United States

Ketchikan — 4 MW Hydroelectric

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Ketchikan is a 4 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
4 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1948

Year online

Owner
Ketchikan Public Utilities

Operator

Location
55.34, -131.63

Coordinates

Insights

#6,610
largest in %s
#6,682
largest %s worldwide
#30,486
largest worldwide
1948
%d yrs older than avg
5
operated by %s
10
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
4 MW
Commissioned
1948
Status
Operational
Owner
Ketchikan Public Utilities
Country
United States
Coordinates
55.345, -131.633

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
353 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
28,256 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

77
cars / year
47
homes / year
16,055
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Ketchikan is a 4.2 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Ketchikan Public Utilities since 1948.

Ranked #947 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 4.2 MW represents 0.004% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 117,947 MW. The largest hydro plant in the United States is Grand Coulee Dam at 6,809 MW, making Ketchikan 1,620 times smaller.

Nearby plants include S W Bailey (25.9 MW, Oil), Swan Lake (22.6 MW, Hydro), and Beaver Falls (5.4 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Alaska, approximately 1,600 km southeast of Anchorage.

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