United States

Beaver Falls — 5 MW Hydroelectric

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Beaver Falls is a 5 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
5 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1952

Year online

Owner
Ketchikan Public Utilities

Operator

Location
55.38, -131.47

Coordinates

Insights

#5,720
largest in %s
#6,361
largest %s worldwide
#28,050
largest worldwide
1952
%d yrs older than avg
5
operated by %s
9
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
5 MW
Commissioned
1952
Status
Operational
Owner
Ketchikan Public Utilities
Country
United States
Coordinates
55.380, -131.470

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
454 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
36,329 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

99
cars / year
61
homes / year
20,642
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Beaver Falls is a 5.4 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Ketchikan Public Utilities since 1952.

Ranked #852 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 5.4 MW represents 0.005% 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 Beaver Falls 1,260 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include S W Bailey (25.9 MW, Oil), Swan Lake (22.6 MW, Hydro), and Whitman (4.8 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Alaska, approximately 1,200 km southeast of Anchorage.

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