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Kuusankoski ve — 30 MW Hydroelectric

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Kuusankoski ve is a 30 MW hydro power plant located in Finland. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
30 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2000

Year online

Owner
UPM-Kymmene Oyj

Operator

Location
60.90, 26.63

Coordinates

Insights

#75
largest in %s
#3,804
largest %s worldwide
#16,429
largest worldwide
2000
%d yrs newer than avg
10
operated by %s
17
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
30 MW
Commissioned
2000
Status
Operational
Owner
UPM-Kymmene Oyj
Country
Finland
Coordinates
60.900, 26.633

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
2,523 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
201,830 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

548
cars / year
336
homes / year
114,676
trees to offset

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

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Loviisa Y1

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Vuosaari A

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163MW · 2001

Porvoo kt 2

Finland · Natural Gas

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Rauhalahti

Finland · Biomass

80MW

Porvoo

Finland · Oil

76MW · 1990

About this plant

Kuusankoski ve is a 30 MW hydro power plant in Finland, operated by UPM-Kymmene Oyj.

Ranked #26 of 95 hydro plants in Finland, Kuusankoski ve’s 30 MW accounts for 1.26% of Finland’s total hydro capacity of 2,382 MW. The largest hydro plant in Finland is Imatra at 192 MW, making Kuusankoski ve 6.4 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Kuusankoski bv (76 MW, Biomass), Kotka (72 MW, Biomass), and Voikkaa ve 1 (32.9 MW, Hydro). The facility is situated in Kymenlaakso region, approximately 130 km northeast of Helsinki.

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