United States

Nacoochee — 5 MW Hydroelectric

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Nacoochee is a 5 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
5 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1926

Year online

Owner
Georgia Power Co

Operator

Location
34.76, -83.50

Coordinates

Insights

#6,385
largest in %s
#6,544
largest %s worldwide
#29,780
largest worldwide
1926
%d yrs older than avg
40
operated by %s
58
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
5 MW
Commissioned
1926
Status
Operational
Owner
Georgia Power Co
Country
United States
Coordinates
34.755, -83.501

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
404 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
32,293 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

88
cars / year
54
homes / year
18,348
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Nacoochee is a 4.8 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Georgia Power Co since 1926.

Ranked #899 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 4.8 MW constitutes 0.004% of the country’s total hydro capacity of 117,947 MW. The largest hydro plant in the United States is Grand Coulee Dam at 6,809 MW, making Nacoochee 1,416.5 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Tallulah Falls (72 MW, Hydro), GRP Franklin Renewable Energy Facility (58 MW, Waste), and Tugalo (44.8 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Georgia, approximately 130 km northeast of Atlanta.

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