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Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, [1] which is more than all other renewable sources combined and also more than nuclear power. [2] Hydropower can provide large amounts of low-carbon electricity on demand, making it a key element for creating secure and clean electricity supply systems. [ 2 ]
The Three Gorges Dam, the largest power-generating facility in the world The Itaipu Dam The Guri Dam The Tucurui Dam The Grand Coulee Dam The Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Dam The Caruachi Dam The Hoover Dam The Srisailam Dam The Narmada Dam The Keban Dam Iron Gates Dam, Romania-Serbia The Robert-Bourassa and La Grande-2-A generating stations ...
The upper reservoir of the Markersbach PSPS Dam of Siah Bishe Pumped Storage Power Plant The Tumut-3 Hydroelectric Power Station The upper Minamiaiki Dam of the Kannagawa Hydropower Plant Castaic Power Plant Main pump-generator hall of Vianden Pumped Storage Plant Upper reservoir for Coo-Trois-Ponts PSPS Goldisthal Pumped Storage Station Mingtan Dam
Three Gorges Dam (left), Gezhouba Dam (right) This article provides a list of the largest hydroelectric power stations by generating capacity. Only plants with capacity larger than 3,000 MW are listed. The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China, has the world's largest
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Hydropower is now used principally for hydroelectric power generation, and is also applied as one half of an energy storage system known as pumped-storage hydroelectricity. Hydropower is an attractive alternative to fossil fuels as it does not directly produce carbon dioxide or other atmospheric pollutants and it provides a relatively ...
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The following page lists hydroelectric power stations that generate power using the run-of-the-river method. This list includes most power stations that are larger than 100 MW in maximum net capacity, which are currently operational or under construction.