Robert-Bourassa generating station

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The Robert-Bourassa generating station is a massive hydroelectric power plant in northern Quebec and one of the key facilities in Hydro-Québec’s La Grande complex.

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Label Occurrences
Robert-Bourassa generating station canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station ⓘ
run-of-the-river power station ⓘ
annualGeneration about 26 TWh ⓘ
commissioned 1979 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
damHeight 162 m ⓘ
damLength 2835 m ⓘ
distanceFromMontreal about 1400 km north of Montreal ⓘ
formerName La Grande-2 generating station ⓘ
gridConnection Hydro-Québec transmission system ⓘ
hasAccessRoad James Bay Road ⓘ
hasConstructionType embankment dam ⓘ
hasNotableFeature giant stepped spillway carved into rock ⓘ
large underground power house ⓘ
hasNumberOfGeneratingUnits 16 ⓘ
hasOperatorHeadquartersIn Montreal ⓘ
hasOwnershipType public utility ⓘ
hasPenstocks underground penstocks ⓘ
hasSpillwayType concrete stepped spillway ⓘ
hasStartOfConstruction 1974 ⓘ
hasStatus operational ⓘ
hasTurbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
inception 1979 ⓘ
installedCapacity 5616 MW ⓘ
isKeyFacilityOf La Grande hydroelectric complex ⓘ
isOneOfLargest largest hydroelectric power stations in North America ⓘ
largest underground hydroelectric power stations in the world ⓘ
isTouristAttraction offers guided tours in summer season ⓘ
locatedIn Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

northern Quebec ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Nord-du-Québec ⓘ
locatedInRegion James Bay region ⓘ
locatedNear Radisson, Quebec ⓘ
locatedOnRiver La Grande River ⓘ
maximumGeneratingCapacity 5616 megawatts ⓘ
namedAfter Robert Bourassa ⓘ
operatedBy Hydro-Québec ⓘ
ownedBy Hydro-Québec ⓘ
partOf James Bay Project ⓘ
La Grande complex ⓘ
primaryEnergySource hydropower ⓘ
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
regulatesRiver La Grande River flow ⓘ
reservoirArea 2835 km² ⓘ
reservoirName Robert-Bourassa Reservoir ⓘ
suppliesElectricityTo Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

export markets in the northeastern United States ⓘ
usesWaterIntake Robert-Bourassa Reservoir ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

La Grande River → hasHydroelectricDevelopment → Robert-Bourassa generating station ⓘ
Hydro-Québec James Bay Project → notablePowerStation → Robert-Bourassa generating station ⓘ
Eeyou Istchee Baie-James → contains → Robert-Bourassa generating station ⓘ
Radisson, Quebec → nearbyHydroelectricGeneratingStation → Robert-Bourassa generating station ⓘ