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Overview
The Horseshoe Bend Facility uses the motive force of the water from the Payette River which hydrographic basin stretches some 5,776 square-kilometres upstream. Three rivers, the North Folk, Middle Fork and South Fork, as well as two reservoirs feed the Payette River.
The source of the water in these rivers comes from the high peaks at the North of Idaho.
Two Kaplan turbines give the Horseshoe Bend Facility an installed capacity of 9.5 MW. The expected annual production of electricity is 46,800 MWh, or the equivalent to fill the needs in electricity of more than 2850 households in Idaho.
Location
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Specifications
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Location
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Horseshoe Bend, Idaho
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Gross head (m)
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13.4
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Number of turbines
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2
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Type of turbine
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S-type Kaplan downstream
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Installed capacity (Megawatt)
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9.5
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Acquisition date
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December 31, 2004
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Commissioning
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September 13, 1995
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Electricity purchaser
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Idaho Power Company
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Expiry of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
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2030
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