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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.
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Hales Bar Dam [28] Hydroelectric [28] 99.7 [28] Haletown, Tennessee [28] 1913 ...
Bartletts Ferry Hydroelectric Generating Plant: Columbus, Georgia: 173.0: 1926/1951/ 1985 Blue Ridge Dam (owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority) Blue Ridge, Georgia: 13: 1931/1994 [22] Buford Dam: Forsyth County, Georgia: 126: 1956: Burton Hydroelectric Generating Plant: Clayton, Georgia: 6.12: 1927: Carters Dam Hydro: Ellijay ...
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The amount of hydroelectric power generated is strongly affected by changes in precipitation and surface runoff. [4] Hydroelectric stations exist in at least 34 US states. The largest concentration of hydroelectric generation in the US is in the Columbia River basin, which in 2012 was the source of 44% of the nation's hydroelectricity. [5]
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The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).