United States

Lookout Shoals — 26 MW Hydroelectric

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Lookout Shoals is a 26 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
26 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1916

Year online

Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

Operator

Location
35.76, -81.09

Coordinates

Insights

#3,637
largest in %s
#4,064
largest %s worldwide
#17,607
largest worldwide
1916
%d yrs older than avg
32
operated by %s
164
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
26 MW
Commissioned
1916
Status
Operational
Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
Country
United States
Coordinates
35.758, -81.089

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
2,170 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
173,574 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

472
cars / year
289
homes / year
98,622
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Lookout Shoals is a 25.8 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC since 1916.

Ranked #444 of 1,469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 25.8 MW represents 0.02% of the country’s 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 Lookout Shoals 263 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include McGuire (2,440.6 MW, Nuclear) and Marshall (NC) (2,119 MW, Coal). The facility is located in North Carolina, approximately 40 km northwest of Charlotte.

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