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Outardes-2 generating station Country Canada Location Baie-Comeau Coordinates 49°09′03″N 68°23′23″W / 49.15083°N 68.38972°WCoordinates: 49°09′03″N 68°23′23″W / 49.15083°N 68.38972°W Commission date 1978 Owner(s) Hydro-Québec Power station information Generation units 3 x Francis turbines Power generation information Maximum capacity 523 MW Outardes-2 is a hydroelectric power station and dam on the Outardes River 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. The power station was commissioned in 1978 and is run-of-the-river.[1][2]
Outardes-2 was built in conjunction with the Manicouagan-Outardes project and is located at the mouth of the Outardes River by Noye Bay. Just west of the power station was another that had been owned and operated by the Quebec North Shore Paper Company since 1937. Instead of raising the reservoir as initially envisioned, Outardes-2 was constructed to better exploit the river flow.[3]
See also
- Outardes-3
- Outardes-4
- McCormick Dam
- Jean-Lesage generating station
- René-Lévesque generating station
- Daniel-Johnson Dam
- History of Hydro-Québec
- List of hydroelectric stations in Quebec
Notes
- ^ "Hydroelectric Plants in Quebec". Power Plants Around The World. http://www.industcards.com/hydro-canada-qc.htm. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ "Hydroelectric Generating Stations". HydroQuebec. http://www.hydroquebec.com/generation/centrale-hydroelectrique.html. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ Paradis 1967, pp. 47–50
References
- Paradis, Paul (1967), Manic-Outardes, Montreal: Hydro-Québec.
Categories:- Dams in Quebec
- Manicouagan-Outardes hydroelectric project
- Run-of-the-river power stations
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