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Oroville Dam, the second largest hydroelectric dam in California by nameplate capacity. Conventional hydroelectric power stations include traditional reservoir and run-of-the-river hydroelectric power stations. The list below includes all conventional hydroelectric power station in the state with a nameplate capacity of at least 50 megawatts.
Hydroelectric power plants in the U.S. state of California. Pages in category "Hydroelectric power plants in California" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
The Hoover Dam in Arizona and Nevada was the first hydroelectric power station in the United States to have a capacity of at least 1,000 MW upon completion in 1936. Since then numerous other hydroelectric power stations have surpassed the 1,000 MW threshold, most often through the expansion of existing hydroelectric facilities.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a sortable table. There are over 1,400 named dams and 1,300 named reservoirs in the state of California.
Moccasin Dam is a small dam on Moccasin Creek in Tuolumne County, California, in the town of Moccasin, west of Yosemite.It holds the Moccasin Reservoir.The dam, reservoir and associated hydroelectric power plant are part of the Hetch Hetchy Project, which provide water and power to the city of San Francisco.
Belden Dam (also known as Caribou Afterbay Dam) is a small earthfill diversion dam located on the North Fork Feather River, about 6 miles (9.7 km) downstream from Canyon Dam. Completed in 1958, the dam is 84 feet (26 m) high and 400 feet (120 m) long, with a storage capacity of 2,477 acre-feet (3,055,000 m 3). The dam and reservoir serve as an ...
Small power plant of Licq-Athérey (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France). An 1895 hydroelectric plant near Telluride, Colorado.. Small hydro is the development of hydroelectric power on a scale suitable for local community and industry, or to contribute to distributed generation in a regional electricity grid. [1]
The dam also has two outlet works, a low level valve for normal water releases with a design capacity of 460 cubic feet per second (13 m 3 /s), and a high level valve for flood control with a capacity of 5,500 cubic feet per second (160 m 3 /s). [3] There is also a small hydroelectric plant at the dam with a capacity of 4,000 kilowatts. [3]