List of Largest Hydroelectric Power Stations - Largest Power Stations

Largest Power Stations

This table lists currently operational power stations with current installed at least 2,000 MW. Some of these may have additional units under construction, but only current installed capacity is listed.

Rank Name Country River Installed Capacity (MW) Annual electricity production (TW-hour) Years of completion Area flooded (km²)
1 Three Gorges Dam People's Republic of China Yangtze 22,500 98.1 2003/2012 632
2 Itaipu Dam Brazil Paraguay Paraná 14,000 98.2 1984/1991, 2003 1,350
3 Guri Venezuela Caroní 10,200 53.41 1986 4,250
4 Tucuruí Brazil Tocantins 8,370 41.43 1984 3,014
5 Grand Coulee United States Columbia 6,809 20 1942/1950, 1973, 1975/1980, 1984/1985 324
6 Longtan Dam People's Republic of China Hongshui 6,426 18.7 2007/2009
7 Krasnoyarskaya Russia Yenisei 6,000 20.4 1972 2,000
8 Robert-Bourassa Canada La Grande 5,616 26.5 1979/1981 2,835
9 Churchill Falls Canada Churchill 5,428 35 1971 6,988
10 Bratskaya Russia Angara 4,500 22.6 1967 5,470
11 Laxiwa Dam People's Republic of China Yellow 4,200 10.2 2010
11 Xiaowan Dam People's Republic of China Mekong 4,200 2010 190
13 Ust Ilimskaya Russia Angara 3,840 21.7 1980
13 Sayano Shushenskaya Russia Yenisei 3,840 26.8 1985/1989, 2010/2014 621
15 Tarbela Dam Pakistan Indus 3,478 13 1976 250
16 Ilha Solteira Dam Brazil Paraná 3,444 1973
17 Ertan Dam People's Republic of China Yalong 3,300 17.0 1999
17 Pubugou Dam People's Republic of China Dadu 3,300 2010
19 Xingó Dam Brazil São Francisco 3,162 1994/1997
20 Macagua Venezuela Caroní 3,152 15.2 1961, 1996/1997 47
21 Gezhouba Dam People's Republic of China Yangtze 3,115 17.01 1988
22 Yaciretá Argentina Paraguay Paraná 3,100 19.2 1998 1,600
23 Bath County PSP United States - 3,003 3.32 1985, 2004 -
24 Nurek Dam Tajikistan Vakhsh 3,000 11.2 1972/1979 98
24 Goupitan Dam People's Republic of China Wu 3,000 10 2009/2011 94
La Grande-4 Canada 1986 2,779
W. A. C. Bennett Dam Canada 1968 2,730 13
Chief Joseph Dam United States 1958/73/79 2,620
Manic-5 and Manic-5-PA Canada 1968, 1989 2,592
Volzhskaya (Volgogradskaya) Russia 1961 2,572 12.3
Niagara Falls (US) United States 1961 2,515
Revelstoke Dam Canada 1984 2,480 115
33 Paulo Afonso IV Brazil São Francisco 2,462.4 1979/1983
Chicoasén (Manuel M. Torres) Dam Mexico 1980 2,430
La Grande-3 Canada 1984 2,418
Sơn La Dam Vietnam 2010 2,400
Tehri Dam India 2005 2,400 6.532
Atatürk Dam Turkey 1990 2,400 8.9
Jinanqiao Dam People's Republic of China 2011 2,400
Zhiguliovskaya (Samarskaya) Russia 1957 2,341 10.5
Iron Gates-I Romania Serbia 1970 2,192 13
Caruachi Venezuela 2006 2,160 12.95
John Day Dam United States 1949 2,160
La Grande-2-A Canada 1992 2,106
Aswan Egypt 1970 2,100 11
Itumbiara Brazil 1980 2,082
Hoover Dam United States 1936/1961 2,080
Cahora Bassa Mozambique 1975 2,075
Cleuson-Dixence Complex Switzerland 1965 2,069 4.51
The Dalles Dam United States 1957 2,038
Bureya Dam Russia 2009 2,010
Karun I Dam Iran 1976 2,000
Masjed Soleyman Dam Iran 2001 2,000
Karun III Dam Iran 2007 2,000 4.1
Lijiaxia Dam People's Republic of China 2000 2,000

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