Churchill Falls Generating Station

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Churchill Falls Generating Station is one of the world’s largest underground hydroelectric power plants, located on the Churchill River in Labrador, Canada.

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instanceOf hydroelectric power station ⓘ
underground power station ⓘ
annualGeneration approximately 35 TWh ⓘ
commissioningDate 1971 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1967 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
contractStartDate 1976 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
countrySubdivision Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
damType multiple concrete and earthfill dams ⓘ
designedFor large-scale bulk power generation ⓘ
elevationDrop about 312 metres ⓘ
environmentalImpact creation of Large Smallwood Reservoir ⓘ
exportsPowerTo Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

United States ⓘ
fuelType water ⓘ
gridConnection Hydro-Québec transmission system ⓘ
linked to: Hydro-Québec
hasDam Churchill Falls Main Dam ⓘ
hasPenstocks underground penstocks ⓘ
hasReservoir Smallwood Reservoir ⓘ
hasSpillway controlled spillways ⓘ
installedCapacity 5428 MW ⓘ
isUnderground true ⓘ
locatedIn Churchill Falls, Labrador ⓘ
linked to: Churchill Falls
locatedInCountry Canada ⓘ
locatedInGeographicFeature Labrador Plateau ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Newfoundland Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Churchill River ⓘ
longTermPowerContractWith Hydro-Québec ⓘ
majorShareholder Hydro-Québec ⓘ
Nalcor Energy ⓘ
namedAfter Churchill Falls ⓘ
nearSettlement Churchill Falls ⓘ
notableFor being one of the world’s largest underground hydroelectric power stations ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 11 ⓘ
openingDate 1971 ⓘ
operator Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited ⓘ
owner Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited ⓘ
partOf Churchill River hydroelectric system ⓘ
plantType run-of-river hydroelectric plant ⓘ
primaryEnergySource hydropower ⓘ
province Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
region Labrador ⓘ
reservoir Smallwood Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirArea about 6527 square kilometres ⓘ
riverSystem Churchill River ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
undergroundCavernHeight about 49 metres ⓘ
undergroundCavernLength about 300 metres ⓘ
undergroundCavernWidth about 25 metres ⓘ

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Newfoundland and Labrador → hasMajorHydroelectricProject → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Churchill Falls → knownFor → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Churchill Falls → hasHydroelectricStation → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Churchill River → hasHydroelectricDevelopment → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Churchill River → watercourseHasDam → Churchill Falls dam ⓘ
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Churchill Falls Generating Station → hasDam → Churchill Falls Main Dam ⓘ
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Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited → operates → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation Limited → majorAsset → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Trans-Labrador Highway → passesNear → Churchill Falls hydroelectric project ⓘ
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Côte-Nord → hasHydroelectricComplex → Churchill Falls transmission corridor ⓘ
subject linked to: Côte-Nord region of Quebec
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Churchill Falls Airport → near → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Muskrat Falls Generating Station → upstreamFrom → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
subject linked to: Muskrat Falls dam
Smallwood Reservoir → createdBy → Churchill Falls hydroelectric project ⓘ
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Smallwood Reservoir → associatedWith → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Smallwood Reservoir → isPartOfProject → Churchill Falls hydroelectric development ⓘ
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Grand River → hasMajorHydroelectricProject → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Churchill River hydroelectric system → hasComponent → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Atlantic Canada electricity system → integratesGenerationProject → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Churchill River (Labrador) → hasMajorHydroelectricDevelopment → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
subject linked to: Churchill River in Labrador
Churchill River (Labrador) → hasInfrastructure → Churchill Falls hydroelectric complex ⓘ
subject linked to: Churchill River in Labrador
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Route 500 → isPrimaryAccessRouteFor → Churchill Falls hydroelectric facilities ⓘ
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CF(L)Co → project → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
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CF(L)Co → operates → Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
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