Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station

USA / Pennsylvania / Clarendon /

reservoir, dam, pumped-storage power station

Owner/operator : First Energy Inc.

The Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station is a hydroelectric power plant using pumped storage of water to generate electric power. It is located near Warren, Pennsylvania in Warren County.

The Seneca Station is located at the Kinzua Dam, near Warren, Pa. The dam was originally built by the Army Corps of Engineers to regulate the Allegheny River for flood control. It created the Allegheny Reservoir, a lake that stretches 25 miles upriver. Seneca Station (Figure 1), rated at 435 MW, began commercial operation in 1970.

x3 Hydro-electric gen sets
= 475 MW max Total Gross capacity

Kinzua Dam, Warren Co., Pa.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Pumped_Storage_Generating_Station

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Coordinates: 41°50'0"N 79°0'35"W

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