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The Gallery has 4,093 plant portraits including the Top 100 Plants and 111 plants in the trading card galleries, with the balance arranged by fuel/technology and geographic region as shown below. A total of 147 countries and territories are represented.

The Top 100 - World's Largest Power Plants

Fuel/Technology Sections

conventional steam-electric plants (coal and lignite), conventional steam-electric plants (other fuels), combined-cycle and gas turbine plants, conventional hydroelectric plants, pumped-storage hydroelectric plants, nuclear power plants, waste-to-energy plants, biomass power plants, diesel and gas-engine power plants, wind energy plants, geothermal power plants, solar power plants, other plants

conventional steam-electric plants (coal and lignite) (668)

plants in Africa (7)	plants in Australia - New South Wales & Victoria (13)
plants in Australia - Queensland & South Australia (5)	plants in Australia - Western Australia (3)
plants in Austria (6)	plants in Bosnia (4)
plants in Belgium (4)	plants in Brazil (7)
plants in Bulgaria & Romania (4)	plants in Canada (14)
plants in Chile (7)	plants in China - Chongqing (3)
plants in China - Anhui (9)	plants in China - Hebei (7)
plants in China - Hunan (8)	plants in China - Jiangsu (5)
plants in China - Shandong (8)	reserved
plants in East China (3)	plants in North China (11)
plants in South China (12)	plants in the Czech Republic (16)
plants in Denmark (8)	plants in England - Midlands (9)
plants in England - North (4)	plants in England - South (6)
plants in Finland (10)	plants in France (6)
plants in Germany - Baden-Wurttemberg & Bayern (7)	plants in Germany - Berlin & Bremen (6)
plants in Germany - Brandenburg & Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (4)	plants in Germany - Hamburg (2)
plants in Germany - Hessen (3)	plants in Germany - Niedersachen & Schleswig-Holstein (4)
plants in Germany - Nordrhein-Westfalen (22)	plants in Germany - Rheinland-Pfalz & Saarland (5)
plants in Germany - Sachsen & Sachsen-Anhalt (6)	plants in Greece (6)
plants in Hungary (4)	plants in India - Andhra Pradesh (6)
plants in India - Tamil Nadu (3)	plants in India - other states (15)
plants in Indonesia (5)	reserved
plants in Ireland (2)	plants in Italy (5)
plants in Japan (15)	plants in Kosovo and Serbia (8)
plants in Latin America & the Caribbean (4)	plants in Malaysia (3)
plants in Mexico (3)	plants in Mongolia (3)
plants in the Netherlands (4)	plants in New Zealand (2)
plants in Northern Ireland (2)	plants in the Philippines (6)
plants in Poland (11)	plants in Poland - Malopolskie (3)
plants in Poland - Slaskie (10)	plants in Poland - Wielkopolskie (3)
plants in Portugal (2)	plants in Russia (6)
plants in Russia - Northern Caucasus (3)	plants in Russia - Siberia (13)
plants in Scotland (3)	plants in Slovenia (3)
plants in Slovakia (2)	plants in Slovenia (3)
plants in South Africa (8)	plants in South Korea (7)
plants in Spain (10)	plants in Sweden (3)
plants in Taiwan (2)	plants in Thailand & Vietnam (4)
plants in Turkey (9)	plants in the USA - Alabama (4)
plants in the USA - Alaska & Washington (2)	reserved
plants in the USA - Arizona, California & New Mexico (6)	plants in the USA - Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi (5)
plants in the USA - Colorado (8)	plants in the USA - Delaware & New Jersey (6)
plants in the USA - Florida (10)	plants in the USA - Georgia (3)
plants in the USA - Illinois (6)	plants in the USA - Iowa (13)
plants in the USA - Indiana (11)	plants in the USA - Kansas (5)
plants in the USA - Kentucky (8)	plants in the USA - Maryland (5)
plants in the USA - Michigan (8)	plants in the USA - Missouri (8)
plants in the USA - Minnesota (5)	plants in the USA - Montana & Wyoming (6)
plants in the USA - New York (6)	plants in the USA - North Carolina & South Carolina (3)
plants in the USA - Northeast (7)	plants in the USA - North Dakota (4)
plants in the USA - Ohio (13)	plants in the USA - Pennsylvania (16)
plants in the USA - Oklahoma & Nebraska (5)	plants in the USA - Tennessee (6)
plants in the USA - Texas (7)	plants in the USA - Utah (5)
plants in the USA - Virginia (5)	plants in the USA - West Virginia (9)
plants in the USA - Wisconsin (6)	plants in Wales (3)
plants elsewhere (6)

conventional steam-electric plants (other fuels) (306)

plants in Africa & the Middle East (9)	plants in Argentina (4)
plants in Australia & Oceania (4)	plants in Austria (4)
plants in Bangladesh (2)	plants in Belarus (3)
plants in Belgium & the Netherlands (4)	plants in Brazil (4)
plants in Canada (9)	plants in the CIS (6)
plants in Croatia (4)	plants in Cyprus & Malta (5)
plants in Denmark & Sweden (7)	plants in Egypt (7)
plants in Europe - northern (7)	plants in Europe - southern (2)
plants in Finland (7)	plants in Germany - Baden-Wurttemberg & Bayern (4)
plants in Germany - Nordrhein Westfalen (6)	plants in Germany (5)
plants in Greece (4)	plants in Iran & Iraq (4)
plants in Iraq (3)	plants in Hungary (2)
plants in India (1)	reserved
plants in Ireland (4)	plants in Italy (8)
plants in Japan (13)	plants in Latin America & the Caribbean (8)
plants in Mexico (7)	plants in Pakistan (2)
plants in Portugal (3)	plants in Puerto Rico (4)
plants in Romania (3)	plants in Russia - Moscow (9)
plants in Russia - Central Federal Dist (8)	plants in Russia - Ural Federal Dist (7)
plants in Russia - Volga Federal District (10)	plants in Russia - other districts (3)
plants in Saudi Arabia (3)	reserved
plants in South & Southeast Asia (4)	plants in South Korea & Taiwan (3)
plants in Spain (4)	plants in the UK (8)
plants in the USA - California (9)	plants in the USA - Colorado (2)
plants in the USA - Connecticut & Massachusetts (4)	reserved
plants in the USA - Florida (7)	plants in the USA - Hawaii (3)
plants in the USA - Kansas & Nebraska (4)	plants in the USA - Louisiana (4)
plants in the USA - New York (11)	plants in the USA - Oklahoma (2)
plants in the USA - Texas - gas & oil (22)	plants in the USA - Texas - other (2)
plants in the USA - Southeast (2)	plants in the USA - other (9)

combined-cycle and gas turbine plants (724)

plants in Africa (6)	plants in Argentina (4)
plants in Australia - Queensland (6)	reserved
plants in Australia - other (11)	plants in Austria (3)
plants in Bahrain (3)	plants in Bangladesh (5)
plants in Belgium (5)	plants in Brazil (9)
plants in Canada - Ontario (7)	plants in Canada - other (7)
plants in the Caribbean (7)	plants in Central America (3)
plants in Chile (9)	reserved
plants in China (7)	plants in Colombia (7)
plants in Denmark & Finland (7)	plants in Egypt (8)
plants in England - East & Midlands (9)	plants in England - North (11)
plants in England - South (9)	plants in Europe - other (8)
plants in Germany - Bayern & Hessen (5)	plants in Germany - Berlin (4)
plants in Germany - Nordrhein-Westfalen & Rheinland-Pfalz (10)	reserved
plants in Germany - other states (13)	plants in Greece (5)
plants in Hungary (6)	plants in India - Gujarat (4)
plants in India - other states (7)	plants in Indonesia (3)
plants in Iran (8)	plants in Iraq (2)
plants in Ireland (5)	plants in Israel (3)
plants in Northern Italy (23)	plants in Southern Italy (14)
plants in Japan (11)	plants in Libya (4)
plants in Malaysia (10)	plants in northern Mexico (9)
plants in southern Mexico (7)	plants in the Middle East (4)
plants in Morocco & Western Sahara (8)	plants in the Netherlands (11)
plants in New Zealand (2)	plants in Nigeria (3)
plants in Oman (7)	plants in Pakistan (7)
plants in Peru (3)	plants in the Philippines (3)
plants in Portugal (4)	plants in Qatar (4)
plants in Russia (4)	plants in Saudi Arabia (4)
plants in Singapore (4)	plants in South America (4)
plants in South Korea (8)	plants in Spain - Andalucia (5)
plants in Spain - Catalonia (4)	plants in Spain - Murcia & Valencia (5)
plants in Spain - Pais Vasco (3)	plants in Spain - other (9)
plants in Sri Lanka (1)	reserved
plants in Taiwan (6)	plants in Thailand (12)
plants in Tunisia (4)	plants in Turkey (14)
plants in the United Arab Emirates (4)	plants in the UK - other (7)
plants in the USA - Alabama (5)	plants in the USA - Alaska (3)
plants in the USA - Arizona (7)	reserved
plants in the USA - Northern California (13)	plants in the USA - Southern California (22)
plants in the USA - Carolinas (4)	plants in the USA - Colorado (9)
plants in the USA - Florida (17)	plants in the USA - Georgia (4)
plants in the USA - Hawaii (3)	reserved
plants in the USA - Illinois (5)	plants in the USA - Indiana & Michigan (5)
plants in the USA - Iowa, Kansas & Nebraska (8)	plants in the USA - Louisiana (5)
plants in the USA - Maryland (4)	plants in the USA - Massachusetts (7)
plants in the USA - Midwest (7)	plants in the USA - Mississippi & Tennessee (5)
plants in the USA - Minnesota (6)	plants in the USA - Nevada (6)
plants in the USA - New England (6)	plants in the USA - New Jersey (14)
plants in the USA - New Mexico (6)	plants in the USA - Metropolitan New York (8)
plants in the USA - upstate New York (11)	plants in the USA - Oregon (4)
plants in the USA - Pennsylvania (9)	plants in the USA - South Dakota (2)
plants in the USA - Texas - South & South-Central (18)	plants in the USA - other Texas (16)
plants in the USA - Virginia (7)	plants in the USA - West Virginia (2)
plants in the USA - Western (3)	plants in the USA - Wisconsin (4)
plants in Vietnam (5)	plants elsewhere (5)

conventional hydroelectric plants (1,081)

hydro plants in Afghanistan (7)	hydro plants in Africa - West (10)
hydro plants in Africa - southern (4)	hydro plants in Africa (11)
hydro plants in Albania (1)	hydro plants in Argentina (10)
hydro plants in Armenia (3)	hydro plants in Asia - South (7)
hydro plants in Asia - Southeast (4)	hydro plants in Australia (13)
hydro plants in Austria (5)	hydro plants in Austria - KAE (5)
hydro plants in Austria - NOE (5)	hydro plants in Austria - OOE (12)
hydro plants in Austria - SBG (22)	hydro plants in Austria - TIR (4)
hydro plants in Belgium & the Netherlands (4)	reserved
hydro plants in Bosnia (8)	hydro plants in Brazil - Alagoas (2)
hydro plants in Brazil - Bahia (4)	hydro plants in Brazil - Mato Grosso (6)
hydro plants in Brazil - Minas Gerais (20)	hydro plants in Brazil - Parana (3)
hydro plants in Brazil - Sao Paulo (16)	hydro plants in Brazil - Tocantins (5)
hydro plants in Brazil - other states (10)	hydro plants in Canada - Alberta (4)
hydro plants in Canada - British Columbia (13)	hydro plants in Canada - Manitoba (9)
hydro plants in Canada - Ontario (21)	hydro plants in Canada - Quebec (19)
hydro plants in Canada - Saskatchewan (4)	hydro plants in Canada - other (2)
hydro plants in Central America (7)	hydro plants in Chile (9)
hydro plants in China - Fujian (4)	hydro plants in China - Henan & Hubei (3)
hydro plants in East China (3)	hydro plants in China - other provinces (9)
hydro plants in the CIS (10)	hydro plants in Costa Rica (15)
hydro plants in Croatia (8)	hydro plants in the Czech Republic (15)
hydro plants in the Dominican Republic (1)	hydro plants in Ecuador (4)
hydro plants in Estonia (2)	hydro plants in Europe - other (7)
hydro plants in France (12)	hydro plants in Finland (5)
hydro plants in Germany - Baden Wurttemburg (8)	hydro plants in Germany - Bayern (17)
hydro plants in Germany - Nordhrein-Westfalen (11)	hydro plants in Germany - Rhelinland-Pfalz (9)
hydro plants in Germany - other (5)	reserved
hydro plants in Greece (15)	hydro plants in Hungary (3)
hydro plants in India - Himachal Pradesh (5)	hydro plants in India - Northeast (4)
hydro plants in India - Rajasthan (4)	hydro plants in India - Uttarakhand (4)
hydro plants in India - other (10)	hydro plants in Indonesia (5)
hydro plants in Iran (4)	hydro plants in Iraq (2)
hydro plants in Greenland & Iceland (8)	hydro plants in Ireland & the UK (7)
hydro plants in Northern Italy (10)	hydro plants in Southern Italy (5)
hydro plants in Japan - Gunma (3)	reserved
hydro plants in Japan - Iwate (3)	hydro plants in Japan - Nagano (3)
hydro plants in Japan - Toyama (7)	hydro plants in Japan (14)
hydro plants in Laos (4)	hydro plants in Lebanon (1)
hydro plants in Macedonia (2)	hydro plants in Mexico (15)
hydro plants in Mongolia (1)	reserved
hydro plants in Morocco (17)	hydro plants in New Zealand (14)
hydro plants in North Korea (1)	hydro plants in Norway - Buskerud & Telemark (9)
hydro plants in Norway - Hordaland & Rogaland (12)	hydro plants in Norway - Sogn og Fjordane (14)
hydro plants in Norway - Sor-Trondelag (8)	hydro plants in Norway - northern (11)
hydro plants in Norway - southern (7)	hydro plants in Panama (3)
hydro plants in Peru (4)	hydro plants in the Philippines (9)
hydro plants in Poland - Lubuskie (11)	hydro plants in Poland - Pomorskie (5)
hydro plants in Poland - Wielkopolskie (6)	hydro plants in Poland - other (10)
hydro plants in Portugal (21)	hydro plants in Russia - Dagestan (7)
hydro plants in Russia (10)	reserved
hydro plants in Scotland - northern (11)	hydro plants in Scotland - southern (2)
hydro plants in Serbia (10)	hydro plants in Slovakia (24)
hydro plants in Slovenia (13)	hydro plants in South America - other (5)
hydro plants in Spain (15)	hydro plants in Sweden - Dalarna & Gävleborg (12)
hydro plants in Sweden - central (8)	hydro plants in Sweden - northern (9)
hydro plants in Switzerland - Graubunden & Ticino (7)	hydro plants in Switzerland - Aargau, Basel Landschaft & Solothurn (9)
hydro plants in Switzerland - Schaffhausen, St Gallen & Zurich (5)	hydro plants in Switzerland - other (6)
hydro plants in Tajikistan (7)	hydro plants in Northern Turkey (12)
hydro plants in Southern Turkey (20)	hydro plants in Ukraine (10)
hydro plants in Uruguay (3)	hydro plants in the USA - Alabama (8)
hydro plants in the USA - Alaska (1)	hydro plants in the USA - Arkansas & Missouri (4)
hydro plants in the USA - Arizona & New Mexico (4)	hydro plants in the USA - California (9)
hydro plants in the USA - Colorado (7)	hydro plants in the USA - Florida & Georgia (9)
hydro plants in the USA - Idaho (7)	hydro plants in the USA - Kentucky (4)
hydro plants in the USA - Maine (7)	hydro plants in the USA - Michigan, Minnesota & Wisconsin (3)
hydro plants in the USA - Montana (5)	hydro plants in the USA - Nebraska & the Dakotas (5)
hydro plants in the USA - New Hampshire (1)	hydro plants in the USA - New York (8)
hydro plants in the USA - Ohio & West Virginia (4)	hydro plants in the USA - Oregon (10)
hydro plants in the USA - Pennsylvania (6)	hydro plants in the USA - Tennessee (22)
hydro plants in the USA - Utah (2)	hydro plants in the USA - Virginia & the Carolinas (9)
hydro plants in the USA - Washington (19)	hydro plants in Vietnam (9)

pumped-storage hydroelectric plants (60)

pumped-storage plants in Austria (2)	pumped-storage plants in Czech & Slovak Republics (6)
pumped-storage plants in Europe (14)	reserved
pumped-storage plants in Germany (7)	pumped-storage plants in Japan (9)
pumped-storage plants Poland (4)	pumped-storage plants in the UK (3)
pumped-storage plants in the USA (10)	pumped-storage plants elsewhere (6)

nuclear power plants (200)

nuclear plants in Asia (8)	nuclear plants in Central Europe (7)
nuclear plants in China (5)	nuclear plants in Europe (10)
nuclear plants in Finland & Sweden (5)	nuclear plants in France (11)
nuclear plants in Germany (15)	nuclear plants in India (6)
nuclear plants in Japan (10)	nuclear plants in Lithuania & Ukraine (9)
nuclear plants in Russia (7)	nuclear plants in Spain (7)
nuclear plants in the UK - England (13)	nuclear plants in the UK - Scotland & Wales (8)
nuclear plants in Western Europe (8)	nuclear plants in the USA - Carolinas (7)
nuclear plants in the USA - Illinois (7)	nuclear plants in the USA - Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota & Wisconsin (5)
nuclear plants in the USA - Kansas, Missouri & Nebraska (3)	nuclear plants in the USA - Michigan (5)
nuclear plants in the USA - New York (5)	reserved
nuclear plants in the USA - Northeast (7)	nuclear plants in the USA - Ohio (2)
nuclear plants in the USA - Pennsylvania (6)	nuclear plants in the USA - Southeast (6)
nuclear plants in the USA - South Central (6)	nuclear plants in the USA - West (3)
nuclear plants elsewhere (12)

waste-to-energy plants (143)

WTE plants in Asia (8)	WTE plants in Belgium & the Netherlands (5)
WTE plants in Austria (3)	WTE plants in Denmark (9)
WTE plants in France (14)	WTE plants in Germany - Nordrrhein-Westalen (6)
WTE Plants in Germany - Hamburg & Niedersachsen (5)	reserved
WTE plants in Germany (10)	WTE plants in Italy (6)
WTE plants in Norway (4)	WTE plants in Portugal and Spain (6)
WTE plants in Sweden (7)	WTE plants in Switzerland (7)
WTE plants in the UK (13)	WTE plants in the USA - Connecticut & Massachusetts (6)
WTE plants in the USA - Florida (5)	WTE plants in the USA - New Jersey & New York (10)
WTE plants in the USA - Ohio & Pennsylvania (4)	WTE plants in the USA - other (13)
WTE plants elsewhere (2)

biomass power plants (84)

plants in Australia (3)	plants in Denmark (4)
plants in Finland (7)	plants in India (4)
plants in Europe (12)	plants in Germany (14)
plants in Sweden (4)	reserved
plants in the USA - California (20)	plants in the USA - Maine (5)
plants in the USA (6)	plants elsewhere (7)

diesel and gas-engine power plants (165)

IC plants in Africa (9)	IC plants in Asia (14)
IC plants in Australia and New Zealand (9)	IC plants in Austria (2)
IC plants in Belgium (2)	reserved
IC plants in Canada (4)	IC plants in Bangladesh (3)
IC plants in the Caribbean (7)	IC plants in the Caribbean - West Indies (6)
IC plants in Central America (14)	IC plants in Denmark (9)
IC plants in Europe (12)	IC plants in Germany (7)
IC plants in Greece (3)	reserved
IC plants in Hungary (3)	plants in India (6)
plants in the Marshall Islands (4)	plants in the Middle East & Near East (4)
plants in Oceania (5)	reserved
IC plants in Russia (2)	IC plants in South America (2)