United States

Big Fork — 4 MW Hydroelectric

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

Capacity
4 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1924

Year online

Owner
PacifiCorp

Operator

Location
48.06, -114.07

Coordinates

Insights

#6,641
largest in %s
#6,702
largest %s worldwide
#30,575
largest worldwide
1924
%d yrs older than avg
62
operated by %s
3
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
4 MW
Commissioned
1924
Status
Operational
Owner
PacifiCorp
Country
United States
Coordinates
48.059, -114.071

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
345 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
27,583 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

75
cars / year
46
homes / year
15,672
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Big Fork is a 4.1 MW hydroelectric power plant in the United States, operated by PacifiCorp since 1924.

Ranked #950 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 4.1 MW represents 0.0035% 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 Big Fork 1,659 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Hungry Horse (428 MW, Hydro), Selis Ksanka Qlispe (207.6 MW, Hydro), and Stoltze CoGen1 (2.8 MW, Waste). The facility is located in Montana, approximately 50 km northeast of Kalispell.

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