Pingston Creek is a 45 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
Coordinates
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Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 45 MW
- Commissioned
- —
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- TransAlta (50%)
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 50.550, -117.948
Carbon Footprint
tonnes / year
over ~80 yrs
Est. gCO2/kWh
Annual emissions equivalent to
Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator
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About this plant
Pingston Creek is a 45 MW hydroelectric power plant in Canada, operated by TransAlta (50%).
Ranked #208 of 612 hydro plants in Canada, this plant’s 45 MW represents 0.04% 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 Pingston Creek 124.2 times smaller.
Nearby plants include Akolkolex (10 MW, Hydro), South Cranberry Creek 2 (9 MW, Hydro), and Walter Hardman (8 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in British Columbia, approximately 150 km from Calgary.
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