Brandywine Creek Hydro Facility
The Brandywine Creek hydroelectric plant is a 7.6 megawatt (MW), run-of-river project located approximately 100 km north of Vancouver near Whistler. This plant generates 35,000 megawatt-hours per year of clean, renewable electricity, or enough electricity to power approximately 3,500 homes.
The plant is located on Brandywine Creek. This project was awarded a 20-year power purchase agreement in BC Hydro’s 2001 Call for Green Energy Projects. The project was commissioned in May 2005.
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Skookum Creek Hydro Facility
The Skookum Creek hydroelectric plant is a 27.5 megawatt (MW), run-of-river project located approximately 70 km north of Vancouver and 12 km east of Squamish, BC, in the Sea to Sky corridor. This plant generates 85,000 megawatt-hours per year of clean, renewable electricity, or enough electricity to power approximately 8,300 homes.
The plant is located on Skookum Creek, a tributary of the Mamquam River. The plant is connected to the BC Hydro grid at Squamish via a 21 km, 138kV transmission line. The project was commissioned in May 2014.
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Wedgemount Creek Hydro Facility
The Wedgemount Creek hydroelectric plant is a 5.4 megawatt (MW), run-of-river project located approximately 15 km north of Whistler. This plant generates 20,000 megawatt-hours per year of clean, renewable electricity, or enough electricity to power approximately 1,900 homes.
The plant is located on Wedgemount Creek, a tributary of Green Lake. The project was commissioned in May 2022.
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Upper Mamquam Hydro Facility
The Upper Mamquam hydroelectric plant is a 25 megawatt (MW), run-of-river project located approximately 7km east of the town of Squamish and 40km north of the city of Vancouver. This plant generates 93,050 megawatt-hours per year of clean, renewable electricity, or enough electricity to power approximately 8,900 homes.
The plant diverts water from the Mamquam river headworks and was commissioned in July 2005.
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