Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 8 '35 " N , 79 ° 2' 23" W | ||
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 United States
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| Waters | Niagara River | ||
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| Type | Run-of-river power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Hydropower | ||
| power | 2.4 GW | ||
| operator | New York Power Authority (NYPA) | ||
| Project start | 1958 | ||
| Start of operations | 1961 | ||
| turbine | 13 | ||
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The Robert Moses Niagara power plant is a run-of-river power plant on the Niagara River in Lewiston , New York State . The power plant went into operation in 1961 after three years of construction and consists of 13 generators with an installed capacity of 2.4 GW . In the year it went into operation, it was the largest hydropower plant in the United States. The facility is named after city planner Robert Moses , who was chairman of the New York Power Authority at the time .
To the east of the power plant is the Lewiston pumped storage power plant , opposite the Sir Adam Beck power plant on the Canadian side of the Niagara River .
Individual evidence
- ^ Niagara Falls - History of Power. Retrieved August 6, 2014 .
- ^ Niagara Power Plant. (No longer available online.) New York Power Authority, archived from the original on February 17, 2009 ; accessed on August 6, 2014 .