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Largest hydro power plants in the world

The biggest hydro power plants in the world by installed capacity. Open data.

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1Three Gorges DamHydroChina22,500
2XiluoduHydroChina13,860
3Baihetan DamHydroChina13,050
4Belo MonteHydroBrazil11,233
5Simon Bolivar (Guri)HydroVenezuela10,200
6TucuruíHydroBrazil8,535
7XiangjiabaHydroChina7,750
8Itaipu (Parte Brasileira)HydroBrazil7,000
9Itaipu Binacional Dam (Paraguay part)HydroParaguay7,000
10Grand CouleeHydroUnited States of America6,809
11KrasnoyarskHydroRussia6,000
12NuozhaduHydroChina5,850
13Robert-BourassaHydroCanada5,616
14Churchill FallsHydroCanada5,428
15LongtanHydroChina4,900
16Jinping IIHydroChina4,800
17AhaiHydroChina4,750
18Bratsk HPPHydroRussia4,500
19XiaowanHydroChina4,200
20Ust Illminsk (HPP)HydroRussia3,840
21JirauHydroBrazil3,750
22Jinping IHydroChina3,600
23Pu Bu GouHydroChina3,600
24Santo AntônioHydroBrazil3,568
25TarbelaHydroPakistan3,478
26Ilha SolteiraHydroBrazil3,444
27ErtanHydroChina3,300
28XingóHydroBrazil3,162
29Gou Pi TanHydroChina3,000
30GuanyinyanHydroChina3,000
31Boguchanskaya HPPHydroRussia2,997
32Antonio Jose de Sucre (Macagua)HydroVenezuela2,930
33Bath CountyHydroUnited States of America2,862
34La Grande-4HydroCanada2,779
35MicaHydroCanada2,746
36GezhoubaHydroChina2,735
37Volzhskaya HPPHydroRussia2,734
38G.M. ShrumHydroCanada2,730
39NurekHydroTajikistan2,700
40DagangshanHydroChina2,600
41Zhigulevskaya HPPHydroRussia2,488
42RevelstokeHydroCanada2,480
43Paulo Afonso IVHydroBrazil2,462.4
44Chief JosephHydroUnited States of America2,456.2
45Robert Moses NiagaraHydroUnited States of America2,429.1
46La Grande-3HydroCanada2,417
47Atatürk DamHydroTurkey2,405
48Guadian DamHydroChina2,400
49GuandiHydroChina2,400
50Guangzhou Pump StorageHydroChina2,400
51HuizhouHydroChina2,400
52JinanqiaoHydroChina2,400
53LiyuanHydroChina2,400
54Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén)HydroMexico2,400
55Hoa BinhHydroVietnam2,400
56Son LaHydroVietnam2,400
57LudilaHydroChina2,160
58John DayHydroUnited States of America2,160
59Fransisco de Miranda (Caruachi)HydroVenezuela2,160
60La Grande-2-AHydroCanada2,106
61GongzuiHydroChina2,100
62High DamHydroEgypt2,100
63ItumbiaraHydroBrazil2,082
64Cahora BassaHydroMozambique2,075
65Byreyskaya HPPHydroRussia2,010
66Lijiaxia DamHydroChina2,000
67Karoune 3HydroIran2,000
68Masjed SoleymanHydroIran2,000
69Shahid AbbaspuorHydroIran2,000
70Bad CreekHydroUnited States of America2,000
71LudingtonHydroUnited States of America1,978.8
72KOYNA COMPLEXHydroIndia1,956
73OkutataragiHydroJapan1,932
74BeauharnoisHydroCanada1,912
75Gilgel Gibe IIIHydroEthiopia1,870
76ShuibuyaHydroChina1,840
77Teles PiresHydroBrazil1,820
78The DallesHydroUnited States of America1,819.7
79YantanHydroChina1,810
80Tumut 3HydroAustralia1,800
81BaishanHydroChina1,800
82LongkaikouHydroChina1,800
83TianhuangpingHydroChina1,800
84XiaolangdiHydroChina1,800
85Karakaya DamHydroTurkey1,800
86Dagestan BranchHydroRussia1,786
87Jing HongHydroChina1,750
88PengshuiHydroChina1,750
89DinorwigHydroUnited Kingdom1,728
90Raccoon MountainHydroUnited States of America1,713.6
91GRAND MAISONHydroFrance1,713
92São SimãoHydroBrazil1,710
93WuqiangxiHydroChina1,700
94CastaicHydroUnited States of America1,682
95Governador Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto (Foz do Areia)HydroBrazil1,676
96ManwanHydroChina1,670
97Ming-TanHydroTaiwan1,602
98Manic-5HydroCanada1,596
99Jupiá (Eng° Souza Dias)HydroBrazil1,551.2
100YACYRETAHydroArgentina1,550
101Yacyretá DamHydroParaguay1,550
102Porto Primavera (Eng° Sérgio Motta)HydroBrazil1,540
103Dneipro HPP 2HydroUkraine1,538
104GongboxiaHydroChina1,500
105Coca Coda SinclairHydroEcuador1,500
106NATHPA JHAKRIHydroIndia1,500
107OkuminoHydroJapan1,500
108Sir Adam Beck 2HydroCanada1,499
109Luiz Gonzaga (Itaparica)HydroBrazil1,479.6
110ItáHydroBrazil1,450
111Ghazi BarothaHydroPakistan1,450
112KvilldalHydroNorway1,444
113MarimbondoHydroBrazil1,440
114La Grande-1HydroCanada1,436
115Saratovskaya HPPHydroRussia1,427
116Inga IIHydroDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,424
117Salto SantiagoHydroBrazil1,420
118PIEDRA DEL AGUILA (CPSA)HydroArgentina1,400
119ShuikouHydroChina1,400
120Aurland5HydroNorway1,398
121Água Vermelha (Antiga José Ermírio de Moraes)HydroBrazil1,396.2
122BHAKRAHydroIndia1,379.6
123Cheboksarskaya HPPHydroRussia1,370
124Kot Addu Power Company ltd.HydroPakistan1,368
125LimestoneHydroCanada1,350
126Da Chao ShanHydroChina1,350
127Zeyskaya HPPHydroRussia1,330
128Keban DamHydroTurkey1,330
129René-Lévesque (Manic-3)HydroCanada1,326
130Tianshengqiao IIHydroChina1,320
131Glen Canyon DamHydroUnited States of America1,312
132Inguri (Enguri) Dam Hydroelectric Power Station GeorgiaHydroGeorgia1,300
133Rocky ReachHydroUnited States of America1,299.6
134Vianden Pumped Storage Power Plant LuxembourgHydroLuxembourg1,296
135LongyangxiaHydroChina1,280
136QingyuanHydroChina1,280
137WujiangduHydroChina1,280
138OkawachiHydroJapan1,280
139Shin TakasegawaHydroJapan1,280
140Serra da MesaHydroBrazil1,275
141Governador Ney Aminthas de Barros Braga (Segredo)HydroBrazil1,260
142BieudronHydroSwitzerland1,260
143KettleHydroCanada1,253
144GavioHydroColombia1,250
145MeroweHydroSudan1,250
146Governador José Richa (Salto Caxias)HydroBrazil1,240
147San CarlosHydroColombia1,240
148Jean-Lesage (Manic-2)HydroCanada1,229
149ALDEADAVILA II 2HydroSpain1,226.4
150LiujiaxiaHydroChina1,225
151WanapumHydroUnited States of America1,220
152FurnasHydroBrazil1,216
153Ilısu DamHydroTurkey1,209
154OkuyoshinoHydroJapan1,206
155Nizhnekamsk hydroelectric power stationHydroRussia1,205
156EL CHOCONHydroArgentina1,200
157BailanheHydroChina1,200
158BaoquanHydroChina1,200
159GeheyanHydroChina1,200
160HeimifengHydroChina1,200
161HongpingHydroChina1,200
162HuhhotHydroChina1,200
163LiyangHydroChina1,200
164PushiheHydroChina1,200
165Tianshengqiao 1HydroChina1,200
166TongbaiHydroChina1,200
167XianyouHydroChina1,200
168YangquHydroChina1,200
169S.SAROVAR RBPHHydroIndia1,200
170TEESTA-IIIHydroIndia1,200
171MatanogawaHydroJapan1,200
172OmarugawaHydroJapan1,200
173TamaharaHydroJapan1,200
174Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Plant KyrgyzstanHydroKyrgyzstan1,200
175InfiernilloHydroMexico1,200
176Lai ChauHydroVietnam1,200
177EmborcaçãoHydroBrazil1,192
178Bersimis-1HydroCanada1,178
179Northfield MountainHydroUnited States of America1,168
180COOHydroBelgium1,164
181BonnevilleHydroUnited States of America1,162
182HPP Portile de Fier IHydroRomania1,161
183ShipshawHydroCanada1,145
184MachadinhoHydroBrazil1,140
185Shin ToyoneHydroJapan1,125
186ShatuoHydroChina1,120
187BoundaryHydroUnited States of America1,118.6
188TingzikouHydroChina1,100
189PauteHydroEcuador1,100
190PSW ViandenHydroGermany1,096
191EstreitoHydroBrazil1,087
192HE DJERDAP IHydroSerbia1,086
193Votkinskaya HPPHydroRussia1,085
194WanjiazhaiHydroChina1,080
195MalpasoHydroMexico1,080
196Salto OsórioHydroBrazil1,078
197Muddy RunHydroUnited States of America1,072
198Nam Theun 2HydroLaos1,070
199ManglaHydroPakistan1,070
200Manic-5-PAHydroCanada1,064
201ENTRACQUE_CHROHydroItaly1,064
202GoldisthalHydroGermany1,060
203Helms Pumped StorageHydroUnited States of America1,053
204Mosul DamHydroIraq1,052
205SobradinhoHydroBrazil1,050.3
206Estreito (Luiz Carlos Barreto de Carvalho)HydroBrazil1,050
207DanjiangkouHydroChina1,050
208SilinHydroChina1,050
209ZhexiHydroChina1,050
210ImaichiHydroJapan1,050
211MarkersbachHydroGermany1,046
212Robert H SaundersHydroCanada1,045
213KARCHAM WANGTOOHydroIndia1,045
214ALICURAHydroArgentina1,040
215Guangzhoao DamHydroChina1,040
216Hoover Dam (AZ)HydroUnited States of America1,039.4
217Hoover Dam (NV)HydroUnited States of America1,039.4
218SHARAVATHYHydroIndia1,035
219Outardes-3HydroCanada1,026
220Tala Hydroelectric Power Plant BhutanHydroBhutan1,020
221JishixiaHydroChina1,020
222AksomboHydroGhana1,020
223KarlshamnHydroSweden1,020
224Upper GotvandHydroIran1,016
225Long SpruceHydroCanada1,010
226CirataI & IIHydroIndonesia1,008
227Sanbanxi DamHydroChina1,000
228Tai'inHydroChina1,000
229XiangshuijianHydroChina1,000
230YixingHydroChina1,000
231ZhanghewanHydroChina1,000
232ChivorHydroColombia1,000
233TEHRI ST -1HydroIndia1,000
234SiahbisheHydroIran1,000
235RONCOVALGRANDEHydroItaly1,000
236OkukiyotsuHydroJapan1,000
237ShimogoHydroJapan1,000
238Chirkey HPPHydroRussia1,000
239DrakensbergHydroSouth Africa1,000
240YangyangHydroSouth Korea1,000
241LimmernHydroSwitzerland1,000
242Daguan ErchangHydroTaiwan1,000
243Ming-HuHydroTaiwan1,000
244Lam Ta KhongHydroThailand1,000
245Blenheim GilboaHydroUnited States of America1,000
246McNaryHydroUnited States of America990.5
247DEHARHydroIndia990
248Kafue GorgeHydroZambia990
249PRESENZANOHydroItaly985
250Aguamilpa SolidaridadHydroMexico960
251TonstadHydroNorway960
252JOSE M ORIOL GRUPO 4HydroSpain953.3
253Murray 1HydroAustralia950
254EDOLOHydroItaly950
255BhumibolHydroThailand950
256Priest RapidsHydroUnited States of America950
257SALTO GRANDE (MITAD ARGENTINA)HydroArgentina945
258SALTO GRANDEHydroUruguay945
259KaribaHydroZambia930
260LudingHydroChina920
261Robert Moses Power DamHydroUnited States of America912
262MONTEZICHydroFrance910
263WehrHydroGermany910
264Luís Eduardo Magalhães (Lajeado)HydroBrazil902.5
265Yunnan GongguoqiaoHydroChina900
266PURULIA PSSHydroIndia900
267SRISAILAM LBPHHydroIndia900
268ShiobaraHydroJapan900
269Kruonis Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant LithuaniaHydroLithuania900
270Belisario Domínguez (Angostura)HydroMexico900
271Kolymskaya HPPHydroRussia900
272KemanoHydroCanada896
273Plavinas HPPHydroLatvia894
274Henry BordenHydroBrazil889
275Sainte-Marguerite-3HydroCanada882
276La Muela II Grupo 4HydroSpain882
277Campos NovosHydroBrazil880
278Laforge-1HydroCanada878
279PSCHAIRA GENHydroBulgaria864
280FengtanHydroChina860
281Foz do ChapecóHydroBrazil855
282KALINADIHydroIndia855
283AnkangHydroChina853
284VILLARINO 4HydroSpain850.9
285Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric PlantHydroUnited States of America847.8
286Bersimis-2HydroCanada845
287Chute-des-PassesHydroCanada833
288SogamosoHydroColombia820
289HarsprangetHydroSweden818
290NAGARJUNA SAGARHydroIndia815.6
291Little GooseHydroUnited States of America810
292Lower GraniteHydroUnited States of America810
293Lower MonumentalHydroUnited States of America810
294FengmanHydroChina809
295Três IrmãosHydroBrazil808
296REVINHydroFrance808
297Seven MileHydroCanada805
298ShisanlingHydroChina800
299KOLDAMHydroIndia800
300KazunogawaHydroJapan800
301Kurpsay Hydroelectric Power Plant KyrgyzstanHydroKyrgyzstan800
302ManapouriHydroNew Zealand800
303YecheonHydroSouth Korea800
304Taqba (Al-Thawra) Hydroelectric Power Project SyriaHydroSyrian Arab Republic800
305Antunez de Mayolo (Mantaro)HydroPeru798
306Paulo Afonso IIIHydroBrazil794.2
307YeywaHydroMyanmar790
308OaheHydroUnited States of America786.1
309Outardes-4HydroCanada785
310IDUKKIHydroIndia780
311Okuyahagi DainiHydroJapan780
312ŻarnowiecHydroPoland780
313JocasseeHydroUnited States of America774
314WellsHydroUnited States of America774
315AnguHydroChina772
316SRISAILAMHydroIndia770
317Eastmain-1-AHydroCanada768
318Shuifeng (Sup'ung)HydroChina765
319Karoune 4HydroIran765
320ZipingpuHydroChina760
321KainjiHydroNigeria760
322CarillonHydroCanada753
323RIO GRANDEHydroArgentina750
324Gong Guo QiaoHydroChina750
325Alfredo Elías Ayub (La Yesca)HydroMexico750
326Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine (El Cajón)HydroMexico750
327Kariba Dam South Hydroelectric Power Station ZimbabweHydroZimbabwe750
328SUPER BISSORTEHydroFrance742.3
329KALAYAAN PSPPHydroPhilippines739.2
330GROSIOHydroItaly737
331Frades IIHydroPortugal736
332Nam Ngum 2HydroLaos735
333Cierny Vah Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant SlovakiaHydroSlovakia734
334Malta main stageHydroAustria730
335Sy-SimaHydroNorway720
336Gabcikovo Hydroelectric Power Plant SlovakiaHydroSlovakia720
337SrinagarindHydroThailand720
338IalyHydroVietnam720
339ShastaHydroUnited States of America714
340Altınkaya DamHydroTurkey703
341DniesterHydroUkraine702
342SagulingHydroIndonesia700.7
343BaozhusiHydroChina700
344Long Tou ShiHydroChina700
345TongjieziHydroChina700
346SupungHydroNorth Korea700
347SancheongHydroSouth Korea700
348KremenchugHydroUkraine700
349Dong FengHydroChina695
350Peace CanyonHydroCanada694
351Barra GrandeHydroBrazil690
352RALCOHydroChile690
353Fljótsdalsvirkjun (Kárahnjúkar )HydroIceland690
354SALAL I & IIHydroIndia690
355Ohau AHydroNew Zealand688
356Vilyuiskaya HPP (HPP-1 HPP-2)HydroRussia680
357NumapparaHydroJapan675
358JSC BukhtarminskayaHydroKazakhstan675
359BrownleeHydroUnited States of America675
360Birecik DamHydroTurkey672
361Sangtuda 1HydroTajikistan670
362Deriner DamHydroTurkey670
363Wilson DamHydroUnited States of America666.7
364CharvakHydroUzbekistan666
365Xin'an JiangHydroChina663
366IkustskHydroRussia662.4
367MactaquacHydroCanada660
368ShenxigouHydroChina660
369Porce IIIHydroColombia660
370Haditha DamHydroIraq660
371Cachoeira DouradaHydroBrazil658
372LangyashanHydroChina658
373Dlouhé Stráně IHydroCzech Republic650
374Dniester (pumped storage)HydroUkraine648
375Edward C HyattHydroUnited States of America644.1
376Romaine-2HydroCanada640
377SaurdalHydroNorway640
378LA MUELA CORTES 1HydroSpain634
379ChangzhouHydroChina630
380Alto LindosoHydroPortugal630
381Teshreen (Tishrin) Hydroelectric Power Project SyriaHydroSyrian Arab Republic630
382Rock IslandHydroUnited States of America629.4
383Richard B RussellHydroUnited States of America628
384AzumiHydroJapan623
385NabaraHydroJapan620
386Capivara (Escola de Engenharia Mackenzie)HydroBrazil619
387Tumut 1 (Upper Tumut)HydroAustralia616
388HongawaHydroJapan615
389RHE BAJINA BASTAHydroSerbia614
390Bay D'espoirHydroCanada604
391Ice HarborHydroUnited States of America603
392KomanHydroAlbania600
393DahuaHydroChina600
394HongjiaduHydroChina600
395LetanHydroChina600
396MianhutanHydroChina600
397SuofengyingHydroChina600
398TangkengHydroChina600
399TongzilinHydroChina600
400YinpanHydroChina600
401BATHIEHydroFrance600
402RANJIT SAGARHydroIndia600
403TenzanHydroJapan600
404PergauHydroMalaysia600
405Carlos Ramírez Ulloa (El Caracol)HydroMexico600
406Shweli (1)HydroMyanmar600
407ShiroroHydroNigeria600
408SvartisenHydroNorway600
409Kureyskaya HPPHydroRussia600
410CheongsongHydroSouth Korea600
411MujuHydroSouth Korea600
412SamnangjinHydroSouth Korea600
413BaipazaHydroTajikistan600
414Bear SwampHydroUnited States of America600
415StornorrforsHydroSweden599
416Fairfield Pumped StorageHydroUnited States of America587.2
417GarrisonHydroUnited States of America583.4
418Kootenay CanalHydroCanada580
419Lang SimaHydroNorway580
420JebbaHydroNigeria578
421PEHUENCHEHydroChile570
422RanaHydroNorway570
423Sevan-Hrazdan CascadeHydroArmenia561
424Central GuatapéHydroColombia560
425OkutadamiHydroJapan560
426KUNDAH I-VHydroIndia555
427Porąbka-ŻarHydroPoland552
428Kamskaya HPPHydroRussia552
429Murray 2HydroAustralia550
430LianhuaHydroChina550
431Aswan Dam IIHydroEgypt550
432Smith MountainHydroUnited States of America547.5
433S.FIORANOHydroItaly544
434BaiseHydroChina540
435CHAMERA-IHydroIndia540
436BenmoreHydroNew Zealand540
437CheongpyeongHydroSouth Korea540
438Oymapinar DamHydroTurkey540
439Big Bend DamHydroUnited States of America538.3
440Zakucac Hydroelectric Power Plant CroatiaHydroCroatia538
441Nizhegorodskaya HPPHydroRussia531
442ConowingoHydroUnited States of America530.8
443ToulnustoucHydroCanada526
444Kopswerk IIHydroAustria525
445Taquaruçu (Escola Politécnica)HydroBrazil525
446LibbyHydroUnited States of America525
447Outardes-2HydroCanada523
448CapandaHydroAngola520
449OMKARESHWARHydroIndia520
450PARBATI-IIIHydroIndia520
451DezHydroIran520
452Huoi QuangHydroVietnam520
453SAUCELLE II 1HydroSpain516.4
454PankouHydroChina513
455Boyabat DamHydroTurkey513
456Nova PonteHydroBrazil510
457HuanglongtanHydroChina510
458Yamzho YumcoHydroChina510
459ZangmuHydroChina510
460BALIMELAHydroIndia510
461TEESTA -VHydroIndia510
462Berke DamHydroTurkey510
463HPP LotruHydroRomania509
464ItaúbaHydroBrazil500.4
465FierzaHydroAlbania500
466Wivenhoe HydroelectricHydroAustralia500
467KW SilzHydroAustria500
468Caojie On Jiangling River Chongqing CityHydroChina500
469DongjiangHydroChina500
470Wanan DamHydroChina500
471ANAPO C.LEHydroItaly500
472OhiraHydroJapan500
473CEDILLO 3HydroSpain500
474SirikitHydroThailand500
475Hasan Uğurlu DamHydroTurkey500
476CartersHydroUnited States of America500
477Peixe AngicalHydroBrazil498.8
478KanivHydroUkraine493
479WanetaHydroCanada490
480S.GIACOMOHydroItaly490
481Novosibirskaya HPPHydroRussia490
482Noxon RapidsHydroUnited States of America488
483Sopladora IIHydroEcuador487
484CHEYLASHydroFrance485
485LetsiHydroSweden483
486The March 17th  Power PlantHydroNorth Korea482
487Kaprun Limberg IIHydroAustria480
488Eastmain-1HydroCanada480
489Guangxi QiaogongHydroChina480
490QiaogongHydroChina480
491ShawanHydroChina480
492Waldeck 2HydroGermany480
493URIHydroIndia480
494SeymarehHydroIran480
495Grand RapidsHydroCanada479
496Marechal Mascarenhas de Moraes (Antiga Peixoto)HydroBrazil476
497Ham Thuan - Da MiHydroVietnam475
498COLBUNHydroChile474
499FUTALEUFUHydroArgentina472
500PLANICIE BANDERITAHydroArgentina472

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Frequently asked questions

What ranks first in largest hydro power plants in the world?

Three Gorges Dam (China) ranks #1 with 22,500 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 500 power plants in the world.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Three Gorges Dam (22,500); 2. Xiluodu (13,860); 3. Baihetan Dam (13,050).