Selkirk — Canada

Selkirk is a 132 MW gas power station in Manitoba, Canada. It ranks #230 of 1,210 Canada power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1960, it is around 66 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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 CAN0002083.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 132 MW, Selkirk is below the median gas plant in Canada (170 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #66 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.

Nearby power plants

• Convergence Compute power station · Gas · 100 MW · Winnipeg
• Seven Sisters · Hydro · 180 MW · Manitoba
• Mcarthur · Hydro · 60 MW · Manitoba
• Pine Falls · Hydro · 90 MW · Manitoba
• Great Falls · Hydro · 129 MW · Manitoba
• Slave Falls · Hydro · 72 MW · Manitoba

Location

Coordinates 50.1344, -96.8518 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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