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{{Short description|Hydroelectric station in Saskatchewan, Canada}}
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|name                = Coteau Creek Hydroelectric Station
|image               = Coteau Creek GS.JPG
|image_caption       = Couteau Creek powerhouse seen from upstream (south) side
|location_map        = Saskatchewan
|country             = Canada
|location            = [[Fertile Valley No. 285, Saskatchewan|Fertile Valley No. 285]], near [[Gardiner Dam]], [[Saskatchewan]]
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|status              = O
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| opening                = June 7, 1969
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| owner                  = [[SaskPower]]
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'''Coteau Creek Hydroelectric Station''' is a [[hydroelectric]] station owned by [[SaskPower]], located near [[Danielson Provincial Park]] about {{convert|100|km}} south-west of [[Saskatoon]], between the towns of [[Outlook, Saskatchewan|Outlook]] and [[Elbow, Saskatchewan|Elbow]]. The station is on the [[South Saskatchewan River]] and draws water from the [[Gardiner Dam]] and is named after a nearby tributary to the [[South Saskatchewan River]].
The Gardiner Dam was constructed between 1959 and 1967. The generating station required nearly three years to construct at a cost of CDN $40 million and became operational in 1969.<ref>[http://www.saskpower.com/pm/collections/cc_guide.pdf Tour brochure ]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==  Description ==
The Coteau Creek Hydroelectric Station has three 62 net MW vertical [[Francis turbine|Francis]] turbine-generator units. The turbines were supplied by [[English Electric]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.industcards.com/hydro-canada-sk.htm# |title=Hydroelectric Plants in Saskatchewan |access-date=2010-03-21 |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090718104928/http://www.industcards.com/hydro%2Dcanada%2Dsk.htm# |archive-date=2009-07-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.saskpower.com/aboutus/corpinfo/power_generation_facilities/hydroelectric_stations/coteau_creek_hydroelectric_station.shtml Plant Description] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017090423/http://www.saskpower.com/aboutus/corpinfo/power_generation_facilities/hydroelectric_stations/coteau_creek_hydroelectric_station.shtml |date=2009-10-17 }}</ref> with generators made by the Canadian division of Westinghouse. Each turbine draws water from an intake and control structure on Gardiner Dam, through an underground steel [[penstock]].
The powerhouse building is 87.5 metres long, 20.1 metres wide and 38.4 metres high. In a normal waterflow year, the station can generate 800 million kilowatthours, about 5% of Saskatchewan's annual electric energy (as much as 100,000 Saskpower customers use in a year).<ref>Saskpower, ''Coteau Creek Power Station", pamphlet number 4440.5 Sep. 06</ref> A nearby [[Electrical substation|substation]] contains [[circuit breaker]]s and other apparatus that connects the power station to the transmission grid.
[[File:Coteau GS Interior.JPG|thumb|right|Interior of Coteau Creek powerhouse during 2013 rewind of Unit 2 generator.]]
== See also ==
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* [[List of generating stations in Saskatchewan]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091017090423/http://www.saskpower.com/aboutus/corpinfo/power_generation_facilities/hydroelectric_stations/coteau_creek_hydroelectric_station.shtml  SaskPower Station Description]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110111065828/http://www.tpcs.gov.sk.ca/danielson Danielson Provincial Park]
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[[Category:Fertile Valley No. 285, Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:Hydroelectric power stations in Saskatchewan]]
[[Category:SaskPower]]