2018 Award of Excellence
Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards
20,000
homes powered
115,000 metric tons
per year of GhG emissions saved
29 MW
generating capacity
Challenges
- Redevelop the existing hydroelectric generating facilities on Chaudière Island on the Ottawa River.
- Construct a new 29 MW generating station with an enlarged intake and discharge channel, and retire the existing Ottawa No. 2 (6 MW) and Ottawa No. 3 (3 MW) stations from service.
- Generate clean, renewable energy while reducing the impact to the environment, providing a public place for everyone’s enjoyment, and paying tribute to Canada’s native peoples and history.
Solutions
- We are providing full EPCM services for the design and execution.
- The plant will have an enlarged and hydraulic-efficient intake and discharge channel, allowing a maximum of 340 m3/s through the facility.
- Design includes a downstream passage protection system for the endangered American eel and a spawning habitat for lake sturgeon in the tailrace. An upstream eel passage has also been incorporated into the permanent works.
Highlights
- The power facility design includes safe viewing platforms, greater public access along a corridor on the new hydro facility’s roof to the newly constructed public plaza, and uninhibited views of the existing dam and Ottawa River.
- Two of the oldest existing buildings on the site will be restored and repurposed.
Project numbers
29 MW powerhouse4 turbine generator sets
164 GWh /year of power
Services & technologies provided