Grand Rapids Generating Station

Grand Rapids Generating Station

• Construction started — January 1960
• Construction completed — November 1968
• Cost — $117 million
• Capacity — approximately 479 MW
• Location — Saskatchewan River
• Number of turbine generators (units) — 4
• Transmission lines (all 3-phase) — Two 230-kV to Winnipeg; One 230-kV to Thompson; One 230-kV to Overflowing River (The Pas); One 230-kV to Dauphin
• Intake gates — 8 measuring 4.9 m x 11 m
• Spillway gates — 4 measuring 12.2 m x 13 m

Grand Rapids Generating Station, located on the Saskatchewan River about 400 kilometres by air northwest of Winnipeg, has a capacity of approximately 480 megawatts. It is the first hydroelectric generating station that Manitoba Hydro built in northern Manitoba to produce electricity for the provincial power system after the Winnipeg River had been fully developed.

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