Kettle Generating Station

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Kettle Generating Station is a major hydroelectric power plant on Manitoba’s Nelson River that forms part of the large-scale northern generating system supplying electricity to the province.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station
run-of-the-river generating station
commissioningEndDate 1974
commissioningStartDate 1970
connectsTo Nelson River HVDC transmission system NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1966
country Canada
developer Manitoba Hydro NERFINISHED
environmentalImpact modification of Nelson River flow regime
formsBackboneOf Manitoba Hydro northern generation system NERFINISHED
formsPartOf Manitoba Hydro northern generating complex NERFINISHED
Nelson River Hydroelectric Project NERFINISHED
fuelType water
gridConnectionVoltage high-voltage transmission
gridServed Manitoba electrical grid NERFINISHED
hasDam Kettle Dam NERFINISHED
hasGenerationMethod conventional hydroelectric
hasInfrastructureType large-scale generating station
hasNumberOfTurbines 12
hasReservoir Kettle Reservoir NERFINISHED
hasSpillway yes
hasTypeOfOwnership public utility
isDownstreamOf Kelsey Generating Station NERFINISHED
isOnContinent North America NERFINISHED
isUpstreamOf Long Spruce Generating Station NERFINISHED
locatedIn Manitoba
locatedInBasin Hudson Bay drainage basin NERFINISHED
locatedInCountrySubdivision Province of Manitoba NERFINISHED
locatedNear Gillam, Manitoba NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Nelson River NERFINISHED
nearIndigenousCommunities Fox Lake Cree Nation NERFINISHED
Tataskweyak Cree Nation NERFINISHED
operator Manitoba Hydro NERFINISHED
ownedBy Manitoba Hydro NERFINISHED
partOf Manitoba Hydro northern generating system NERFINISHED
plantType low-head hydroelectric plant
primaryEnergySource hydropower
projectPhase completed
purpose electricity generation
region Northern Manitoba NERFINISHED
status operational
suppliesElectricityTo Manitoba NERFINISHED
export markets in the United States
turbineType Kaplan turbine NERFINISHED
watercourse Nelson River NERFINISHED

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Nelson River hasHydroelectricStation Kettle Generating Station