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English Falcon Dam is a 63 MW hydro power plant located in Mexico. View location, capacity, and technical details.
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Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 63 MW
- Commissioned
- 1954
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Comisión Nacional del Agua
- Country
- Mexico
- Coordinates
- 26.559, -99.165
- Wikipedia
- Link
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About this plant
Falcon Dam is a 63 MW hydro power plant in Mexico, commissioned in 1954.
Ranked #61 of 134 hydro plants in Mexico, Falcon Dam’s 63 MW represents 0.2% of Mexico’s total hydro capacity of 31,832 MW. The largest hydro plant in Mexico is Chicoasén Dam at 2,400 MW, making Falcon Dam 38.1 times smaller.
Nearby plants within 50 km include Rio Bravo Windpower LLC (237.6 MW, Wind), Mesteno (201.6 MW, Wind), and Los Vientos Windpower III (200 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Tamaulipas, approximately 120 km southwest of Laredo.
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