United States

Cedar Cliff — 6 MW Hydroelectric

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Cedar Cliff is a 6 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
6 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1952

Year online

Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

Operator

Location
35.25, -83.10

Coordinates

Insights

#5,470
largest in %s
#6,139
largest %s worldwide
#27,086
largest worldwide
1952
%d yrs older than avg
32
operated by %s
60
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
6 MW
Commissioned
1952
Status
Operational
Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
Country
United States
Coordinates
35.253, -83.098

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
538 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
43,057 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

117
cars / year
72
homes / year
24,464
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Cedar Cliff is a 6.4 MW hydroelectric power plant in the United States, operated by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC since 1952.

Ranked #802 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 6.4 MW represents 0.01% 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 Cedar Cliff 1,064.8 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Bad Creek (1296 MW, Hydro), Jocassee (774 MW, Hydro), and Walters (108 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in North Carolina, approximately 30 km from Greenville.

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