United States

Seminoe — 52 MW Hydroelectric

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Seminoe is a 52 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
52 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1939

Year online

Owner
U S Bureau of Reclamation

Operator

Location
42.16, -106.91

Coordinates

Insights

#2,894
largest in %s
#3,142
largest %s worldwide
#12,967
largest worldwide
1939
%d yrs older than avg
59
operated by %s
16
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
52 MW
Commissioned
1939
Status
Operational
Owner
U S Bureau of Reclamation
Country
United States
Coordinates
42.156, -106.909

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
4,339 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
347,148 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

943
cars / year
579
homes / year
197,243
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Seminoe is a 51.6 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by the U S Bureau of Reclamation since 1939.

Ranked #304 of 1,469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 51.6 MW represents 0.04% 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 Seminoe 131 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Fremont Canyon (66.8 MW, Hydro), Alcova (41.4 MW, Hydro), and Kortes (36 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Wyoming, approximately 160 km from the nearest major city, Casper.

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