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Português Watauga is a 58 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
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Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 58 MW
- Commissioned
- 1949
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 36.341, -82.126
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About this plant
Watauga is a 57.6 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by Tennessee Valley Authority since 1949.
Ranked #291 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 57.6 MW represents 0.05% of the United States’ total hydro capacity of 117,947 MW. The largest hydro plant in the United States is Grand Coulee Dam at 6,809 MW, making Watauga 118 times smaller.
Nearby plants within 50 km include Wolf Hills Energy (285 MW, Gas), Tennessee Eastman Operations (194.3 MW, Coal), and Boone Dam (105.9 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Tennessee, approximately 200 km northeast of Nashville.
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