Laforge-1 generating station
The Laforge-1 is a hydroelectric power station on the Laforge River, a tributary of the La Grande River, and is part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project. Commissioned in 1993–1994, it generates up to 878 MW through the reservoir and dam system.
- Type: Power station
- Description: hydroelectric power station
- Also known as: “Laforge 1 vannkraftverk” and “Laforge 1-reservoaret”
Laforge-1 generating station
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Baie-James, Nord-du-Québec, Northern Quebec, Quebec, Canada, North America
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Latitude
54.1691° or 54° 10′ 9″ north
Longitude
-72.61513° or 72° 36′ 55″ west
Elevation
431 metres (1,414 feet)
Operator
Hydro-Québec
Open location code
9769599M+JW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Laforge-1 generating station” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Réservoir Laforge 1”
- French: “centrale Laforge-1”
- French: “Centrale Laforge-1”
- German: “Wasserkraftwerk Laforge-1”
- Japanese: “ラフォージ第一発電所”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Laforge 1-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Laforge 1-demningen”
- Spanish: “Laforge-1”
- Swedish: “Réservoir Laforge 1”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Лафорж-1”
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