Turbine Floor

Inside the main turbine hall are six Kaplan turbines capable of generating 672 MW of electricity. The first turbine was installed in 1968 when the Mactaquac Generating Station went online, and the newest was activated in 1980. In its simplest form, the generator consists of a magnet rotating inside a wire coil. This creates alternating currents in the stator winding and results in electricity. At the Mactaquac Generating Station, the massive generators function in the same way.