List of the largest hydroelectric power stations
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This article provides a list of the largest hydroelectric power stations.
The Three Gorges Dam project in Hubei, China, is the world's largest hydroelectric generating system. It includes 2 generating stations. They are the Three Gorges Dam (22,500 MW when completed) and Gezhouba Dam (3,115MW). The total generating capacity of this complex is currently at 18,615 MW. The whole project is planned to be completed in 2011. The total generating capacity will be 25,615 MW by then.
The Jinsha River (the upper stream of Yangtze River) complex is the largest hydroelectric generating system currently under construction. It has 3 phases. Phase one includes 4 dams on the downstream of Jinsha River. They are Wudongde Dam, Baihetan Dam, Xiluodu Dam, and Xiangjiaba Dam, with generating capacity of 7,400 MW, 12,500 MW, 12,600 MW, and 6,000 MW respectively. The total generating capacity of those four dams is 38,500 MW. Construction of Xiluodu Dam started on December 26 2005. Construction of Xiangjiaba Dam started on November 26 2006. Phase one is planned to complete in 2015. Phase two includes 8 dams on the middle stream of Jinsha River. The total generating capacity is 21,150 MW. Phase three includes 8 dams on the upper stream of Jinsha River. The total generating capacity is 8,980 MW. The total capacity of the complex is 68,630 MW.
The James Bay Project in Quebec, Canada, is the world's second largest hydroelectric generating system. The eight generating stations of the complex have a total generating capacity of 16,021 MW. The Robert Bourassa station alone has a capacity of 5,616 MW. A ninth station (Eastmain-1) is currently under construction and will add 480 MW to the total. Construction on an additional project on the Rupert River was started on 11 January 2007. It will add two stations with a combined capacity of 888 MW.[citation needed]
| Name | Country | Year of completion | Total Capacity (MW) | Max annual electricity production (TW-hour) |
Area flooded (sq km) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Gorges Dam | China | 2009* | 15,500 (December 2007); 22,500 (when complete) | >100 | 632 |
| 3 | Itaipu | Brazil/Paraguay | 1984/1991/2003 | 14,000 | 103.45 | 1,350 |
| 4 | Guri (Simón Bolívar) | Venezuela | 1986 | 10,200 | 46 | 4,250 |
| 5 | Tucuruí | Brazil | 1984 | 7,960 | 21 | |
| 6 | Grand Coulee | United States | 1942/1980 | 6,809 | 22.6 | |
| 7 | Sayano Shushenskaya | Russia | 1985/1989 | 6,400 | 26.8 | |
| 8 | Krasnoyarskaya | Russia | 1972 | 6,000 | 20.4 | 2,000 |
| 9 | Robert-Bourassa | Canada | 1981 | 5,616 | ||
| 10 | Churchill Falls | Canada | 1971 | 5,429 | 35 | |
| 11 | Bratskaya | Russia | 1967 | 4,500 | 22.6 | |
| 12 | Ust Ilimskaya | Russia | 1980 | 4,320 | 21.7 | |
| 2 | Yaciretá | Argentina/Paraguay | 1998 | 4,050 | 19.2 | 1,600 |
| 13 | Tarbela Dam | Pakistan | 1976 | 3,478 | ||
| 14 | Ertan Dam | China | 1999 | 3,300 (550×6) | 17.0 | |
| 15 | Ilha Solteira Dam | Brazil | 1974 | 3,200 | ||
| 16 | Xingó | Brazil | 1994/1997 | 3,162 | ||
| 17 | Gezhouba Dam | China | 1988 | 3,115 | 17.01 | |
| 18 | Nurek Dam | Tajikistan | 1979/1988 | 3,000 | ||
| 19 | La Grande-4 | Canada | 1986 | 2,779 | ||
| 20 | W. A. C. Bennett Dam | Canada | 1968 | 2,730 | ||
| 21 | Chief Joseph Dam | United States | 1958/73/79 | 2,620 | ||
| 22 | Volzhskaya (Volgogradskaya) | Russia | 1961 | 2,541 | 12.3 | |
| 23 | Niagara Falls | United States | 1961 | 2,515 | ||
| 24 | Paulo Afonso IV Dam | Brazil | 1955 | 2,462 | ||
| 25 | La Grande-3 | Canada | 1984 | 2,418 | ||
| 26 | Atatürk Dam | Turkey | 1990 | 2,400 | ||
| 27 | Zhiguliovskaya (Samarskaya) | Russia | 1957 | 2,300 | 10.5 | |
| 28 | Iron Gates-I | Romania/Serbia | 1970 | 2,216 | 13 | |
| 29 | Caruachi | Venezuela | 2006 | 2,160 | 12.95 | |
| 30 | John Day Dam | United States | 1971 | 2,160 | ||
| 31 | La Grande-2-A | Canada | 1992 | 2,106 | ||
| 32 | Aswan | Egypt | 1970 | 2,100 | ||
| 33 | Itumbiara | Brazil | 1980 | 2,082 | ||
| 34 | Hoover Dam | United States | 1936/1961 | 2,080 | ||
| 35 | Cahora Bassa | Mozambique | 1975 | 2,075 | ||
| 36 | The Dalles Dam | United States | 1981 | 2,038 | ||
| 37 | Karun I Dam | Iran | 1976 | 2,000 | ||
| 38 | Karun II Dam | Iran | 2001 | 2,000 | ||
| 39 | Karun III Dam | Iran | 2007 | 2,000 | 4.1 | |
| 40 | Lijiaxia Dam | China | 2000 | 2,000 |
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