Snare Cascades is a 4 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
- 4 MW
- Commissioned
- 1996
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Hydro-Québec
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 63.421, -116.224
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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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