United States

Dearborn — 45 MW Hydroelectric

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Dearborn is a 45 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
45 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1923

Year online

Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

Operator

Location
34.56, -80.89

Coordinates

Insights

#3,099
largest in United States of America
#3,296
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#14,641
largest worldwide
1923
61 yrs older than avg
32
operated by Duke Energy Carolinas…
132
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
45 MW
Commissioned
1923
Status
Operational
Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
Country
United States
Coordinates
34.558, -80.891

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
3,784 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
302,746 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

823
cars per year
505
homes per year
172,015
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Dearborn is a 45 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC since 1923.

Ranked #322 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 45 MW represents 0.04% of the United States’ 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 Dearborn 151 times smaller.

Nearby plants include V C Summer (1029.6 MW, Nuclear) and Fairfield Pumped Storage (587.2 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in South Carolina, approximately 50 km northeast of Columbia.

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