Muskrat Falls dam

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Muskrat Falls dam is a large hydroelectric generating station on the Churchill River in Labrador, Canada, built as part of the Lower Churchill Project.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Muskrat Falls 4
Muskrat Falls dam canonical 3
Muskrat Falls Reservoir 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station ⓘ
run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant ⓘ
commissioningStartDate 2019 ⓘ
connectedTo Labrador-Island Link transmission line ⓘ
Maritime Link transmission project ⓘ
linked to: Maritime Link
constructionStartDate 2013 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
damType concrete dam ⓘ
earthfill dam ⓘ
developedBy Nalcor Energy ⓘ
distanceFromMouthOfRiver approximately 25 km ⓘ
estimatedAnnualGeneration approximately 4.9 TWh ⓘ
fullyCommissionedDate 2021 ⓘ
generatingCapacity 824 MW ⓘ
gridConnection North American power grid ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalConcern methylmercury contamination risk ⓘ
hasFinancialIssue cost overruns ⓘ
project delays ⓘ
hasName Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Generating Facility ⓘ
Muskrat Falls dam ⓘ
hasPowerhouse yes ⓘ
hasReservoir Muskrat Falls Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Muskrat Falls dam
hasSocialIssue Indigenous rights concerns ⓘ
public protests ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
isMajorComponentOf Lower Churchill hydroelectric development ⓘ
locatedIn Labrador ⓘ
locatedInProvinceOrTerritory Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
locatedInRegion central Labrador ⓘ
locatedNear Happy Valley-Goose Bay ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Churchill River NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 4 ⓘ
ownedBy Nalcor Energy ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro ⓘ
partOf Lower Churchill Project ⓘ
primaryEnergySource hydropower ⓘ
projectName Lower Churchill Project Phase 1 ⓘ
projectStatus operational ⓘ
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
region Atlantic Canada ⓘ
regulator Government of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
subjectOf Muskrat Falls public inquiry ⓘ
suppliesElectricityTo Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
upstreamFrom Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
watercourse Churchill River NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Churchill River → watercourseHasDam → Muskrat Falls dam ⓘ
Churchill River → hasWaterfall → Muskrat Falls ⓘ
linked to: Muskrat Falls dam
Muskrat Falls Generating Station → namedAfter → Muskrat Falls ⓘ
linked to: Muskrat Falls dam
Muskrat Falls Generating Station → hasName → Muskrat Falls dam ⓘ
subject linked to: Muskrat Falls dam
Muskrat Falls Generating Station → hasReservoir → Muskrat Falls Reservoir ⓘ
subject linked to: Muskrat Falls dam
linked to: Muskrat Falls dam
Churchill River (Labrador) → hasWaterfall → Muskrat Falls ⓘ
subject linked to: Churchill River in Labrador
linked to: Muskrat Falls dam
Churchill River (Labrador) → flowsThrough → Muskrat Falls ⓘ
subject linked to: Churchill River in Labrador
linked to: Muskrat Falls dam