The following page lists electrical generating stations in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. Quebec produces close to 96% of its electricity through

hydropower Hydropower (from el, ὕδωρ, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by converting the gravitational potential or kinetic energy of a w ...

. The

James Bay Project The James Bay Project (french: projet de la Baie-James) refers to the construction of a series of hydroelectric power stations on the La Grande River in northwestern Quebec, Canada by state-owned utility Hydro-Québec, and the diversion of neighb ...

is Quebec's largest generation complex, with an installed capacity of 16,527

megawatt The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James ...

of power, approximately 40% of the province's peak load. Hydro-Québec, the

government-owned State ownership, also called government ownership and public ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, or enterprise by the state or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party. Public ownersh ...

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is the main power generator in the province with 59 hydroelectric facilities located across the province, for a total installed capacity of 34,490 MW.

Hydroelectric

Owned by Hydro-Québec

List of hydroelectric generating stations owned and operated by Hydro-Québec Production.

Stations with partial Hydro-Québec ownership

Privately owned hydroelectric generating stations

List of privately owned hydroelectric generating stations in Quebec, including facilities owned by municipal utilities.

Other Renewables

Wind

List of

wind farm A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turb ...

s in Quebec.

Biomass

List of biomass and waste generating stations in Quebec.

Nuclear

List of nuclear generating stations in Quebec.

Fossil fuel

List of fossil fuel generating stations in Quebec.

Off-grid

List of all generating stations in Quebec serving loads not connected to the main

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power grid.

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

Hydro-Québec official websiteAlphabetical list of private and municipal power stations
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quebec, List of electrical generating Stations electrical generating stations Hydro-Québec Lists of power stations in Canada