Wuskwatim Generation Project
Overview
- Involves the development of a 200-megawatt generating station at Taskinigup Falls on the Burntwood River.
- Involves less than half a square kilometre of flooding.
- Includes an associated access road, construction camp, and other infrastructure.
- Located in the Nelson House Resource Management Area, approximately 45 km southwest of Thompson, 35 km southeast of Nelson House.
- Being developed by an equity partnership between Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) and Manitoba Hydro, the Wuskwatim Power Limited Partnership.
- Unique, as it represents the first time we have entered into an equity partnership with a First Nations community on a generating station project.
- Scheduled for completion in 2012 at a cost of $1.3 billion.
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A variety of fish habitat enhancement projects were implemented by the Wuskwatim Power Limited Partnership to compensate for fish habitat lost as a result of constructing the Wuskwatim Generating Station. This includes a soil bioengineering project, which is a type of shoreline stabilization method that has never been conducted before in northern Manitoba. As well, aquatic vegetation is planted in the forebay to boost vegetation growth along the new shoreline. Both projects will encourage fish to stay in the Wuskwatim area. |
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The last of Wuskwatim Generating Station's 3 turbine runners was lifted into place on November 14, 2011. Weighing nearly 150 tonnes, this runner is part of the Unit 2 turbine assembly. Explore the planning and construction of How We Build a Generating Station. |
Current projections show that Manitoba's domestic demand for new power is not required until 2020. But by advancing the in-service date of Wuskwatim to 2012 means additional export revenues and profits will be possible.
The estimated capital cost for Wuskwatim, including all generation and transmission components, is approximately $1.6 billion.
