Nipawin Hydroelectric Station

Nipawin Hydroelectric Station is a hydroelectric station owned by SaskPower in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) upstream from the town of Nipawin at the Francois-Finlay Dam. The dam, which was completed in 1986, crosses the Saskatchewan River creating Codette Lake, which supplies the water for the power station. The dam was named after James Finaly and Francois LeBlanc who had "constructed a trading post on the lower terrace of Bushfield Flats immediately upstream of the power station".[2]

Nipawin Hydroelectric Station
CountryCanada
LocationNipawin No. 487 / Torch River No. 488, near Nipawin, Saskatchewan
Coordinates53°19′11″N 104°2′31″W
StatusOperational
Commission date1985
Owner(s)SaskPower
Thermal power station
Primary fuelHydroelectric
Power generation
Units operationalFrancis turbine[1]
Nameplate capacity255 MW

Description

The Nipawin Hydroelectric Station has a capacity of 255MW, and consists of:[3]

  • one Hitachi 85 net MW unit (commissioned in 1985)
  • two Hitachi 85 net MW units (commissioned in 1986)

It is possible to expand the station to five generating units, which would keep the baseload capacity at 255MW, but would increase the peak capacity to 420MW.[4]

See also

References
  1. Hydroelectric Plants in Saskatchewan
  2. "Nipawin Hydroelectric Station". Tourism Nipawin. Town of Nipawin. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  3. Plant Description
  4. McClement, J.R.; Campbell, E.B. (1977). "Hydro Electric Potential of the Saskatchewan and Churchill River Basins, Saskatchewan". Canadian Water Resources Journal. 2 (3): 44–55. Bibcode:1977CaWRJ...2...44M. doi:10.4296/cwrj0203044.
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