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Tallulah Falls — 72 MW Hydroelectric

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Tallulah Falls is a 72 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
72 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1914

Year online

Owner
Georgia Power Co

Operator

Location
34.73, -83.38

Coordinates

Insights

#2,563
largest in %s
#2,721
largest %s worldwide
#11,616
largest worldwide
1914
%d yrs older than avg
40
operated by %s
64
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
72 MW
Commissioned
1914
Status
Operational
Owner
Georgia Power Co
Country
United States
Coordinates
34.731, -83.376

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
6,055 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
484,393 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,316
cars / year
807
homes / year
275,223
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Tallulah Falls is a 72 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Georgia Power Co since 1914.

Ranked #254 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 72 MW represents 0.06% 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 Tallulah Falls 94.5 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Bad Creek (1296 MW, Hydro), GRP Franklin Renewable Energy Facility (58 MW, Waste), and Tugalo (44.8 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Georgia, approximately 160 km northeast of Atlanta.

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