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Site C Clean
Energy Project
$16 BILLION
The Peace River already has two large hydroelectric facilities (W.A.C. Bennett
Dam and Peace Canyon Dam) that rely primarily on the Williston Reservoir for water
storage. As the third project on the Peace River, Site C will rely on water already
stored in the Williston Reservoir. This means that Site C will generate about 35
per cent of the energy produced at W.A.C. Bennett Dam, with only five per cent of
the reservoir area. Construction on Site C began in July 2015. The project is more
than 80 per cent complete and remains on-track to have all six generating units
in-service by 2025. In July 2023, BC Hydro announced the completion of the earth10
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Location: Near Fort St. John, B.C.
Owner: BC Hydro
DB(F)OM Team (Site C accommodation lodge): ATCO Two Rivers Lodging Group—
ATCO Structures & Logistics Ltd. and Bird Design Build Construction Inc.
Contractor: Peace River Hydro Partners—ACCIONA Infrastructure Canada, and
Samsung C&T Canada (main civil works construction)
AFDE Partnership—Aecon, Dragados, Flatiron, EBC (spillways civil works)
Allteck Line Contractors Inc. (transmission line, Site C to Peace Canyon generating
station)
F&M Installations Ltd. (substation construction, balance of plant – electrical)
Mitchell Installations Ltd. (balance of plant – mechanical)
Engineer: Klohn Crippen Berger and AtkinsRéalis (engineering and design - dam
and reservoir); Tetra Tech; BGC Engineering; WSP; R.F. Binnie & Associates; Lasalle
| NHC (engineering and design - other); Associated Engineering (owner’s team design); Wood E&I (WSP) (environmental/materials tester)
Environmental Services: Golder-a WSP company (EA and permitting, archaeology,
agriculture, fisheries and aquatics, socio economics); Pathfinder Endeavours Ltd.;
Keystone Wildlife Research Ltd.; McMillen; RWDI Air Inc.; Knight Piésold; Industrial
Forestry Service Ltd. (environmental and regulatory work); Morrison Hershfield
(project review for EA authority); Hemmera
Other Key Players: AL Sims and Sons (road improvements); Aon (risk advisor);
BTY Group (cost consultant); Hatch (environmental permitting); KPMG (lead
commercial advisor); McElhanney (engineer, materials testing, environment, and
survey); McMillen Jacobs Associates (dam/tunnel analyses: design of tunnel
support); Morgan Construction and Environmental (north bank); Paul Paquette &
Son’s Contracting (south bank); Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning
Ltd.; WSP; ATCO Two Rivers Lodging Group (worker accommodation lodge); Paul
Paquette and Son’s Contracting Ltd. (south bank clearing); Morgan Construction
and Environmental Ltd. (north bank site preparation); Englobe (quality assurance
services); Colliers Project Leaders; AGAT Labs; Hanscomb (cost consultant);
Deloitte (risk advisor); HKA; EY (management consultant)
Suppliers: Voith Hydro (turbine and generator); ATB Riva Calzoni Hydro Canada Inc.
(hydromechanical equipment); Advanced Precast
Legal: Dentons Canada (owner’s counsel); Borden Ladner Gervais (legal advisor);
Bennett Jones (acted for successful proponent)
Substantial Completion: 2025
Funding: Public
fill dam. The earthfill dam stands about 60 metres tall (the height of a 20-storey
building), stretches more than one kilometre across the Peace River and is about
500 metres wide at its base. The completion of the earthfill dam was one of the
essential milestones required before we can begin filling the Site C reservoir. Filling
the reservoir is one of the last steps in building Site C as it allows us to put the
generating station, spillways, turbines and generators into operation. The reservoir
will be more than 80 kilometres long and cover 5,550 hectares of land, with a total
surface area of 9,330 hectares. It will take two to four months to fill the reservoir.
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