CLEAN, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY FOR B.C.
BC
channel to allow for construction of the earthfill dam. • Worker accommodation at the
Hydro’s Site C
In December 2014, the Site C Project
Clean Energy
received approval from the provincial
dam site, with other workers being
Project will be
government, and construction started
housed off site and in the region.
the third dam
in summer 2015. The first generators
and hydroelectric generating station
are currently scheduled to be online
on the Peace River in northeast B.C.
in 2024 and the project is presently
It will provide 1,100 megawatts (MW)
expected to be completed in 2025.
of capacity, and produce about 5,100
Once built, Site C will be a source
gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity
of clean, reliable, and affordable
each year — enough energy to power
electricity in B.C. for more than 100
the equivalent of approximately
years.
450,000 homes per year in B.C.
• T he realignment of six segments of Highway 29 over a total distance of 30 kilometres. • Shoreline protection at Hudson’s Hope. • Two new 500 kilovolt AC transmission lines that will connect
The project design for the Site C
the Site C facilities to the existing
As the third project on one river
Clean Energy Project includes the
Peace Canyon Substation, along an
system, Site C will gain significant
following key components:
existing right-of-way.
efficiencies by taking advantage of water already stored in the Williston Reservoir. This means that Site C will generate approximately 35 per cent of the energy produced at W.A.C. Bennett Dam, with only five per cent of the reservoir area.
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Rendering of the Site C dam, generating station, and spillways.
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• Access roads in the vicinity of the
• A n 800-metre roller-compacted-
site and a temporary construction
concrete buttress to enhance
access bridge across the Peace River
seismic protection.
at the dam site. • Construction of two temporary cofferdams across the main river
• A n earthfill dam, approximately 1,050 metres long and 60 metres high above the riverbed.
