Energy Maps
Source: | · ATLANTICA CENTRE FOR ENERGY · | October, 2024
Atlantic Canada has a diverse and vast array of energy resources used to supply power to the many homes, schools, hospitals and businesses in the region. The amount of energy needed for the different Atlantic province varies and each has its own ‘electricity mix’ featuring assets like wind farms, thermal plants, hydroelectric stations, solar projects, and more!
Because of how vital energy is for day-to-day living, especially during the winter heating season in Atlantic Canada, it is important that our baseload energy resources remain dependable as we transition to a more sustainable future. The Energy Maps were designed to educate and raise awareness of the region’s current energy infrastructure, and will be maintained to reflect how the energy sector develops overtime with the transition to net-zero emissions.
Click on a province using the icon to access its interactive energy map that explains each region’s total energy infrastructure.
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.