Caribou Falls is a 91MW hydro power project. It is located on English river/basin in Ontario, Canada. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1958. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project was developed by Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario and is currently owned by Ontario Power Generation with a stake of 100%.
Caribou Falls is a run-of-river project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 1,948.91 million cubic meter. Caribou Falls underwent through rehabilitation & modernization during 2006.
Development status
The project got commissioned in 1958.
Contractors involved
Andritz Hydro was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 3 units of propeller turbines, each with 30.33MW nameplate capacity.
Canadian General Electric supplied 3 electric generators for the project.
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