United States

Yonah — 23 MW Hydroelectric

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Yonah is a 23 MW hydro power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
23 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1925

Year online

Owner
Georgia Power Co

Operator

Location
34.68, -83.34

Coordinates

Insights

#3,764
largest in %s
#4,293
largest %s worldwide
#18,481
largest worldwide
1925
%d yrs older than avg
40
operated by %s
69
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
23 MW
Commissioned
1925
Status
Operational
Owner
Georgia Power Co
Country
United States
Coordinates
34.682, -83.343

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,892 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
151,373 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

411
cars / year
252
homes / year
86,007
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Yonah is a 22.5 MW hydroelectric power plant in the United States, operated by Georgia Power Co. It was commissioned in 1925 and is one of 1,469 hydro plants in the country, which together produce 117,947 MW.

Ranked #471 of 1,469 hydro plants in the United States, Yonah represents 0.02% of the nation’s hydro capacity. The largest hydro plant in the United States is Grand Coulee Dam at 6,809 MW, making Yonah 302.5 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Oconee Nuclear Station (2,666.7 MW, Nuclear) and Bad Creek (1,296 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Georgia, approximately 100 km northeast of Atlanta.

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