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 - Krasnoyarsk 6,000 MW Russia Photograph by Alexander Kuptsova |
No 11 - Zaporizhzhya 6,000 MW Ukraine Photograph courtesy of Energoatom |
No 12 - Poryong 5,954 MW Republic of Korea Photograph courtesy of Korea Electric Power Corp |
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No 13 - Ulchin 5,900 MW Republic of Korea Photograph courtesy of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corp |
No 14 - Yonggwang 5,900 MW Republic of Korea Photograph courtesy of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corp |
No 15 - Taichung 5,834 MW Taiwan Photograph courtesy of Taiwan Power Co |
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No 16 - Gravelines 5,706 MW France Photograph courtesy of Jozef Stefan Institute |
No 17 - Futtsu 5,598 MW Japan Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Ltd |
No 18 - Paluel 5,528 MW France Photograph courtesy of Jozef Stefan Institute |
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No 19 - Cattenom 5,448 MW France Photograph by Stefan Kuhn |
No 20 - Churchill Falls 5,429 MW Canada Photograph courtesy of Churchill Falls Labrador Corp Ltd |
No 21 - Bourassa (La Grande-II) 5,328 MW Canada Photograph courtesy of Hydro-Quebec |
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No 22 - Beilun 5,000 MW China Photograph courtesy of China Daily |
No 23 - Waigaoqiao 5,000 MW China Photograph courtesy of Shanghai Pudong New Area Giaoqiao Town Govt |
No 24 - Kawagoe 4,802 MW Japan Photograph courtesy of Chubu Electric Power Co Ltd |
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No 25 - Surgut-2 4,800 MW Russia Photograph courtesy of E.ON |
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Note: 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, updates, 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 04/10/10