Palisades is a 176.4MW hydro power project. It is located on South Fork Snake river/basin in Idaho, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. The project construction commenced in 1951 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1957.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Hydropower | 176.4 | 176.4 | – | Active | Idaho, the US |
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Description
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The project is currently owned by U.S. Department of the Interior with a stake of 100%.
Palisades is a reservoir based project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 1,728.11 million cubic meter. The net head of the project is 57.9m. 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 4 in number. The project generated 506.246 GWh of electricity.
Development Status
The project construction commenced in 1951 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1957.
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Andritz Hydro was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 4 units of francis turbines, each with 44.1MW nameplate capacity.
ABB supplied 4 electric generators for the project.
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