Loon Lake is an 82MW hydro power project. It is located on Gerle Creek river/basin in California, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1971. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project is currently owned by Sacramento Municipal Utility District with a stake of 100%.

Loon Lake is a reservoir based project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 93.9 million cubic meter. The net head of the project is 332.7m. The total number of penstocks, pipes or long channels that carry water down from the hydroelectric reservoir to the turbines inside the actual power station, are 1 in number. The penstock length is 436.2m. The penstock diameter is 2.55m.

Development status

The project got commissioned in 1971.

Contractors involved

Hitachi Mitsubishi Hydro was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 1 unit of pelton turbine with 74.1MW nameplate capacity.

Hitachi Mitsubishi Hydro supplied 1 electric generator for the project. The generator capacity is 78 MVA.

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This content was updated on 4 January 2024

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.