Canada

Primrose — 85 MW Natural Gas

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Primrose is a 85 MW gas power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
85 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1998

Year online

Owner
Hydro Quebec

Operator

Location
54.70, -110.72

Coordinates

Insights

#338
largest in %s
#3,404
largest %s worldwide
#10,919
largest worldwide
1998
%d yrs older than avg
3
operated by %s
3
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Natural Gas
Capacity
85 MW
Commissioned
1998
Status
Operational
Owner
Hydro Quebec
Country
Canada
Coordinates
54.696, -110.724

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
164,184 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4.9M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
490 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

35,692
cars / year
21,891
homes / year
7.5M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Primrose is an 85 MW gas-fired power plant in Canada, operated by Hydro Quebec since 1998.

Ranked #77 of 99 gas plants in Canada. Its 85 MW represents 0.29% of Canada’s 29,357 MW total gas capacity. The largest gas plant in Canada is Lennox Generating Station at 2,140 MW, making Primrose 25.1 times smaller.

Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Nabiye (170 MW, Gas), Mahkeses (168 MW, Gas), and Foster Creek (80 MW, Gas). The facility is located in Alberta, approximately 300 km northeast of Edmonton.

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