Canada

Snare Cascades — 4 MW Hydroelectric

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Snare Cascades is a 4 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
4 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1996

Year online

Owner
Hydro-Québec

Operator

Location
63.42, -116.22

Coordinates

Insights

#1,032
largest in %s
#6,661
largest %s worldwide
#30,402
largest worldwide
1996
%d yrs newer than avg
175
operated by %s
3
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
4 MW
Commissioned
1996
Status
Operational
Owner
Hydro-Québec
Country
Canada
Coordinates
63.421, -116.224

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
362 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
28,929 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

79
cars / year
48
homes / year
16,437
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

About this plant

Snare Cascades is a 4.3 MW hydro power plant in Canada, with no specified operator.

Ranked #476 of 612 hydro plants in Canada. This plant’s 4.3 MW represents a small share 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 Snare Cascades 1,308 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Snare Forks (10.2 MW, Hydro), Snare Rapids / Ted Humphrys (8.5 MW, Hydro), and Snare Falls / Johnny Simpson (7.4 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the Northwest Territories, approximately 200 km from Yellowknife.

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