List of generating stations in British Columbia

This is a list of electrical generating stations in British Columbia, Canada.

Hydroelectric

List of most of the hydroelectric generating stations in British Columbia.

  Facilities under construction

  Planned facilities

  Decommissioned facilities

Hydroelectric stations owned by BC Hydro

Main article: BC Hydro

A list of all grid-tied hydroelectric generation stations in British Columbia operated by BC Hydro^[1]

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Ref
Aberfeldie Dam	49°29′56″N 115°21′2″W	25.0	1953	[1]
Alouette Lake	49°17′10″N 122°29′14″W	9.0	1928	[1]
Ash River	49°22′30″N 125°9′12″W	28.0	1959	[1]
Bridge River	50°43′54″N 122°14′33″W	478.0	1948	[1]
Cheakamus	49°56′4″N 123°17′21″W	158.0	1957	[1]
Clowhom	49°42′41″N 123°32′7″W	33.0	1957	[1]
Elko	49°17′22″N 115°6′15″W	12.0	1924	[1]
Falls River	53°58′59″N 129°44′03″W	7.0	1930	[1]
Gordon M. Shrum (W.A.C. Bennett Dam)	56°0′58″N 122°12′19″W	2,730.0	1968	[1]
John Hart	50°2′35″N 125°18′38″W	138.0	1947	[1][2]
Jordan River	48°28′37″N 123°59′51″W	170.0	1971	[1]
Kootenay Canal	49°27′10″N 117°30′55″W	583.0	1975	[1]
Ladore	50°0′53″N 125°23′27″W	47.0	1956	[1]
La Joie	50°50′14″N 122°51′29″W	25.0	1957	[1]
Lake Buntzen	49°22′30″N 122°52′07″W	76.8	1951	[1]
Mica	52°4′35″N 118°34′0″W	2,746.0	1976	[1]
Peace Canyon	55°58′57″N 121°59′34″W	694.0	1980	[1]
Puntledge	49°41′15″N 125°2′3″W	24.0	1955	[1]
Revelstoke	51°3′15″N 118°11′40″W	2,480.0	1984	[1]
Ruskin	49°11′43″N 122°24′28″W	105.0	1930	[1]
Seton	50°40′23″N 121°55′27″W	48.0	1956	[1]
Seven Mile	49°1′47″N 117°30′11″W	805.0	1979	[1]
Shuswap	50°17′44″N 118°48′45″W	6.0	1929	[1]
Spillimacheen	50°54′11″N 116°24′33″W	4.0	1955	[1]
Stave Falls	49°13′46″N 122°21′17″W	91.0	1912	[1]
Strathcona	49°59′48″N 125°3′56″W	64.0	1958	[1]
Wahleach	49°15′1″N 121°36′20″W	65.0	1952	[1]
Walter Hardman	50°48′36″N 118°3′53″W	8.0	1960	[1]
Waneta Dam*	49°00′15″N 117°36′43″W	490.0	1952	[3][4]
Whatshan	49°54′59″N 118°7′0″W	55.0	1972	[1]
Site C Dam	56°11′41″N 120°54′51″W	1,100	~2024	[5]
Total operating stations (MW)		11,714.8

*Waneta Dam has been wholly owned by BC Hydro since July 2018^[6] after Fortis BC finalized an agreement with Teck to sell its 66% interest in the dam, but BC Hydro had first rights to purchase the remaining 66% from its first 1/3 ownership deal.^[7]

Privately-owned hydroelectric stations

This list includes all grid-connected hydroelectric generating stations not owned by the Crown Corporation BC Hydro. This list includes stations owned and operated by Independent Power Producers as well as by private utilities such as Nelson Hydro and FortisBC. In some cases, such as Lois Lake and Powell Lake, the electricity generated may be used solely for private industry, even if it is grid-connected.

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
Akolkolex	50°49′21″N 118°01′46″W	10	1995	TransAlta	[8]
Arrow Lakes/Keenleyside Dam	49°20′22″N 117°46′19″W	185	2002	Columbia Power Corporation	[9]
Ashlu Creek	49°54′51″N 123°19′30″W	49.9	2010	Innergex Renewable Energy	[10]
Barr Creek	Tahsis	4.4	2011	Synex International	[11]
Big Silver Creek	49°41′33″N 121°51′37″W	40.6	2016	Innergex Renewable Energy	[12]
Bone Creek	Valemount	19	2011	TransAlta	[13]
Bonnington Falls	Nelson	16	1905	Nelson Hydro	[14]
Boston Bar Hydro (Scuzzy Creek)	49°48′41″N 121°27′30″W	9	1995	Boston Bar LP	[15]
Boulder Creek	50°38′7″N 123°24′12″W	25.3	2017	Innergex Renewable Energy	[16]
Box Canyon	49°33′42″N 123°23′22″W	16	2017	Elemental Energy	[17]
Brandywine Creek	50°03′28″N 123°07′52″W	7.6	2003	Eco Flow Energy	[18]
Brilliant Dam	49°19′29″N 117°37′12″W	145	1944	Columbia Power Corporation	[9]
Brilliant Expansion	49°19′23″N 117°37′11″W	120	2009	Columbia Power Corporation	[9]
Brown Lake	54°01′38″N 129°50′37″W	7.2	1996	Innergex Renewable Energy	[19]
Canoe Creek	Ucluelet	6	2010	Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations	[20]
Castle Creek	McBride	8	2010	Castle Mountain Hydro Ltd.	[21]
China Creek	Port Alberni	6.3	2005	Upnit Power Corporation	[22]
Coats IPP	Gabriola Island	0.5	1985	Crofter's Gleann Enterprises Ltd.	[15]
Corra Linn Dam	49°28′2″N 117°28′0″W	49	1932	FortisBC	[23]
Culliton Creek	49°52′41″N 123°9′38″W	15	2016	BluEarth Renewables	[24]
Cypress Creek	Gold River	2.8	2009	Synex Energy Resources Ltd	[25]
Dasque Creek	Terrace	12	2015	BluEarth Renewables	[26][27]
Doran Taylor Hydro	Port Alberni	6	1996	Summit Power	[15]
Douglas Creek (Kwalsa Energy)	49°46′3″N 122°9′4″W	27.6	2010	Innergex Renewable Energy	[28]
Eagle Lake Micro Hydro	West Vancouver	0.2	2003	District of West Vancouver	[29]
East Toba	Powell River	147	2010	Innergex Renewable Energy	[30]
East Twin	McBride	1.6	1991	Brookfield Renewable Power	[31]
Eldorado Reservoir	Kelowna	1.1	2009	District of Lake Country	[32]
Fire Creek (Kwalsa Energy)	49°46′59″N 122°14′5″W	25	2010	Innergex Renewable Energy	[33]
Fitzsimmons Creek	Whistler	7.9	2010	Innergex Renewable Energy	[34]
Furry Creek	Furry Creek	10.4	2004	BluEarth Renewables	[35]
Forrest Kerr Generating Station	56°43′30″N 130°40′22″W	195	2014	Northwest Hydro	[36]
Haa-ak-suuk Creek Hydro	Ucluelet	6	2010	Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations	[37]
Hauer Creek (aka Tete)	Valemount	2.4	2007	Hauer Creek Power Inc.	[15]
Hunter Creek	Hope	12	2018	Connor, Clark & Lunn	[38][15]
Hystad Creek	Valemount	6	2002	Brookfield Renewable Power	[31]
Jamie Creek	50°49′42″N 123°3′24″W	22	2014	Boralex	[39]
Jimmie Creek (Upper Toba Valley)	50°34′11″N 124°4′20″W	62	2016	Innergex Renewable Energy	[40]
Kemano Generating Station	53°33′48″N 127°56′32″W	896	1953	Rio Tinto Alcan	[41]
Kokish River	Port McNeil	45	2014	Brookfield Renewable Power	[42]
Kwoiek Creek	50°6′16″N 121°34′25″W	49.9	2013	Innergex Renewable Energy, Kanaka Bar Indian Band	[43]
Lamont Creek (Upper Stave Energy)	49°33′58″N 122°21′1″W	28	2010	Innergex Renewable Energy	[44]
Lois Lake	Powell River	37.4	1930	Brookfield Renewable Power	[45]
Long Lake (Cascade Creek)	Stewart	31		Regional Power Inc.	[46]
Lorenzetta Creek	Laidlaw	3.2	2016	Zella Hydro	[47]
Lower Bear Creek	Sechelt	10	2011	Regional Power Inc.	[48]
Lower Bonnington	49°27′39″N 117°29′58″W	66	1925	FortisBC	[23]
Lower Clowhom	Sechelt	11	2009	BluEarth Renewables	[49]
Mamquam Hydro	Squamish	58	1996	Atlantic Power Corporation	[50]
Marion 3 Creek	Port Alberni	4.6	2005	Marion Creek Hydro Inc.	[51]
McDonald Ranch	Grasmere	0.1	1993	McDonald Ranch & Timber Co. Ltd.	[15]
McIntosh Creek	McBride	1.2	2014	Snowshoe Power Ltd.	[15]
McLymont Creek	Stewart	66	2015	Northwest Hydro	[52]
McNair Creek Hydro	Port Mellon	9.8	2004	BluEarth Renewables	[53]
Mears Creek	Gold River	3.8	2004	Synex Energy Resources Ltd	[25]
Middle Creek	Terrace	8	2015	BluEarth Renewables	[26][27]
Miller Creek	Pemberton	29.5	2003	Innergex Renewable Energy	[54]
Montrose Creek	Powell River	88	2010	Innergex Renewable Energy	[55]
Morehead Creek	Williams Lake	0.11	1994	Morehead Valley Hydro	[56]
Northwest Stave River	Mission	17.5	2013	Innergex Renewable Energy	[57]
Pingston Creek	Revelstoke	45	2003	Brookfield Renewable Power, TransAlta	[58]
Powell Lake	Powell River	46	1911	Brookfield Renewable Power	[45]
Ptarmigan Creek	McBride	3.6	1993	Robson Valley Power Corp	[15]
Raging River 2	Port Alice	8	2002	Raging River Power & Mining Inc.	[15]
Rutherford Creek	Mount Currie	49.9	2004	Innergex Renewable Energy	[59]
Sakwi Creek	Agassiz	5.5	2014	Connor, Clark & Lunn	[60]
Seaton Creek Hydro (Homestead)	New Denver	0.3	1997	Homestead Hydro Systems	[15]
Sechelt Creek (Salmon Inslet)	Sechelt	16.6	1997	Capstone Infrastructure	[61][62]
Silversmith	Sandon	0.2	1897	Silversmith Power & Light	[63][15]
Skookum Creek	Squamish	25	2014	Eco Flow Energy	[64]
Soo River	50°13′34″N 122°54′41″W	13.1	1994	Summit Power	[15]
South Cranberry Creek	Revelstoke	9	2008	Advanced Energy Systems Ltd.	[15]
South Slocan	49°27′24″N 117°31′5″W	54	1928	FortisBC	[23]
South Sutton Creek	Port Alberni	4.9	2005	South Sutton Creek Hydro Inc.	[15]
Stokke Creek (Kwalsa Energy)	49°42′39″N 122°2′3″W	21	2010	Innergex Renewable Energy	[65]
Tipella Creek (Kwalsa Energy)	49°44′27″N 122°9′44″W	16.7	2010	Innergex Renewable Energy	[66]
Tretheway Creek	Harrison Lake	21.2	2015	Innergex Renewable Energy	[67]
Tyson Creek Hydro	Sechelt	9.3	2009	BluEarth Renewables	[68]
Upper Bear Creek	Sechelt	10	2012	Regional Power Inc.	[48]
Upper Bonnington	49°27′36″N 117°29′1″W	66	1907	FortisBC	[23]
Upper Clowhom	Sechelt	11	2009	BluEarth Renewables	[49]
Upper Lillooet River	Pemberton	81.4	2017	Innergex Renewable Energy	[69]
Upper Mamquam	Squamish	25	2005	TransAlta	[70]
Upper Stave River (Upper Stave Energy)	49°37′22″N 122°26′58″W	33.5	2010	Innergex Renewable Energy	[71]
Volcano Creek	Stewart	16	2015	Northwest Hydro	[72]
Walden North	Lillooet	16	1993	Innergex Renewable Energy	[15]
Waneta Expansion	Trail	335	2015	FortisBC	[73][15]
Winchie Creek	Ucluelet	4.4	2018	Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations	[74]
Woodfibre Dam	Squamish	1.6	1947	Western Pulp LP	[15]
Zeballos Lake	Zeballos	21.85	2009	Zeballos Lake Hydro LP	[15]
Bremner Creek	Harrison Lake	25		Pacific Greengen Power	[75]
Trio Creek	Harrison Lake	25		Pacific Greengen Power	[75]
Chickwat Creek	Sechelt Inlet	19		BluEarth Renewables	[76]
Lower Ramona	Sechelt Inlet	7		BluEarth Renewables	[76]
Upper Ramona	Sechelt Inlet	7		BluEarth Renewables	[76]
Clemina Creek Hydro	Valemount	10.5		Sorgent.e Hydro Canada	[75]
Serpentine Creek Hydro	Blue River	10.5		Sorgent.e Hydro Canada	[75]
Wedgemount Creek	Whistler	5.4		Wedgemount Power LP	[75]
Gabion River EPA	Hartley Bay	0.95		Gitga'at Economic Partnership	[77][75]
Total operating stations (MW)		3,705.6

Other renewables

Biomass, biogas and waste heat

List of all biomass, biogas and waste heat power plants in British Columbia.

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Fuel	Ref
150 Mile House	150 Mile House	6		EnPower	Waste heat	[78]
Armstrong Wood Waste Co-Gen	Armstrong	20	2002	Riverside Forest Products	Biomass	[15]
Burnaby Incinerator (SEEGEN)	Burnaby	22	2003	Montenay Inc.	Biomass	[79]
Cache Creek landfill gas utilization Plant	Cache Creek	4.5	2015	Wastech Management Services	Biogas	[80][15]
Cariboo Pulp & Paper	Quesnel	61.3	2012	West Fraser Timber	Biomass	[81][15]
Cedar Road LFG Inc.	Nanaimo	1.4	2009	Cedar Road LFG Inc.	Biogas	[82]
Celgar Mill	Castlegar	52		Mercer International	Biomass	[83][84]
Chetwynd Biomass	Chetwynd	13	2014	West Fraser Timber	Biomass	[81][15]
Conifex Bioenergy	Mackenzie	36	2015	Conifex	Biomass	[85][15]
Crowsnest Pass	Sparwood	7.1	2013	Kensington Capital Partners	Waste Heat	[86][15]
BioNorth Energy	Fort St. James	40	2018	BioNorth Energy LP	Biomass	[87][15]
Fraser Lake Biomass	Fraser Lake	13	2014	West Fraser Timber	Biomass	[81][15]
Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre	Richmond	1.03	2012	Harvest Power	Biomass	[88]
Greater Nanaimo PCC Cogeneration	Nanaimo	0.355	2019	Regional District of Nanaimo	Biogas	[15][89]
Harmac Biomass	Nanaimo	55	2014	Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd.	Biomass	[90]
Hartland Landfill Project	Victoria	1.6		Maxim Power	Biomass	[91]
Howe Sound Green Energy	Port Mellon	112	2010	Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Corporation	Biomass	[92][15]
Intercon Green Power	Prince George	31.7		Canfor	Biomass	[15]
Kamloops Green Energy	Kamloops	76		Domtar	Biomass	[15]
LP Golden Biomass	Golden	7.5		Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd.	Biomass	[15]
Merritt Green Energy	Merritt	40	2018	Veolia	Biomass	[87][15]
Nanaimo Reservoir No. 1 Energy Recovery	Nanaimo	0.1	2014	City of Nanaimo	Waste kinetic energy	[15]
Northwood Green Power	Prince George	63		Canfor	Biomass	[15]
PGP Bio Energy Project	Prince George	60		Canfor	Biomass	[15]
Powell River Generation	Powell River	48	2015	Catalyst Paper Corporation	Biomass	[15]
Savona Generating Station	Savona	5.9	2008	EnPower	Waste heat	[78]
Skookumchuk Power Project	Skookumchuk	51		Tembec	Biomass	[15]
Tolko Kelowna Cogeneration	Kelowna	14.9	2007	Tolko Industries	Biomass	[15]
Vancouver Landfill Project	Delta	7.4	2003	Maxim Power	Biomass	[93]
Williams Lake Power Plant	Williams Lake	66		Atlantic Power Corporation	Biomass	[94]
Total operating stations (MW)		837.5

Solar photovoltaic

List of all solar photovoltaic power stations in British Columbia.

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
SunMine	Kimberley	1.05	2015	City of Kimberley	[95]
Tsilhqot'in Solar Farm	Hanceville	0.99	2019?	Tsilhqot’in Nation	[96]
Total operating stations (MW)		2.04

Wind

Main article: List of wind farms in Canada

List of all wind farms in British Columbia.

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
Bear Mountain Wind Park	Dawson Creek	102	2009	AltaGas	[97]
Cape Scott Wind Farm	Port Hardy	99.2	2013	GDF-Suez	[98]
Dokie Wind	Chetwynd	144	2011	Innergex Renewable Energy	[99]
Eye of the Wind	49°22′15″N 123°5′56″W	1.5	2010	Grouse Mountain	[100]
Meikle Wind Farm	Tumbler Ridge	179	2017	Pattern Energy/PSP Investments	[101][102][103]
Pennask Wind Farm	49°55′26″N 120°6′14″W	15	2017	Okanagan Wind	[104]
Quality Wind Project	Tumbler Ridge	142.2	2012	Capital Power Corporation	[105]
Shinish Creek Wind Farm	49°39′39″N 120°8′13″W	15	2017	Okanagan Wind	[104]
Moose Lake Wind Project	Tumbler Ridge	15	2019	Boralex	[106][107]
Septimus Creek Wind Farm	Taylor	15	2018?	Zero Emission Energy Developments Inc.	[108]
Total operating stations (MW)		703.9

Natural gas

List of all natural gas power plants in British Columbia.

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Ref
Fort Nelson Generating Station	58°43′26″N 122°42′4″W	73.0	1999	BC Hydro	[109][1]
Houweling Nurseries Cogeneration	Delta	8.8	2014	Houweling's Tomatoes	[110]
Island Generating Station	Campbell River	275	2002	Capital Power Corporation	[111]
McMahon Cogeneration Plant	Taylor	105	1993	Heartland Generation	[112]
Prince Rupert Generating Station	54°17′0″N 130°18′25″W	46.0	1975	BC Hydro	[109][1]
Burrard Generating Station (decommissioned in 2016)	49°17′56″N 122°53′25″W	950	1961	BC Hydro
Total operating stations (MW)		507.8

Off-grid

List of all power plants in British Columbia serving loads in communities not connected to the Western Interconnection power grid.

Name	Location	Capacity (MW)	Date	Owner	Type	Ref
Ah-Sin-Heek	52°21′35″N 126°42′45″W	7.3		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Anahim Lake	52°28′0″N 125°19′0″W	3.9		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Atlin	59°34′28″N 133°41′57″W	2.7		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Bella Bella	52°09′52″N 128°8′42″W	4.9		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Clayton Falls	52°22′13″N 126°48′51″W	2.0		BC Hydro	Hydroelectric	[1]
Dease Lake	58°26′20″N 130°0′50″W	3.5		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Eddontenajon	57°46′18″N 129°58′46″W	1.7		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Elhlateese	49°01′14″N 125°02′06″W	0.2	2012	BC Hydro	Diesel	[1][113]
Good Hope Lake	59°16′55″N 129°18′10″W	0.8	2015	BC Hydro	Diesel	[1][114]
Hartley Bay	53°25′30″N 129°15′07″W	1.1		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1][77]
Hluey Lakes	Dease Lake	3	1999	Capstone Infrastructure	Hydro	[115]
Kwadacha	57°25′26″N 125°37′55″W	1.8		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1][116]
Kwadacha Bioenergy Project	57°25′26″N 125°37′55″W	0.5		Kwadacha Nation	Biogas	[116][15]
Malibu Hydro	Malibu	0.6	2005	Malibu Club	Hydro	[117]
Masset	54°1′13″N 132°6′48″W	16.5		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1]
McBride	53°18′23″N 120°10′02″W	5.0	2010	BC Hydro	Biodiesel	[1][118]
Moresby Lake Generating Station	Haida Gwaii	6.6	1990	Atlantic Power Corporation	Hydro	[119][15]
Ocean Falls	Ocean Falls	14	1922	Boralex	Hydro	[120]
Pine Creek	Atlin	2.1	2009	Taku River Tlingit First Nation	Hydro	[121][15]
Sandspit	53°14′8″N 131°52′46″W	10.2		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Takla	55°29′00″N 125°58′25″W	0.7		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Telegraph Creek	57°54′14″N 131°10′18″W	1.8		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Tsay Keh Dene	56°46′37″N 124°56′32″W	1.1		BC Hydro	Diesel	[1]
Toad River	58°50′44″N 125°13′22″W	0.6	2009	BC Hydro	Diesel	[1][122]
Total operating stations (MW)		92.6

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