Dearborn is a 45 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
Coordinates
Insights
Location
Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 45 MW
- Commissioned
- 1923
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 34.558, -80.891
Carbon Footprint
tonnes / year
over ~80 yrs
Est. gCO2/kWh
Annual emissions equivalent to
Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator
Nearby Plants
McGuire
United States of America · Nuclear
McGuire Nuclear Station
United States of America · Nuclear
Vogtle
United States of America · Nuclear
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
United States of America · Nuclear
Catawba
United States of America · Nuclear
Catawba Nuclear Station
United States of America · Nuclear
About this plant
Dearborn is a 45 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC since 1923.
Ranked #322 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 45 MW represents 0.04% of the United States’ total hydro capacity of 117,947 MW. The largest hydro plant in the United States is the Grand Coulee Dam at 6,809 MW, making Dearborn 151 times smaller.
Nearby plants include V C Summer (1029.6 MW, Nuclear) and Fairfield Pumped Storage (587.2 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in South Carolina, approximately 50 km northeast of Columbia.
More Hydroelectric plants
Spotted an error?
Our data is community-verified. If any detail looks wrong or out of date, suggest a correction below — our team reviews and applies approved changes across all languages.