Upper Lillooet is an 81.4MW hydro power project. It is located on Lillooet river/basin in British Columbia, 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. The project construction commenced in 2013 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2017. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project is developed and owned by Creek Power. The company has a stake of 100%.
Upper Lillooet is a run-of-river project. The gross head of the project is 187m. The penstock length is 1,400m. The project generated 334.4 GWh of electricity. The project cost is $327.1m.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2013 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2017.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to BC Hydro under a power purchase agreement for a period of 40 years. The contracted capacity is 334GWh.
Contractors involved
Andritz Hydro was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 1 unit of francis turbine with 7.4MW nameplate capacity.
Andritz Hydro was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 4 units of francis turbines, each with 18.5MW nameplate capacity.
Andritz Hydro supplied 1 electric generator for the project. The generator capacity is 10.5 MVA.
Andritz Hydro supplied 3 electric generators for the project. The generator capacity is 28.6 MVA.
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