United States

Queens Creek — 1 MW Hydroelectric

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Queens Creek is a 1 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
1 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1949

Year online

Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

Operator

Location
35.27, -83.68

Coordinates

Insights

#9,107
largest in %s
#7,807
largest %s worldwide
#36,294
largest worldwide
1949
%d yrs older than avg
32
operated by %s
56
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
1 MW
Commissioned
1949
Status
Operational
Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
Country
United States
Coordinates
35.271, -83.676

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
118 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
9,419 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

26
cars / year
16
homes / year
5,352
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Queens Creek is a 1.4 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC and commissioned in 1949.

Ranked #1329 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 1.4 MW represents 0.0012% 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 Queens Creek 4,864 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Fontana Dam (254.7 MW, Hydro), Calderwood (156.6 MW, Hydro), and Cheoah (140 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in North Carolina, approximately 90 km southwest of Asheville.

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