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BC Hydro — power plant portfolio

BC Hydro operates 32 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 12,383 MW.

32power plants
12,383MW total capacity
1countries
t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Hydro: 30 plants30HydroGas: 2 plants2Gas

Fleet interpretation

BC Hydro is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is Canada (32).

The fuel mix by asset count is hydro (30), gas (2). The largest listed asset is Mica in Canada (2,746 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 387 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 0 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 0 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 32 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
MicaHydroCanada2,746
G.M. ShrumHydroCanada2,730
RevelstokeHydroCanada2,480
BurrardGasCanada950
Seven MileHydroCanada805
Peace CanyonHydroCanada694
Kootenay CanalHydroCanada580
Bridge River 1HydroCanada180
Jordan RiverHydroCanada170
CheakamusHydroCanada158
John HartHydroCanada126
RuskinHydroCanada105
Stave FallsHydroCanada91
StrathconaHydroCanada68
WahleachHydroCanada63
Lake Buntzen 1HydroCanada59
WhatshanHydroCanada50
WhitbyGasCanada50
SetonHydroCanada48
Ladore FallsHydroCanada47
ClowhomHydroCanada33
Ash RiverHydroCanada28
LajoieHydroCanada25
AberfeldieHydroCanada24
PuntledgeHydroCanada24
Lake Buntzen 2HydroCanada18
ElkoHydroCanada12
Walter HardmanHydroCanada8
Falls RiverHydroCanada7
Shuswap FallsHydroCanada6
SpillimacheenHydroCanada4
Clayton FallsHydroCanada2

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does BC Hydro operate?

BC Hydro operates 32 power plants across 1 country, with about 12,383 MW of total capacity.

What is BC Hydro's largest power plant?

Mica in Canada is its largest at about 2,746 MW.

What types of power plants does BC Hydro run?

Its fleet is mostly hydro (30), gas (2).

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology