Hydro-Québec James Bay Project

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hydroelectric development project

The Hydro-Québec James Bay Project is a massive hydroelectric development in northern Quebec comprising a complex of dams, reservoirs, and power stations that harness the region’s large rivers to generate electricity.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
James Bay Project 3
James Bay hydroelectric development project 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric development project ⓘ
announced early 1970s ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
developer Hydro-Québec NERFINISHED ⓘ
electricityExportsTo Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
environmentalImpact changes to fish habitat ⓘ
flooding of boreal forest ⓘ
river flow alteration ⓘ
firstPhaseCompletion 1980s ⓘ
gridConnection Hydro-Québec transmission network NERFINISHED ⓘ
impactOn Cree communities ⓘ
Inuit communities ⓘ
installedCapacity over 16,000 MW ⓘ
locatedIn James Bay region NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Quebec ⓘ
notableDam La Grande-2-A Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Grande-3 Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Grande-4 Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert-Bourassa Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePowerStation Eastmain-1 generating station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eastmain-1-A generating station NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Grande-1 generating station NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Grande-2-A generating station NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Grande-3 generating station NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Grande-4 generating station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert-Bourassa generating station NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sarcelle generating station NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableReservoir La Grande-3 Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Grande-4 Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert-Bourassa Reservoir NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner Hydro-Québec NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Quebec energy policy ⓘ
plannedBy Government of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose electricity generation ⓘ
regionType subarctic ⓘ
riverSystem Eastmain River NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Grande River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rupert River NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondPhaseDevelopment 1990s ⓘ
2000s ⓘ
startOfConstruction 1971 ⓘ
subjectOfAgreement James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paix des Braves agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses dams ⓘ
hydroelectric power stations ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ

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

James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement → createdAsResponseTo → Hydro-Québec James Bay Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Bay hydroelectric development project
Nord-du-Québec → hasHydroelectricComplex → Hydro-Québec James Bay Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Bay Project
Hydro-Québec → hasMajorProject → Hydro-Québec James Bay Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Bay Project
La Grande River → hasRelatedProject → Hydro-Québec James Bay Project ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Bay Project
La Grande River → partOf → Hydro-Québec James Bay Project ⓘ