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Centrale hydroelectrique de Borce — 2 MW Hydroelectric

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Centrale hydroelectrique de Borce is a 2 MW hydro power plant located in France. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
2 MW

Installed

Commissioned
—

Year online

Owner
Électricité de France

Operator

Location
42.87, -0.58

Coordinates

Insights

#1,740
largest in France
#7,646
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#35,278
largest worldwide
57
operated by Électricité de France
67
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
2 MW
Commissioned
—
Status
Operational
Owner
Électricité de France
Country
France
Coordinates
42.873, -0.577

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
146 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
11,706 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

32
cars per year
20
homes per year
6,651
trees to offset

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

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GOLFECH

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2,620MW · 1996

PRAGNERES

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189MW · 2000

Portillon (Le)

France · Hydroelectric

95MW · 1950

Artouste

France · Hydroelectric

88MW · 1947

Losse

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68MW · 2018

About this plant

Centrale hydroélectrique de Borce is a 1.74 MW hydro power plant in France, operated by Électricité de France since its commissioning.

Ranked #341 of 432 hydro plants in France, this plant’s 1.74 MW represents 0.01% of France’s total hydro capacity of 22,542 MW. The largest hydro plant in France is GRAND MAISON at 1,690 MW, making Centrale hydroélectrique de Borce 970 times smaller.

Nearby plants include IP 1 (88.85 MW, Hydro), Artouste (88 MW, Hydro), and Ip hydro power plant (84 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the Occitanie region, approximately 150 km south of Toulouse.

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