Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 7 MW
- Commissioned
- 1920
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Ontario Power Generation
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 44.074, -64.771
Estimated Carbon Footprint
tonnes / year
over ~80 yrs
gCO₂ per kWh
Annual emissions equal to
Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator
Nearby Stations
About this plant
Cowie Falls is a 7.4 MW hydro power plant in Canada, with no specified operator or commissioning year.
Ranked #400 of 612 hydro plants in Canada, this facility represents 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 Cowie Falls 760 times smaller.
Nearby plants within 50 km include Brooklyn Energy Centre (30 MW, Biomass), Big Falls (10.6 MW, Hydro), and Deep Brook (9.1 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Nova Scotia, approximately 100 km from Halifax.
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