SPOTLIGHT: New Brunswick’s Energy Resources – Atlantica Centre for Energy: Learn More Here:

New Brunswick is a province rich in natural resources and its diversity of energy assets. Its electricity distribution system has a total generating capacity of 4,415 Megawatts (MW) and is produced by assets like hydropower stations, windfarms, thermal plants, combustion turbines, biomass facilities, and the only nuclear station in Atlantic Canada. New Brunswick is also home to Canada’s largest refinery and its first state-of-the-art receiving and regasification terminal for liquified natural gas. The primary utility is NB Power, owned by the province, alongside other local utilities like Saint John Energy, Liberty, Perth-Andover Electric Light Commission, etc.

Access the Interactive Map HERE: You’ll be able to click the icons on the map below to explore New Brunswick’s total energy infrastructure and access descriptions for each.

Clean-Energy Assets: 2063.5 MW

Nuclear: 660 MW

• Point Lepreau – 660 MW

Hydroelectric: 929 MW

• Edmundston Energy – 8.5 MW
• Sisson – 9 MW
• Nepisiguit – 10.5 MW
• George – 15 MW
• Tobique – 20 MW
• Perth-Andover – 34 MW
• Grand Falls – 66 MW
• Beechwood – 113 MW
• Mactaquac – 653 MW

Wind: 355.5 MW

• Cap-Pelé – 2.4 MW
• Oinpegitjoig – 3.8 MW
• Wisokolamson – 18 MW
• Wocawson – 20 MW
• Lamèque Wind Farm – 45 MW
• Caribou Wind Farm – 99 MW
• Kent Hills – 167.3 MW

Biomass: 119 MW

• Twin Rivers Paper – 39 MW PPA
• Irving Pulp & Paper, Saint John – 33 MW PPA
• AV Nackawic – 26 MW PPA
• AV Cell Inc. – 21 MW PPA

Solar:

• Shediac
  • The Shediac Smart Energy Project
• Moncton
  • The North Branch Energy Neighbourhood Project

Other Energy Assets

Clusters:

• Saint John
  • The Saint John Energy Innovation Cluster
• Fredericton
  • The Fredericton Smart Grid Cluster

Oil & Gas Assets: (2352 MW)

Thermal Generation: (1724 MW)

• Coleson Cove – 972 MW
• Belledune – 467 MW
• Bayside Power – 285 MW

Combustion Turbines: (628 MW)

• Grand Manan – 38 MW
• Rose – 100 MW
• Millbank – 400 MW
• TC Energy’s Cogeneration Power Plant – 90 MW

Oil Refining:

• Irving Oil Refinery

Gas Pipelines:

• Emera Brunswick Pipeline: 0.85 Bcf/day
• Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline: 0.55 Bcf/day (Canadian portion), 0.83 Bcf/day (US portion)

Natural Gas Field:

• Headwater Exploration
• Saint John LNG – 1.2 Bcf/day

Natural Gas Availability:

• Fredericton
• Moncton
• Saint John
• Lincoln
• Hanwell
• Sitansisk (St-Mary’s First Nation)
• Oromocto
• St-Stephen
• St-George
• Dieppe
• Riverview
• Sackville
• Dorchester
• Havelock

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