Robson Valley Hydroelectric Project, McBride — Build Almanac

Stage: Approvedreported Oct 2025
Value: C$200Mfrom BC Major Projects Inventory
Capacity: Not published
Owner: Not published
Last checked: 30 Sep 2025

Stage timeline

Proposedreported 30 Sep 2025
Approvedreported Oct 2025
Under constructionNot yet
CompleteNot yet

Series of ten run-of-river plants with a total of 76.5 MW located on tributaries in the Holmes watershed. The project, 12 km east of McBride, has water licences and land tenures in place and have qualified for BC Hydro's Standing Offer Program.

From the project's description in B.C. Major Projects Inventory, Open Government Licence – British Columbia; shortened to whole sentences where long.

Facts

Type: Dams and power generation (hydro) · Dams and power generation in British Columbia
Location: McBride
Municipality: McBride
Province or state: British Columbia, Canada · All of Canada

Nearby projects

Biomass Project - McBride · Dams and power generation · Proposed · about 29 km away
Canoe Reach Geothermal Energy Project · Dams and power generation · Proposed · about 69 km away (an approximate location)
Summit Coal/Mine 14 · Mines · Proposed · about 96 km away

Latest updates

30 Sep 2025: first recorded here. BC Major Projects Inventory, 30 Sep 2025 edition.

Stage history

Proposed BC Major Projects Inventory: Proposed: Consultation/Approvals (as of 30 Sep 2025)
Approved NRCan Major Projects Inventory: Approved (as of 1 Oct 2025)

Sources

BC Major Projects Inventory: MPI project 3044 (as of 30 Sep 2025)
NRCan Major Projects Inventory: MPI 2025 project 0545 (as of 1 Oct 2025)

Licences: Open Government Licence – British Columbia; Open Government Licence – Canada. Full credits: Data sources and licences.

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