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Pinet — 67 MW Hydroelectric

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Pinet is a 67 MW hydro power plant located in France. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
67 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1929

Year online

Owner
EDF

Operator

Location
44.07, 2.81

Coordinates

Insights

#165
largest in France
#2,826
largest Hydroelectric worldwide
#11,948
largest worldwide
1929
55 yrs older than avg
188
operated by EDF
179
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
67 MW
Commissioned
1929
Status
Operational
Owner
EDF
Country
France
Coordinates
44.070, 2.805

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
5,592 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
447,391 t

over ~80 yrs

Intensity
24 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

1,216
cars per year
746
homes per year
254,199
trees to offset

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

Nearby Plants

Montézic Power Station

France · Hydroelectric

910MW · 1995

MONTEZIC

France · Hydroelectric

910MW · 1996

Le Pouget

France · Hydroelectric

447MW · 1997

POUGET

France · Hydroelectric

447MW · 1995

BROMMAT

France · Hydroelectric

406MW · 2003

CHASTANG

France · Hydroelectric

293MW · 1984

About this plant

Pinet is a 66.5 MW hydroelectric power plant in France, operated by EDF since 1929.

Ranked #79 of 432 hydro plants in France. Its 66.5 MW accounts for 0.29% of France’s total hydro capacity of 22,542 MW. The largest hydro plant in France is GRAND MAISON at 1,690 MW, making Pinet 25.4 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include POUGET (446.9 MW, Hydro) and Le Pouget (446.9 MW, Unknown). The facility is located in the Occitanie region, approximately 100 km northeast of Toulouse.

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