Parker — United States of America

Parker is a 2.7 MW hydro power plant in California, United States of America. It ranks #8395 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 5.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0000428.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 2.7 MW, Parker is below the median hydro plant in United States of America (8 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #1101 largest hydro power plant of 1449 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1449 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 102,513 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Merced Falls · Hydro · 3.4 MW · California
• UC Merced Solar Hybrid · Solar · 4.5 MW · California
• McSwain · Hydro · 9 MW · California
• 2097 Helton Solar Project · Solar · 1.5 MW · California
• Upper Dawson · Hydro · 4.4 MW · California
• Exchequer · Hydro · 94.5 MW · California

Location

Coordinates 37.4778, -120.4445 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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