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Cascade Hydro Power Plant — 36 MW Hydroelectric

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Cascade Hydro Power Plant is a 36 MW hydro power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
36 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2010

Year online

Owner
TransAlta Corporation

Operator

Location
51.20, -115.50

Coordinates

Insights

#494
largest in %s
#3,616
largest %s worldwide
#15,676
largest worldwide
2010
%d yrs newer than avg
8
operated by %s
10
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
36 MW
Commissioned
2010
Status
Operational
Owner
TransAlta Corporation
Country
Canada
Coordinates
51.200, -115.502

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
3,027 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
242,196 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

658
cars / year
404
homes / year
137,612
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Bighorn

Canada · Hydroelectric

120MW · 2003

Crossfield Energy Centre

Canada · Natural Gas

120MW

Spray

Canada · Hydroelectric

112MW · 2000

Ghost

Canada · Hydroelectric

51MW · 1996

Rundle

Canada · Hydroelectric

50MW · 2001

Cascade

Canada · Hydroelectric

36MW

About this plant

Cascade Hydro Power Plant is a 36 MW hydro power plant in Canada, operated by TransAlta Corporation. It has been in operation since its commissioning year is not specified.

Ranked #223 of 612 hydro plants in Canada. Its 36 MW represents 0.04% of Canada’s total hydro capacity of 102,715 MW. The largest hydro plant in Canada is Centrale Robert-Bourassa at 5,616 MW, making this facility 156.3 times smaller.

Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Spray (112 MW, Hydro), Rundle (50 MW, Hydro), and Cascade (36 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Alberta, approximately 200 km from Calgary.

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