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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. The table below lists currently operational power stations.
List of largest hydroelectric power stations. 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 instantaneous generating capacity ...
The following are lists of hydroelectric power stations based on the four methods of hydroelectric generation: List of conventional hydroelectric power stations, hydroelectric generation through conventional dams. List of pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations, hydroelectric generation through pumped-storage. List of run-of-the-river ...
Three Gorges Dam in China, currently the largest hydroelectric power station, and the largest power-producing body ever built, at 22,500 MW. This article lists the largest power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of installed electrical capacity.
Those power stations that are smaller than 1,000 MW, or those that are only at a planning/proposal stage may be found in regional lists, listed at the end of the page. The largest hydroelectric power station is the Three Gorges Dam in China, rated at 22,500 MW in total installed capacity.
This list includes most power stations that are larger than 100 MW in maximum net capacity, which are currently operational or under construction. Those power stations that are smaller than 100 MW, and those that are only at a planning/proposal stage, may be found in regional lists, are listed at the end of the page.
Hydroelectric power stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (4 C, 17 P) Hydroelectric power stations in Brazil (1 C, 54 P) Hydroelectric power stations in Bulgaria (1 C, 19 P) Hydroelectric power stations in Burkina Faso (1 P) Hydroelectric power stations in Burundi (2 P)
The Three Gorges Dam in Central China is the world's largest power-producing facility of any kind. Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). 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 ...