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Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant Lithuania — 101 MW Hydroelectric

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Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant Lithuania is a 101 MW hydro power plant located in Lithuania. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
101 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1968

Year online

Owner
Lithuanian Energy

Operator

Location
54.87, 24.00

Coordinates

Insights

#6
largest in %s
#2,290
largest %s worldwide
#9,998
largest worldwide
1968
%d yrs older than avg
1
operated by %s
3
plants within 100 km

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
101 MW
Commissioned
1968
Status
Operational
Owner
Lithuanian Energy
Country
LTU
Coordinates
54.874, 24.000

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
8,477 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
678,150 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,843
cars / year
1,130
homes / year
385,313
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

Elektrenai (Lithuania) Thermal Power Plant Lithuania

Lithuania · Natural Gas

1,800MW · 1980

Kruonis Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant Lithuania

Lithuania · Hydroelectric

900MW · 2002

Vilnius TE-3 CHP Power Plant Lithuania

Lithuania · Natural Gas

360MW · 1980

Kaunas CHP Power Plant Lithuania

Lithuania · Natural Gas

170MW · 2010

About this plant

Kaunas Hydroelectric Power Plant is a 100.8 MW hydroelectric facility in Lithuania, operated since its commissioning year.

Ranked #2 of 2 hydro plants in Lithuania, it contributes 10.07% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 1,001 MW. The largest hydro plant in Lithuania is Kruonis Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant at 900 MW, making Kaunas 8.9 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Kruonis Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant (900 MW, Hydro) and Kaunas CHP Power Plant (170 MW, Gas). The facility is located in Kaunas County, approximately 100 km northwest of Vilnius.

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