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Centrale hydroelectrique de Brides-les-Bains — 1 MW Hydroelectric

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Centrale hydroelectrique de Brides-les-Bains is a 1 MW hydro power plant located in France. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
1 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1900

Year online

Owner
Électricité de France

Operator

Location
45.45, 6.57

Coordinates

Insights

#2,136
largest in France
#8,242
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#38,524
largest worldwide
1900
84 yrs older than avg
57
operated by Électricité de France
125
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
1 MW
Commissioned
1900
Status
Operational
Owner
Électricité de France
Country
France
Coordinates
45.452, 6.566

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
56 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
4,440 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

12
cars per year
7
homes per year
2,523
trees to offset

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

Nearby Plants

BUGEY

France · Nuclear

3,580MW · 1978

Bugey Nuclear Power Plant

France · Nuclear

3,580MW · 1965

GRAND MAISON

France · Hydroelectric

1,690MW · 1985

Superphénix

France · Nuclear

1,200MW · 1996

SUPER BISSORTE

France · Hydroelectric

742MW · 1998

Super-Bissorte hydropower plant

France · Hydroelectric

742MW · 1998

About this plant

Centrale hydroélectrique de Brides-les-Bains is a 0.66 MW hydro power plant in France, operated by Électricité de France since 1900.

Ranked #427 of 432 hydro plants in France. Its 0.66 MW represents 0.003% of France’s total hydro capacity of 22,542 MW. The largest hydro plant in France is GRAND MAISON at 1,690 MW, making this facility 2,560 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include SUPER BISSORTE (742.3 MW, Hydro) and BATHIE (575 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, approximately 100 km from Lyon.

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