List of conventional hydroelectric power stations
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". This article lists hydroelectric power stations that generate power using the conventional dammed method. This list includes power stations that are larger than 1,000 MW in maximum net capacity, and are operational or under construction. 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. After passing on 7 December 2007 the 14,000 MW mark of the Itaipu Dam, the facility was ranked as the largest power-generating facility ever built. The dam is Script error: No such module "convert". high, Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". in width. Power is generated by 32 turbines rated at 700 MW, and two turbines rated 50 MW, which are used to power the facility itself. Construction of this dam commenced in 1994, and was completed in 2012, nearly two decades after it started.
The next 6 largest dams after the Three Gorges Dam are the Baihetan Dam, Itaipu Dam, Xiluodu Dam, Belo Monte Dam, Guri Dam, Wudongde Dam and the Tucurui Dam, rated at 16,000 MW, 14,000 MW, 13,860 MW, 11,233 MW, 10,235 MW and 10,200 MW respectively. All 7 dams are the largest power-generating bodies respectively, before the Jebel Ali Power Plant at 8,695 MW, the largest non-renewable energy-generating facility in the world. The currently planned Grand Inga Dam would be nearly twice the size of the Three Gorges Dam at 39,000 MW, surpassing all power-generating facilities once it passes the current-highest 22,500 MW mark.
Hydroelectric power stations
The following two lists rank the 201 largest conventional hydroelectric power stations that have an installed electric power generation capacity of at least 1,000 MW and also 17 plants under construction with planned capacity of at least 1,000 MW.
In service
Under construction
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| Bakhtiari Dam | File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1,500 | ?? | [198] |
| Caculo Cabaça | File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2,172 | 2026[199] | [200] |
| Condor Cliff Dam | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1,140 | on hold[201] | [202] |
| Dasu Dam | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 4,320 | 2029[203] | [204] |
| Diamer-Bhasha Dam | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 4,500 | 2029 | [205][206] |
| Dibang Dam | File:Flag of India.svg India | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2,880 | ?? | [207] |
| Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam | File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 5,150[note 4] | 2022[208]-2025[209] | [210][211] |
| Ituango Dam | File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2,456[note 5] | 2022[212][213][214]-?[note 6] | [215][216] |
| Koysha Dam | File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2,160[217] | ?? | [218][219][220] |
| Punatsangchhu-I Hydropower Plant | File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1,200 | 2025 | [221][222] |
| Punatsangchhu-II Hydropower Plant | File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1,020 | ?? | [223][224] |
| Rogun Dam | File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 3,780[225][note 7] | 2018[226]-2029 | |
| Site C dam | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 1,100 | 2025 | [227] |
| Shuangjiangkou Dam | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2,000 | 2027[228] | [35] |
| Subansiri Lower Dam | File:Flag of India.svg India | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2,000 | ?? | [229] |
| Tocoma Dam | File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | 2,320 | ?? | [230] |
See also
- List of largest hydroelectric power stations
- List of largest dams
- List of largest power stations
- List of pumped-storage hydroelectric power stations
- List of run-of-the-river hydroelectric power stations
- List of tallest dams
- List of hydroelectric power station failures
Notes
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- ↑ planned final capacity 6,418 MW
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- ↑ 750 MW commissioned as of August 2022
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- ↑ Originally planned for November 2018, it experienced an emergency setback due to flooding in May 2018. Video on El Tiempo Template:Webarchive
- ↑ 760 MW commissioned as of October 2021
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