Trenton Falls

Hydro power plant in New York, United States of America. Approximate location 43.2758, -75.1567.

HydroNew YorkUnited States of America

Trenton Falls is a 22 MW hydro power plant in New York, United States of America. It is operated by Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP. Based on reported annual generation of 174 GWh, it can supply roughly 49,714 homes. It ranks #3592 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1919, it is around 107 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).

22MW installed capacity
174GWh reported / yr
49,714homes powered
1919commissioned (~107 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0002619.

Reported generation trend

2013: 146 GWh20132014: 153 GWh20142015: 129 GWh20152016: 137 GWh20162017: 149 GWh20172018: 152 GWh20182019: 174 GWh2019174 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Erie Boulevard Hydropower LP. 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 43.3°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

6.6°Cannual mean temp
4,228heating degree-days (base 18°C)
78cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
334 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -8 °CJF: -7 °CFM: -1 °CMA: 6 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 17 °CJJ: 20 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 8 °CON: 2 °CND: -4 °CD20 °C

Heating degree-days here run 72% 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: 87/100 — 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 #460 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.

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Location

Coordinates 43.2758, -75.1567 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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