Box Canyon is a 15 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
Coordinates
Insights
Location
Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 15 MW
- Commissioned
- 2010
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- BC Hydro
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 49.601, -123.427
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About this plant
Box Canyon is a 15 MW hydro power plant in Canada, operated since its commissioning year.
Ranked #298 of 612 hydro plants in Canada, Box Canyon contributes 0.01% of Canada’s total hydro capacity of 102,715 MW. The largest hydro plant in Canada is Centrale Robert-Bourassa at 5,616 MW, making Box Canyon 374.4 times smaller.
Nearby plants include Cheakamus (158 MW, Hydro), Cheakamus/Squamish River Powerhouse (157 MW, Hydro), and Howe Sound Pulp & Paper Corp (112 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in British Columbia, approximately 60 km north of Vancouver.
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Box Canyon is a 90 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
- 90 MW
- Commissioned
- 1955
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- PUD No 1 of Pend Oreille County
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 48.781, -117.418
Estimated Carbon Footprint
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Nearby Stations
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About this plant
Box Canyon is a 90 MW hydroelectric power plant in the United States, operated by PUD No 1 of Pend Oreille County since 1955.
Ranked #219 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 90 MW accounts for 0.08% of the United States’ total hydro capacity of 117,947 MW. The largest hydro plant in the United States is Grand Coulee Dam at 6,809 MW, making Box Canyon 75.7 times smaller.
Nearby plants include Boundary (1118.6 MW, Hydro), Seven Mile (805 MW, Hydro), and Waneta (493.2 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Washington, approximately 80 km northeast of Spokane.
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