Laforge-2 generating station explained

Laforge-2 generating station
Name Official:Centrale Laforge-2
Dam Crosses:Laforge River
Location:Baie-James, Quebec, Canada
Plant Hydraulic Head:27.4m (89.9feet)
Spillway Capacity:23500NaN0
Opening:1996
Owner:Hydro-Québec
Res Name:Laforge-2 Reservoir
Res Surface:2600NaN0
Plant Turbines:2 × 159.5 MW (Kaplan turbine)
Plant Capacity:319 MW
Coordinates:54.5889°N -71.2806°W
Extra:Hydro-Québec, The La Grande Complex visitor booklet, 2004,

The Laforge-2 is a hydroelectric generating station on the Laforge River, a tributary of the La Grande River, and is part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project. The station can generate 319 MW and was commissioned in 1996. It is considered a "run of the river" generating station since the Laforge-2 Reservoir is located much farther upstream. Together with La Grande-1, they are the only two generating stations of the James Bay Project that use a reservoir without any major waterlevel fluctuations. Thus, the amount of electricity generated by the station depends almost entirely on the waterflow of the river, which is largely controlled by upstream reservoirs and generating stations.

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