Smith Mountain is a 585MW hydro power project. It is located on Roanoke river/basin in Virginia, 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. The project construction commenced in 1960 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1965. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is currently owned by Appalachian Power with a stake of 100%.
Smith Mountain is a pumped storage project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 1,407.8 million cubic meter. The gross head and net head of the project are 187m and 183m respectively.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 1960 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1965.
Contractors involved
The turbines for the hydro power project have been supplied by Andritz Hydro and Voith Hydro Holding.
The electric generators for the project were procured from GE Renewable Energy and Voith Hydro Holding.
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