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Laforge-2 is a hydroelectric generating station on the Laforge River, a tributary of the La Grande River, and is part of Hydro-Québec's James Bay Project. The station can generate 319 MW and was commissioned in 1996. A "run of the river" generating station, it is one of only two generating stations of the James Bay Project that use a reservoir without any major waterlevel fluctuations (the La Grande-1 is the other). Thus, the amount of electricity generated by the station depends almost entirely on the waterflow of the river, which is largely controlled by upstream reservoirs and generating stations.
| Laforge-2 generating station |
| Year commissioned: |
1996 |
| Installed capacity: |
319 MW |
| Number of turbines: |
2 |
| Turbine capacity: |
159.5 MW |
| Type of turbine: |
Kaplan |
| Net rated head: |
27.4 m (89.9 ft) |
| Distance from James Bay: |
713 km (443 mile) |
| Size of reservoir: |
260 km² (100 mile²) |
| Spillway capacity: |
2350 m³/s (3074 yd³/s) |
- Source: Hydro-Québec, The La Grande Complex visitor booklet, 2004.
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