Hydro Quebec Dam
The dam was constructed between 1959 and 1970 for the purpose of hydroelectric power production and supplies water to the manic 5 and manic 5 pa power houses with a combined capacity of 2660 mw.
Hydro quebec dam. Together these huge manmade lakes have a maximum storage capacity of 176 billion kwhthe equivalent of quebecs electricity needs for an entire year. Projet de la baie james refers to the construction of a series of hydroelectric power stations on the la grande river in northwestern quebec canada by state owned utility hydro quebec and the diversion of neighbouring rivers into the la grande watershedit is located between james bay to the west and labrador to the east and its waters flow from the. The robert bourassa generating station formerly known as la grande 2 is a hydroelectric power station on the la grande river that is part of hydro quebecs james bay project in canada. The daniel johnson dam formerly known as manic 5 is a multiple arch buttress dam on the manicouagan river that creates the annular manicouagan reservoir.
It was established by the government of quebec in 1944 from the expropriation of private firms. Hydro quebec said through social media that if the dam breaks the water flow would have minimal impact on locations downstream once it joined with the ottawa river. The one for business customers and the one describing the company. The james bay project french.
It has links to services for them as well as links to other two sections of the site. The dam is composed of 14 buttresses and 13 arches and is 214 km north of baie comeau in quebec canada. Hydro quebec is a public utility that manages the generation transmission and distribution of electricity in the canadian province of quebec as well as the export of power to portions of the northeast united states. Originally a meteorite crater.
Together with the adjacent 2106 mw la grande 2 a generating station commissioned in 19911992 it uses the reservoir and dam system of the robert. Hydro quebec owns 27 large reservoirs. This was followed by massive investment in hydro electric projects like the. Annual generation is in the vicinity of 26500 gwh.
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