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Nam Cat — 3 MW Hydroelectric

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Nam Cat is a 3 MW hydro power plant located in Vietnam. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
3 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2012

Year online

Owner
Bac Kan Hydropower Petro & Gasoline JSC

Operator

Location
22.20, 105.78

Coordinates

Insights

#281
largest in %s
#6,963
largest %s worldwide
#31,811
largest worldwide
2012
%d yrs newer than avg
1
operated by %s
15
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
3 MW
Commissioned
2012
Status
Operational
Owner
Bac Kan Hydropower Petro & Gasoline JSC
Country
Vietnam
Coordinates
22.202, 105.778

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
269 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
21,529 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

59
cars / year
36
homes / year
12,232
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Nam Cat is a 3.2 MW hydroelectric power plant in Vietnam, operated by Bac Kan Hydropower Petro & Gasoline JSC and commissioned in 2012.

Ranked #199 of 230 hydro plants in Vietnam, it represents 0.01% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 34,440 MW. The largest hydro plant in Vietnam is Nhà máy thủy điện Sơn La at 2,400 MW, making Nam Cat 750 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Tuyên Quang Hydroelectric Power Station (342 MW, Hydro), Tuyen Quang (342 MW, Hydro), and Thuong an (2.4 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Bac Kan Province, approximately 150 km from Hanoi.

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