The Top 100 - Part I
The World's Largest Power Plants
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No 1 - Three Gorges 18,460 MW China Photograph courtesy of Alstom |
No 2 - Itaipu 14,750 MW Brazil/Paraguay Photograph courtesy of Itaipu Binacional |
No 3 - Simon Bolivar (Guri) 10,055 MW Venezuela
Photograph courtesy of EDELCA |
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No 4 - Tucurui 8,370 MW Brazil Photograph courtesy of Eletronorte |
No 5 - Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 8,206 MW Japan
Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Ltd |
No 6 - Bruce 6,830 MW Canada Photograph courtesy of British Energy |
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No 7 - Sayanao-Shushenskaya 6,500 MW Russia Photograph courtesy of Sayanao-Shushenskaya GES |
No 8 - Grand Coulee 6,495 MW USA Photograph courtesy of US Bureau of Reclamation |
No 9 - Longtan 6,426 MW China Photograph courtesy of Hydrochina Zhongnan Engineering Corp |
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No 10 - Futtsu 6,105 MW Japan Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Ltd |
No 11 - Krasnoyarsk 6,000 MW Russia Photograph by Alexander Kuptsova |
No 12 - Zaporizhzhya 6,000 MW Ukraine Photograph courtesy of Energoatom |
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No 13 - Poryong 5,954 MW Republic of Korea Photograph courtesy of Korea Electric Power Corp |
No 14 - Ulchin 5,900 MW Republic of Korea Photograph courtesy of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corp |
No 15 - Yonggwang 5,900 MW Republic of Korea Photograph courtesy of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corp |
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No 16 - Taichung 5,834 MW Taiwan Photograph courtesy of Taiwan Power Co |
No 17 - Gravelines 5,706 MW France Photograph courtesy of Jozef Stefan Institute |
No 18 - Surgut-2 5,606 MW Photograph courtesy of E.ON |
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No 19 - Al-Shuaibah 5,600 MW Photograph courtesy of Turkiye Muteahhitler Birliggi (TMB) |
No 20 - Paluel 5,528 MW Photograph courtesy of Jozef Stefan Institute |
No 21 - Cattenom 5,448 MW Photograph by Stefan Kuhn |
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No 22 - Churchill Falls 5,429 MW Photograph courtesy of Churchill Falls Labrador Corp Ltd |
No 23 - Bourassa (La Grande-II) 5,328 MW Photograph courtesy of Hydro-Quebec |
No 24 - Waigaoqiao 5,160 MW China Photograph courtesy of Shanghai Pudong New Area Giaoqiao Town Govt |
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No 25 - Beilun 5,000 MW Photograph courtesy of China Daily |
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Note: The Top 100 listing is updated on a quarterly basis. Megawatt values are the sum of the gross capacity (MWe) of generating units in operation, shutdown units, and deactivated units of any size or technology at the plant site. The information is the most recent readily available and deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Comments or better-quality photographs are welcome and should be directed to industcards@aol.com.
Data source: Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base
Updated 08-Jan-2012