United States

Great Falls (SC) — 12 MW Hydroelectric

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Great Falls (SC) is a 12 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
12 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1907

Year online

Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

Operator

Location
34.56, -80.89

Coordinates

Insights

#4,561
largest in %s
#5,190
largest %s worldwide
#22,497
largest worldwide
1907
%d yrs older than avg
32
operated by %s
132
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
12 MW
Commissioned
1907
Status
Operational
Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
Country
United States
Coordinates
34.559, -80.892

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,009 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
80,732 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

219
cars / year
135
homes / year
45,871
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Great Falls (SC) is a 12 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC since 1907.

Ranked #611 of 1,469 hydro plants in the United States, it contributes 0.01% to the 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 Great Falls (SC) 567.4 times smaller.

Nearby plants include V C Summer (1,029.6 MW, Nuclear), Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station (1,029.6 MW, Nuclear), and Fairfield Pumped Storage (587.2 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in South Carolina, approximately 30 km from the city of Columbia.

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