1,050 metres long and 60 metres high
Six 183 megawatt generators, for a combined 1,100 megawatt capacity
5,100 gigawatt hours per year, enough to power 450,000 homes
83 kilometre-long reservoir, covering 9,330 hectares
5,550 hectares of land flooded, including 3,800 hectares of class 1 and 2 farmland
$7.9 billion in construction costs
$83 per megawatt hour production costs once operational
33,000 jobs during construction, totaling 10,000 person years of work
100 years estimated operating life
30 kilometres of Highway 29 will have to be realigned
10.5 grams of carbon dioxide equivilent greenhouse gas emissions per kilowatt hour produced (gCO2/KWh), compared to 14 gCO2/KWh on average for wind power, 545 gCO/KWh average for natural gas and 1,000 gCO2/KWh average for coal
More than 500 open houses, public consultations, presentations and public meetings
Consultation with 50 First Nations groups
1,546 comments, written submissions and responses to the joint review panel
