United States

Fremont Canyon — 67 MW Hydroelectric

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Fremont Canyon is a 67 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
67 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1961

Year online

Owner
U S Bureau of Reclamation

Operator

Location
42.48, -106.80

Coordinates

Insights

#2,644
largest in %s
#2,824
largest %s worldwide
#11,940
largest worldwide
1961
%d yrs older than avg
59
operated by %s
18
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
67 MW
Commissioned
1961
Status
Operational
Owner
U S Bureau of Reclamation
Country
United States
Coordinates
42.477, -106.796

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
5,618 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
449,409 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,221
cars / year
749
homes / year
255,346
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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About this plant

Fremont Canyon is a 66.8 MW hydroelectric power plant in the United States, operated by the U S Bureau of Reclamation since its commissioning in 1961.

Ranked #269 of 1,469 hydro plants in the United States, it accounts for 0.06% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 117,947 MW. The largest hydro plant in the United States is Grand Coulee Dam at 6,809 MW, making Fremont Canyon 102.5 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Seminoe (51.6 MW, Hydro), Alcova (41.4 MW, Hydro), and Kortes (36 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Wyoming, approximately 150 km southwest of Casper.

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