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 2011 at a cost of $1.3 billion.
| Construction Update 2006–2008 |
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View a video on Wuskwatim's construction progress from 2006–2008. |
View this Construction Update video in Cree on the Wuskwatim Power Limited Partnership website.
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 2011 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.
View Wuskwatim Tendering Opportunities.
View Licensing Application information on Wuskwatim Generation & Transmission.
