United States

Wilbur — 11 MW Hydroelectric

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

Capacity
11 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1938

Year online

Owner
Tennessee Valley Authority

Operator

Location
36.34, -82.13

Coordinates

Insights

#4,717
largest in %s
#5,417
largest %s worldwide
#23,479
largest worldwide
1938
%d yrs older than avg
60
operated by %s
44
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
11 MW
Commissioned
1938
Status
Operational
Owner
Tennessee Valley Authority
Country
United States
Coordinates
36.342, -82.126

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
891 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
71,313 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

194
cars / year
119
homes / year
40,519
trees to offset

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

Nearby Stations

About this plant

Wilbur is a 10.6 MW hydro power plant in the United States, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority since 1938.

Ranked #646 of 1469 hydro plants in the United States. Its 10.6 MW represents 0.01% 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 Wilbur 641 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 150 km northeast of Knoxville.

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