Energy and capacity by US state
State |
Canal sites |
Potential installed capacity (kW) |
Potential annual energy (kWh) |
Arizona |
26 |
5061 |
28,464,753 |
California |
20 |
1570 |
4,802,925 |
Colorado |
28 |
27,286 |
100,230,315 |
Idaho |
9 |
2771 |
11,451,814 |
Minnesota |
32 |
9885 |
26,316,565 |
Nebraska |
30 |
5501 |
13,793,995 |
New Mexico |
8 |
1427 |
3,573,029 |
Nevada |
16 |
1533 |
8,671,966 |
Oregon |
68 |
20,404 |
75,943,044 |
South Dakota |
1 |
131 |
572,000 |
Utah |
12 |
3552 |
5,965,031 |
Washington |
2 |
1047 |
2,885,357 |
Wyoming |
121 |
23,460 |
82,548,053 |
Source: Site Inventory and Hydropower Energy assessment of Reclamation Owned Conduits. Supplement to the Hydropower Resource Assessment of Existing Reclamation Facilities Report. US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Power Resources Office, Denver, Colorado. March 2012.
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