Canada

Snare Falls / Johnny Simpson — 7 MW Hydroelectric

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Snare Falls / Johnny Simpson is a 7 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
7 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1920

Year online

Owner
Ontario Power Generation

Operator

Location
63.44, -116.19

Coordinates

Insights

#915
largest in Canada
#5,987
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#26,418
largest worldwide
1920
64 yrs older than avg
45
operated by Ontario Power Generation
3
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
7 MW
Commissioned
1920
Status
Operational
Owner
Ontario Power Generation
Country
Canada
Coordinates
63.439, -116.187

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
622 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
49,785 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

135
cars per year
83
homes per year
28,287
trees to offset

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

Nearby Plants

About this plant

Snare Falls / Johnny Simpson is a 7.4 MW hydro power plant in Canada, operated since its commissioning year is not specified.

Ranked #400 of 612 hydro plants in Canada, this facility represents 0.01% 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 Falls / Johnny Simpson 760 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Snare Forks (10.2 MW, Hydro), Snare Rapids / Ted Humphrys (8.5 MW, Hydro), and Snare Cascades (4.3 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the Northwest Territories, approximately 200 km from Yellowknife.

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