Canada

Box Canyon — 15 MW Hydroelectric

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Box Canyon is a 15 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
15 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
BC Hydro

Operator

Location
49.60, -123.43

Coordinates

Insights

#649
largest in %s
#4,883
largest %s worldwide
#21,166
largest worldwide
2010
%d yrs newer than avg
50
operated by %s
44
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
15 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
BC Hydro
Country
Canada
Coordinates
49.601, -123.427

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,261 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
100,915 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

274
cars / year
168
homes / year
57,338
trees to offset

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

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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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United States

Box Canyon — 90 MW Hydroelectric

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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.

Capacity
90 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1955

Year online

Owner
PUD No 1 of Pend Oreille County

Operator

Location
48.78, -117.42

Coordinates

Insights

#2,298
largest in %s
#2,428
largest %s worldwide
#10,694
largest worldwide
1955
%d yrs older than avg
1
operated by %s
21
plants within 100 km

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

Annual CO₂
7,569 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
605,491 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,645
cars / year
1,009
homes / year
344,029
trees to offset

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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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