Gas power plant in British Columbia, Canada. Approximate location 58.651624, -122.695271.
GasBritish ColumbiaCanadaCCGT · HRSG
Fort Nelson generating station is a 73 MW gas power plant in British Columbia, Canada. It is operated by B.C. Hydro and Power Authority [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 82k homes (estimated). It ranks #346 of 1,211 Canada power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 17.8% of Canada's electricity; the national grid averages 191 gCO₂/kWh (77.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_fortnelson_canada.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000405217; fuel: GEM GOGPT
At 73 MW, Fort Nelson generating station is below the median gas plant in Canada (170 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by B.C. Hydro and Power Authority [100%].
This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 58.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #102 largest gas power plant of 112 in Canada by capacity.
Canada has 112 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 37,176 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 58.651624, -122.695271 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Fort Nelson generating station is a 73 MW gas power plant in British Columbia, Canada.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 82,218 homes (estimated).
Fort Nelson generating station is operated by B.C. Hydro and Power Authority [100%].
