Rocky Mountain Hydro is an 848MW hydro power project. It is located on Heath Creek river/basin in Georgia, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1995.

Project Type	Total Capacity (MW)	Active Capacity (MW)	Pipeline Capacity (MW)	Project Status	Project Location	Project Developer
Hydropower	848	848	–	Active	Georgia, the US

Description

Oglethorpe Power and Georgia Power are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 74.6% and 25.4% respectively.

Rocky Mountain Hydro is a pumped storage project.

Development Status

The project got commissioned in 1995.

Contractors Involved

Hitachi Mitsubishi Hydro was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 3 units of francis turbines, each with 282.6MW nameplate capacity.

Hitachi Mitsubishi Hydro supplied 3 electric generators for the project. The generator capacity is 361 MVA.

Methodology

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