Canada

Silver Falls — 48 MW Hydroelectric

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Silver Falls is a 48 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
48 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1995

Year online

Owner
BC Hydro

Operator

Location
48.66, -89.60

Coordinates

Insights

#454
largest in Canada
#3,229
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#14,335
largest worldwide
1995
11 yrs newer than avg
50
operated by BC Hydro
7
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
48 MW
Commissioned
1995
Status
Operational
Owner
BC Hydro
Country
Canada
Coordinates
48.661, -89.597

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
4,037 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
322,929 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

878
cars / year
538
homes / year
183,482
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Silver Falls is a 48 MW hydro power plant in Canada.

Ranked #203 of 612 hydro plants in Canada, it accounts for 0.05% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 102,715 MW. The largest hydro facility in Canada is Centrale Robert-Bourassa at 5,616 MW, making Silver Falls 117 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Thunderbay G3 (135 MW, Biomass), Thunder Bay Condensing Turbine (62.4 MW, Biomass), and Kakabeka (25 MW, Hydro). The plant is situated in Ontario, approximately 20 km from Thunder Bay.

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