Selkirk Generating Station is a natural gas-fired station owned by Manitoba Hydro. It is located just across the Red River from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada, in the Rural Municipality of St. Clements.
Selkirk Generating Station | |
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Country | Canada |
Location | St. Clements, Manitoba |
Coordinates | 50°8′03″N 96°51′05″W / 50.13417°N 96.85139°W |
Status | Decommissioned |
Commission date | 1961 |
Decommission date | 2020 |
Owner | Manitoba Hydro |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Natural gas |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 132 MW |
Construction began in 1957, and the station went into commercial service in 1961[1] with two 66 MW steam turbine-generator units burning lignite coal from Saskatchewan. In 2002 it was converted to burn natural gas, at a cost of $30 million.[2]
The station was decommissioned in 2020.[3]
References
edit- ^ Plant Description Archived 19 July 2009 at the Portuguese Web Archive
- ^ http://www.hydro.mb.ca/corporate/facilities/gs_selkirk.shtml Manitoba Hydro description retrieved 2013 March 6
- ^ "Manitoba Hydro to decommission Selkirk Generating Station". www.hydro.mb.ca. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2024.