Seneca Falls Hydroelectric Project

Seneca Falls Hydroelectric Project is a 5 MW hydro power plant in New York, United States of America. It is operated by C-S Canal Hydro LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 17 GWh, it can supply roughly 4,885 homes. It ranks #5598 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1917, it is around 109 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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 USA0061641.

Reported generation trend

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by C-S Canal Hydro LLC. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 42.9°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 45% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 77/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #848 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 101,657 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Seneca Energy · Waste · 18 MW · New York
• Waterloo Hydroelectric Project · Hydro · 2 MW · New York
• Zotos International WPGF · Wind · 3 MW · New York
• Auburn State Street · Gas · 7 MW · New York
• Auburn LFG Energy Facility · Waste · 2 MW · New York
• Strauss CSG · Solar · 2 MW · New York

Location

Coordinates 42.9153, -76.7867 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.