Big Silver Creek is a 41 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
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Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 41 MW
- Commissioned
- —
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Innergex Inc
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 49.693, -121.859
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
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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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