United States

Tennessee Creek — 11 MW Hydroelectric

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Tennessee Creek is a 11 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
11 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1954

Year online

Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

Operator

Location
35.21, -83.00

Coordinates

Insights

#4,693
largest in %s
#5,400
largest %s worldwide
#23,412
largest worldwide
1954
%d yrs older than avg
32
operated by %s
63
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
11 MW
Commissioned
1954
Status
Operational
Owner
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC
Country
United States
Coordinates
35.214, -83.003

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
908 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
72,659 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

197
cars / year
121
homes / year
41,283
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

About this plant

Tennessee Creek is a 10.8 MW hydroelectric power plant in the United States, operated by Duke Energy Carolinas LLC since 1954.

Ranked #642 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 10.8 MW represents 0.01% 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 Tennessee Creek 630.5 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Oconee Nuclear Station (Nuclear, 2666.7 MW), Oconee (Nuclear, 2666.7 MW), and Bad Creek (Hydro, 1296 MW). The facility is located in North Carolina, approximately 50 km from Greenville.

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