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Português Mountain Island is a 60 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
Coordinates
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Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 60 MW
- Commissioned
- 1924
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -80.987
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About this plant
Mountain Island is a 60 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC since 1924.
Ranked #279 of 1,469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 60 MW constitutes 0.05% 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 Mountain Island 113.5 times smaller.
Nearby plants within 50 km include McGuire Nuclear Station (2440.6 MW, Nuclear), McGuire (2440.6 MW, Nuclear), and Catawba Nuclear Station (2410.2 MW, Nuclear). The facility is located in North Carolina, approximately 30 km northwest of Charlotte.
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