The Largest Conventional Hydroelectric Power Plants in the US
Plant | City/County | State | Primary Fuel Type | MWh Generated | CO2 Emissions | Rank Emissions | CO2 Emissions/MWh | Rant Emissions/MWh | Closing Date |
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Peters Drive PlantFarmer's Irrigation District (100.00%)
| Hood River County | OR | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,980MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Stevens CreekDominion Energy (100.00%)
| Columbia County | GA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 99,276MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Lachute Hydro LowerEnel Green Power (100.00%)
| Ticonderoga CDP | NY | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,919MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
King MillAugusta Canal Authority (100.00%)
| Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government | GA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,916MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Fresno County | CA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 98,992MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | ||||
Shasta County | CA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 989,277MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | ||||
Whatcom County | WA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 987,701MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | ||||
Spicer Meadow ProjectCalaveras County Water Dist (100.00%)
| Tuolumne County | CA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,869MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Mother Ann LeeLock 7 Hydro Partners LLC (100.00%)
| Mercer County | KY | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,812MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Auglaize HydroBMU Utilities (100.00%)
| Defiance County | OH | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,744MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Plumas County | CA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 97,375MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | ||||
Oconto Falls UpperN E W Hydro LLC (100.00%)
| Oconto Falls | WI | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,737MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Main Canal HeadworksQuincy-Columbia Basin Irr Dist (33.33%)East Columbia Basin Irr Dist (33.34%)South Columbia Basin Irr Dist (33.33%)
| Grant County | WA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 97,322MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Lower MaladIdaho Power (100.00%)
| Gooding County | ID | Conventional Hydroelectric | 96,986MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Lower No 2Idaho Falls Power (100.00%)
| Idaho Falls | ID | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,687MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Mink Creek HydroMink Creek Hydro Entity (100.00%)
| Franklin County | ID | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,644MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Four Mile Hydropower ProjectThunder Bay Power Co LLC (100.00%)
| Alpena County | MI | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,643MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Butte County | CA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 96,397MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | ||||
Lloyd ShoalsGeorgia Power (100.00%)
| Butts County | GA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 96,311MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Selis Ksanka QlispeEnergy Keepers Inc (100.00%)
| Lake County | MT | Conventional Hydroelectric | 962,819MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Indian Valley Dam Hydro ProjectYolo County Flood Control WCD (100.00%)
| Lake County | CA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,619MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Safe HarborBrookfield Renewable Partners (100.00%)
| Lancaster County | PA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 960,618MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
French Landing DamSTS Hydropower, LLC (100.00%)
| Wayne County | MI | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,597MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Estes Park | CO | Conventional Hydroelectric | 95,921MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | ||||
PackwoodEnergy Northwest (100.00%)
| Lewis County | WA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 95,746MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Drop 5Drop 5 Hydro LLC (100.00%)
| Montrose County | CO | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,573MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Squa Pan Hydro StationAlgonquin Power (100.00%)
| Aroostook County | ME | Conventional Hydroelectric | 956MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Lemolo 2PacifiCorp (100.00%)
| Douglas County | OR | Conventional Hydroelectric | 95,400MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Adams County | WI | Conventional Hydroelectric | 95,152MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | ||||
Anderson RanchUS Bureau of Reclamation (100.00%)
| Elmore County | ID | Conventional Hydroelectric | 95,120MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
WhitmanKPU Ketchikan (100.00%)
| AK | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,473MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | ||||
William F Matson Generating StationAllegheny Electric Cooperative (100.00%)
| Huntingdon County | PA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 94,697MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Big Creek 8Southern California Edison (100.00%)
| Fresno County | CA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 94,636MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Hadley FallsHolyoke Gas and Electric (100.00%)
| Holyoke | MA | Conventional Hydroelectric | 94,311MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
GuntersvilleTennessee Valley Authority (100.00%)
| Marshall County | AL | Conventional Hydroelectric | 940,999MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Low Line RapidsEnel Green Power (100.00%)
| Twin Falls County | ID | Conventional Hydroelectric | 94MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
RC Thomas Hydroelectric ProjectEast Texas Electric Cooperative (100.00%)
| Polk County | TX | Conventional Hydroelectric | 93,953MWh ↑ | 1 | 1 | |||
Lake LureLake Lure Town of (100.00%)
| Lake Lure | NC | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,393MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Flambeau Hydroelectric StationDairyland Power Cooperative (100.00%)
| Rusk County | WI | Conventional Hydroelectric | 93,727MWh↓ | 1 | 1 | |||
Taylor Draw Hydroelectric FacilityRio Blanco Water Conserv Dist (100.00%)
| Rio Blanco County | CO | Conventional Hydroelectric | 9,357MWh↓ | 1 | 1 |
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Natural Gas
2169 power plants
Conventional Hydroelectric
1402 power plants
Distillate Fuel Oil
1395 power plants
Wind
1266 power plants
Coal
327 power plants
Landfill Gas
326 power plants
Wood/Wood Waste Solids
178 power plants
Batteries or other use of electricity as an energy source
172 power plants
Black Liquour
87 power plants
Other Biomass Gas
81 power plants
Other Gas
65 power plants
Residual Fuel Oil
65 power plants
Biogenic Municipal Solid Waste
64 power plants
Non-biogenic Municipal Solid Waste
64 power plants
Geothermal
60 power plants
Nuclear
58 power plants
Kerosene
35 power plants
Tire-derived Fuels
33 power plants
Waste Heat
33 power plants
Waste/other Oil
22 power plants
Petroleum Coke
15 power plants
Sludge Waste
13 power plants
Jet Fuel
12 power plants
Other Biomass Liquids
12 power plants
Other Biomass Solids
12 power plants
Blast Furnace Gas
11 power plants
Agricultural By-products
10 power plants
Gaseous Propane
10 power plants
Purchased Steam
9 power plants
Other
8 power plants
Wood Waste Liquids
3 power plants