Canada

Big Silver Creek — 41 MW Hydroelectric

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Big Silver Creek is a 41 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
41 MW

Installed

Commissioned

Year online

Owner
Innergex Inc

Operator

Location
49.69, -121.86

Coordinates

Insights

#476
largest in Canada
#3,461
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#15,092
largest worldwide
11
operated by Innergex Inc
20
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
41 MW
Commissioned
Status
Operational
Owner
Innergex Inc
Country
Canada
Coordinates
49.693, -121.859

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
3,414 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
273,144 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

742
cars / year
455
homes / year
155,195
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Big Silver Creek is a 40.6 MW hydro power plant in Canada, operated by Innergex Inc. This facility represents 0.04% of Canada’s total hydro capacity of 102,715 MW, which includes 612 plants. The largest hydro plant in Canada is Centrale Robert-Bourassa at 5,616 MW, making Big Silver Creek 138 times smaller.

Ranked #214 of 612 hydro plants in Canada, Big Silver Creek’s capacity is part of the extensive hydroelectric system. The largest hydro facility, Centrale Robert-Bourassa, is 138 times larger than Big Silver Creek.

Nearby plants include Kwoiek Creek (49.9 MW, Hydro), Douglas Creek (27 MW, Hydro), and Fire Creek (23 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in British Columbia, approximately 200 km east of Vancouver.

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