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Largest power plants in British Columbia, Canada by capacity

The biggest power plants in British Columbia, Canada ranked by installed capacity (MW). Open data.

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	G.M. Shrum	Hydro	Canada	2,730
2	Revelstoke	Hydro	Canada	2,480
3	Burrard	Gas	Canada	950
4	Kemano	Hydro	Canada	896
5	Seven Mile	Hydro	Canada	805
6	Peace Canyon	Hydro	Canada	694
7	Kootenay Canal	Hydro	Canada	580
8	Waneta	Hydro	Canada	490
9	Waneta Expansion	Hydro	Canada	335
10	Bridge River 2	Hydro	Canada	298
11	Island Generation	Gas	Canada	275
12	Arrow Lakes	Hydro	Canada	185
13	Bridge River 1	Hydro	Canada	180
14	Meikle Wind	Wind	Canada	179
15	Jordan River	Hydro	Canada	170
16	Cheakamus	Hydro	Canada	158
17	East Toba	Hydro	Canada	147
18	Dokie	Wind	Canada	144
19	Quality Wind	Wind	Canada	142.2
20	Brilliant	Hydro	Canada	140
21	John Hart	Hydro	Canada	126
22	Brilliant Expansion 1	Hydro	Canada	120
23	McMahon Cogeneration	Gas	Canada	120
24	Howe Sound Pulp & Paper Corp	Biomass	Canada	112
25	Ruskin	Hydro	Canada	105
26	Bear Mountain	Wind	Canada	102
27	Kearl	Gas	Canada	100
28	Cape Scott	Wind	Canada	99
29	Stave Falls	Hydro	Canada	91
30	Gold River	Biomass	Canada	90
31	Upper Lillooet River	Hydro	Canada	81.4
32	Zellstoff Celgar Mill	Biomass	Canada	78
33	Domtar Pulp Mill (Kamloops)	Biomass	Canada	76
34	Montrose	Hydro	Canada	73
35	Fort Nelson generating station	Gas	Canada	73
36	Strathcona	Hydro	Canada	68
37	Williams Lake	Biomass	Canada	68
38	Upper Bonnington	Hydro	Canada	65
39	Northwood Green Power	Biomass	Canada	63
40	Wahleach	Hydro	Canada	63
41	Jimmie Creek (Upper Toba Valley)	Hydro	Canada	62
42	Cariboo Pulp & Paper Company	Biomass	Canada	61
43	Prince George Pulp and Paper Mill	Biomass	Canada	60
44	Lake Buntzen 1	Hydro	Canada	59
45	Mamquam	Hydro	Canada	58
46	Harmac	Biomass	Canada	55
47	Lower Bonnington	Hydro	Canada	54
48	South Slocan	Hydro	Canada	54
49	Corra Linn	Hydro	Canada	51
50	Skookumchuk	Biomass	Canada	51
51	Whatshan	Hydro	Canada	50
52	Ashlu Creek	Hydro	Canada	49.9
53	Kwoiek Creek	Hydro	Canada	49.9
54	Rutherford Creek	Hydro	Canada	49.9
55	Powell River	Biomass	Canada	48
56	Seton	Hydro	Canada	48
57	Ladore Falls	Hydro	Canada	47
58	Kokish River	Hydro	Canada	45
59	Pingston Creek	Hydro	Canada	45
60	Big Silver Creek	Hydro	Canada	40.6
61	Catalyst Paper Crofton	Biomass	Canada	38
62	Powell Lake	Hydro	Canada	38
63	Lois Lake	Hydro	Canada	37
64	MacKenzie Conifex Green Energy	Biomass	Canada	36
65	Clowhom	Hydro	Canada	33
66	Miller Creek	Hydro	Canada	33
67	Upper Stave River	Hydro	Canada	33
68	Intercon Pulp Mill	Biomass	Canada	32
69	Long Lake	Hydro	Canada	32
70	Ash River	Hydro	Canada	28
71	Douglas Creek	Hydro	Canada	27
72	Lamont Creek	Hydro	Canada	27
73	Port Alice	Biomass	Canada	26.1
74	Boulder Creek	Hydro	Canada	25.3
75	Lajoie	Hydro	Canada	25
76	Seegen 2 (Burnaby Incinerator)	Biomass	Canada	25
77	Skookum Power (Mamquam Skookum)	Hydro	Canada	25
78	Upper Mamquam	Hydro	Canada	25
79	Aberfeldie	Hydro	Canada	24
80	Puntledge	Hydro	Canada	24
81	Fire Creek	Hydro	Canada	23
82	Zeballos Lake	Hydro	Canada	23
83	Stokke Creek	Hydro	Canada	22
84	Tretheway Creek	Hydro	Canada	21.2
85	Jamie Creek	Hydro	Canada	21
86	Armstrong Cogeneration	Biomass	Canada	20
87	Tipella Creek	Hydro	Canada	18
88	Lake Buntzen 2	Hydro	Canada	17.8
89	Northwest Stave River	Hydro	Canada	17.5
90	Catalyst Paper Port Alberni	Biomass	Canada	17
91	Salmon Inlet (Sechelt Creek)	Hydro	Canada	17
92	Bonnington Falls	Hydro	Canada	16.2
93	Walden North	Hydro	Canada	16
94	Box Canyon	Hydro	Canada	15
95	Culliton Creek	Hydro	Canada	15
96	Ocean Falls	Hydro	Canada	15
97	Pennask	Wind	Canada	15
98	Shinish Creek Wind Farm	Wind	Canada	15
99	Tolko Kelowna Cogeneration	Biomass	Canada	15
100	Kruger Products Paper Mill	Biomass	Canada	14
101	Soo River 2	Hydro	Canada	13
102	Chetwynd	Biomass	Canada	12
103	Dasque	Hydro	Canada	12
104	Elko	Hydro	Canada	12
105	Fraser Lake Biomass	Biomass	Canada	12
106	Crowsnest Pass ERG	Other	Canada	11
107	Lower Clowhom	Hydro	Canada	11
108	Upper Clowhom	Hydro	Canada	11
109	Akolkolex	Hydro	Canada	10
110	Furry Creek	Hydro	Canada	10
111	Lower Bear	Hydro	Canada	10
112	McNair Creek	Hydro	Canada	10
113	Upper Bear	Hydro	Canada	10
114	Boston Bar	Hydro	Canada	9
115	South Cranberry Creek 2	Hydro	Canada	9
116	Tyson Creek	Hydro	Canada	9
117	Thelwood	Hydro	Canada	8.2
118	Brandywine Creek	Hydro	Canada	8
119	Brandywine Creek Small Hydro	Hydro	Canada	8
120	Burns Bog LFG	Biomass	Canada	8
121	Golden	Biomass	Canada	8
122	Middle	Hydro	Canada	8
123	Raging River 2	Hydro	Canada	8
124	Walter Hardman	Hydro	Canada	8
125	Whistler	Hydro	Canada	7.6
126	Fitzsimmons Creek	Hydro	Canada	7.5
127	Brown Lake	Hydro	Canada	7.2
128	Falls River	Hydro	Canada	7
129	China Creek	Hydro	Canada	6.5
130	Canoe Creek Hydro	Hydro	Canada	6
131	Doran Taylor	Hydro	Canada	6
132	Haa-ak-suuk Creek Hydro	Hydro	Canada	6
133	Sakwi Creek	Hydro	Canada	6
134	Savona ERG	Other	Canada	6
135	Shuswap Falls	Hydro	Canada	6
136	Cache Creek LFG	Biomass	Canada	5
137	Marion 3 Creek	Hydro	Canada	5
138	South Sutton Creek	Hydro	Canada	5
139	Barr Creek	Hydro	Canada	4.4
140	UNBC Bioenergy Plant	Biomass	Canada	4.4
141	Iona Island Wwtp LFG	Biomass	Canada	4
142	Mears Creek	Hydro	Canada	3.8
143	Ptarmigan Creek	Hydro	Canada	3.3
144	Annacis Island Wwtp	Biomass	Canada	3.2
145	Tennant Lake	Hydro	Canada	3.1
146	Lorenzetta Creek	Hydro	Canada	3
147	Cypress Creek	Hydro	Canada	2.8
148	Clayton Falls	Hydro	Canada	2
149	Hartland LFG	Biomass	Canada	2
150	UBC Nexterra Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Facility	Biomass	Canada	2
151	Nechako Lumber	Biomass	Canada	1.8
152	Revelstoke District	Biomass	Canada	1.5
153	The Eye of the Wind	Wind	Canada	1.5
154	Cedar Road LFG	Biomass	Canada	1.4
155	Eldorado Reservoir	Hydro	Canada	1.1
156	Fraser Richmond Soil & Fiber	Biomass	Canada	1
157	Kimberley	Solar	Canada	1
158	Squamish Power Project	Hydro	Canada	1

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Frequently asked questions

What ranks first in largest power plants in british columbia, canada by capacity?

G.M. Shrum (Canada) ranks #1 with 2,730 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 158 power plants in British Columbia, Canada.

Which plants make the top three?

1. G.M. Shrum (2,730); 2. Revelstoke (2,480); 3. Burrard (950).