United States

Morgan Falls — 17 MW Hydroelectric

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Morgan Falls is a 17 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
17 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1903

Year online

Owner
Georgia Power Co

Operator

Location
33.97, -84.38

Coordinates

Insights

#4,224
largest in %s
#4,751
largest %s worldwide
#20,726
largest worldwide
1903
%d yrs older than avg
40
operated by %s
49
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
17 MW
Commissioned
1903
Status
Operational
Owner
Georgia Power Co
Country
United States
Coordinates
33.968, -84.383

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,413 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
113,025 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

307
cars / year
188
homes / year
64,219
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Morgan Falls is a 16.8 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Georgia Power Co since 1903.

Ranked #528 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 16.8 MW represents 0.01% of the United States’ total hydro capacity of 117,947 MW. The largest hydro plant in the United States is Grand Coulee Dam at 6,809 MW, making Morgan Falls 405 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Jack McDonough (2,848.4 MW, Gas), Buford (131.2 MW, Hydro), and Allatoona (86.6 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Georgia, approximately 50 km north of Atlanta.

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