United States

Cottonwood — 2 MW Hydroelectric

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Cottonwood is a 2 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
2 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1908

Year online

Owner
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Operator

Location
36.44, -118.04

Coordinates

Insights

#8,705
largest in United States of America
#7,684
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#35,482
largest worldwide
1908
76 yrs older than avg
33
operated by Los Angeles Department…
23
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
2 MW
Commissioned
1908
Status
Operational
Owner
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Country
United States
Coordinates
36.443, -118.044

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
135 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
10,764 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

29
cars per year
18
homes per year
6,116
trees to offset

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

Nearby Plants

About this plant

Cottonwood is a 1.6 MW hydroelectric power plant in the United States, operated by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power since 1908.

Ranked #1274 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 1.6 MW accounts for 0.0014% 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 Cottonwood 0.0002 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Coso Finance Partners (92.2 MW, Geothermal), Coso Energy Developers (90 MW, Geothermal), and Coso Power Developers (90 MW, Geothermal). The facility is located in California, approximately 160 km northeast of Los Angeles.

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