Hungry Horse is a 428MW hydro power project. It is planned on South Fork Flathead river/basin in Montana, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the under rehabilitation & modernization stage. It will be developed in a single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 1948 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 1952. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project is currently owned by U.S. Department of the Interior with a stake of 100%.

Hungry Horse is a reservoir based project. 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, is expected to be 4 in number. The penstock length will be 137.16m. The penstock diameter will be 4.115m. The project is expected to generate 1,086.25 GWh of electricity.

The hydro power project consists of 4 turbines, each with 107MW nameplate capacity.

Development status

The project construction is expected to commence from 1948. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 1952.

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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.