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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Kettle Generating Station canonical 6

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

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Nelson River hasHydroelectricStation Kettle Generating Station
Long Spruce Generating Station isUpstreamOf Kettle Generating Station
Long Spruce Generating Station isDownstreamOf Kettle Generating Station
Limestone Generating Station locatedDownstreamOf Kettle Generating Station
Gillam, Manitoba hasNearbyFacility Kettle Generating Station
Split Lake, Manitoba nearbyHydroelectricProject Kettle Generating Station