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Wawatay — 14 MW Hydroelectric

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Wawatay is a 14 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
14 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2015

Year online

Owner
Hydro-Québec

Operator

Location
48.66, -86.23

Coordinates

Insights

#671
largest in %s
#5,082
largest %s worldwide
#21,999
largest worldwide
2015
%d yrs newer than avg
175
operated by %s
6
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
14 MW
Commissioned
2015
Status
Operational
Owner
Hydro-Québec
Country
Canada
Coordinates
48.660, -86.233

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,135 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
90,824 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

247
cars / year
151
homes / year
51,604
trees to offset

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

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Terrace Bay

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Mission

Canada · Hydroelectric

16MW · 2000

About this plant

Wawatay is a 13.5 MW hydro power plant in Canada, operational since its commissioning.
Ranked #311 of 612 hydro plants in Canada, it contributes 0.01% of the total hydro capacity of 102,714 MW. The largest hydro plant in Canada is Centrale Robert-Bourassa at 5,616 MW, making Wawatay 416.5 times smaller.
Nearby plants include Umbata Falls (23 MW, Hydro) and Marathon Pulp Inc (15.5 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in Ontario, approximately 300 km northeast of Thunder Bay.

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