Outardes-2

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox power station

|name = Outardes-2 generating station

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|country = Canada

|location = Pointe-aux-Outardes / Ragueneau, Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, Quebec, near Baie-Comeau

| coordinates = {{coord|49|09|03|N|68|23|23|W|type:landmark_region:CA|display=inline,title}}

|owner = Hydro-Québec

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|th_fuel_primary =

|th_technology = Hydroelectric

|th_combined_cycle =

|ps_units_operational= 3 x Francis turbines

|ps_electrical_capacity= 523 MW

|commissioned = 1978

|decommissioned =

}}

Outardes-2 is a hydroelectric power station and dam on the Outardes River {{convert|15|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} southwest of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. The power station was commissioned in 1978 and is run-of-the-river.{{cite web|title=Hydroelectric Plants in Quebec|url=http://www.industcards.com/hydro-canada-qc.htm|publisher=Power Plants Around The World|accessdate=20 August 2010|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090719052842/http%3A//www.industcards.com/hydro%2Dcanada%2Dqc.htm|archivedate=19 July 2009}}{{cite web|title=Hydroelectric Generating Stations|url=http://www.hydroquebec.com/generation/centrale-hydroelectrique.html|publisher=HydroQuebec|accessdate=20 August 2010}}

Outardes-2 was built in conjunction with the Manicouagan-Outardes project and is located at the mouth of the Outardes River by Noye Bay. Just west of the power station was another that had been owned and operated by the Quebec North Shore Paper Company since 1937. Instead of raising the reservoir as initially envisioned, Outardes-2 was constructed to better exploit the river flow.{{harvnb|Paradis|1967|pp=47–50}}