Bécancour cogeneration plant

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Bécancour cogeneration plant is an operating power station of at least 550-megawatts (MW) in Bécancour, Québec, Canada.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bécancour cogeneration plant Bécancour, Québec, Canada 46.367491, -72.403661 (exact)[1]

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • 1: 46.367491, -72.403661

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year
1 Operating[2][3] fossil gas: natural gas[1] 550[3] combined cycle[3] yes[2] 2006[2]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Operator Owner Parent
1 TransCanada Québec[2] TC Energy Corp [100%][3] TC Energy Corp [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): heat[2]
  • Captive industry: Other[2]
  • Non-industry use: power[2]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20210514160448/http://nacei.org/content/documents/PowerPlantsAllGE100MW_NorthAmerica_201708.xlsx. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220621001330/https://www.tcenergy.com/siteassets/pdfs/power/becancour/transcanada-becancour-cogeneration-plant-fact-sheet-2018.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20221206003628/https://www.tcenergy.com/operations/power/becancour-cogeneration-plant/. Archived from the original on 06 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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