Beaver Falls is a 5 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
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Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Commissioned
- 1952
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Ketchikan Public Utilities
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 55.380, -131.470
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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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