Rapide Croche P-2677

General information
Waterway	Fox River
Current status	Active license
Type of facility	Conventional Hydro
Mode of hydropower generation	Run-of-river
Type of permit	FERC License
FERC information
FERC docket #	P-2677
FERC project name	Badger-Rapide Croche
Other projects with this FERC number	Old Badger P-2677 New Badger P-2677
Permit issued	5/13/11
Permit expiration	4/26/61
Ownership and operation
Owner	City of Kaukauna
Owner type	Publicly Owned Utility
Year first online (conventional hydro)	1926
Transmission or distribution system owner	City of Kaukauna
Power and generating capacity
Number of units	4
Total capacity from hydraulic turbine-generator units within each plant	2.4 MW
Average annual net hydropower generation	15,554.5 MWH

Download license summary for the Badger-Rapide Croche project.

The project is located on the Fox River in Outagamie County, Wisconsin and includes two developments. The project’s authorized capacity being licensed is 9.4 MW.

The Badger Development is located in the City of Kaukauna at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Kaukauna dam and is situated on the south side of the Fox River, approximately 1,800 feet downstream of the Corps’ Kaukauna dam. The Badger Development utilizes the head created by the 22-foot-high Kaukauna dam.

The Rapide Croche Development is located in the Town of Buchanan at the Corps’ Rapide Croche dam and is located approximately 4.5 miles downstream of the Badger Development, is integral to the Corps’ Rapide Croche dam. The Rapide Croche Development utilizes the head created by the 20-foot-high dam.

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