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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
19LaxiwaHydroChina4,200
20XiaowanHydroChina4,200
21Ust Illminsk (HPP)HydroRussia3,840
22JirauHydroBrazil3,750
23Jinping IHydroChina3,600
24Pu Bu GouHydroChina3,600
25Santo AntônioHydroBrazil3,568
26TarbelaHydroPakistan3,478
27Ilha SolteiraHydroBrazil3,444
28ErtanHydroChina3,300
29XingóHydroBrazil3,162
30Gou Pi TanHydroChina3,000
31GuanyinyanHydroChina3,000
32Boguchanskaya HPPHydroRussia2,997
33Antonio Jose de Sucre (Macagua)HydroVenezuela2,930
34Bath CountyHydroUnited States of America2,862
35La Grande-4HydroCanada2,779
36MicaHydroCanada2,746
37GezhoubaHydroChina2,735
38Volzhskaya HPPHydroRussia2,734
39G.M. ShrumHydroCanada2,730
40NurekHydroTajikistan2,700
41DagangshanHydroChina2,600
42Manuel Piar (Tocoma) Hydroelectric Power Plant VenezuelaHydroVenezuela2,530
43Zhigulevskaya HPPHydroRussia2,488
44RevelstokeHydroCanada2,480
45Paulo Afonso IVHydroBrazil2,462
46Chief JosephHydroUnited States of America2,456
47Robert Moses NiagaraHydroUnited States of America2,429
48La Grande-3HydroCanada2,417
49Atatürk DamHydroTurkey2,405
50Guadian DamHydroChina2,400
51GuandiHydroChina2,400
52Guangzhou Pump StorageHydroChina2,400
53HuizhouHydroChina2,400
54JinanqiaoHydroChina2,400
55LiyuanHydroChina2,400
56Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén)HydroMexico2,400
57Hoa BinhHydroVietnam2,400
58Son LaHydroVietnam2,400
59LudilaHydroChina2,160
60John DayHydroUnited States of America2,160
61Fransisco de Miranda (Caruachi)HydroVenezuela2,160
62La Grande-2-AHydroCanada2,106
63GongzuiHydroChina2,100
64High DamHydroEgypt2,100
65ItumbiaraHydroBrazil2,082
66Cahora BassaHydroMozambique2,075
67Byreyskaya HPPHydroRussia2,010
68Lijiaxia DamHydroChina2,000
69Karoune 3HydroIran2,000
70Masjed SoleymanHydroIran2,000
71Shahid AbbaspuorHydroIran2,000
72Bad CreekHydroUnited States of America2,000
73LudingtonHydroUnited States of America1,979
74KOYNA COMPLEXHydroIndia1,956
75OkutataragiHydroJapan1,932
76BeauharnoisHydroCanada1,912
77Gilgel Gibe IIIHydroEthiopia1,870
78ShuibuyaHydroChina1,840
79Teles PiresHydroBrazil1,820
80The DallesHydroUnited States of America1,820
81YantanHydroChina1,810
82Tumut 3HydroAustralia1,800
83BaishanHydroChina1,800
84LongkaikouHydroChina1,800
85TianhuangpingHydroChina1,800
86XiaolangdiHydroChina1,800
87Karakaya DamHydroTurkey1,800
88DinorwigHydroUnited Kingdom1,800
89Dagestan BranchHydroRussia1,786
90Jing HongHydroChina1,750
91PengshuiHydroChina1,750
92DinorwigHydroUnited Kingdom1,728
93Raccoon MountainHydroUnited States of America1,714
94GRAND MAISONHydroFrance1,713
95São SimãoHydroBrazil1,710
96WuqiangxiHydroChina1,700
97CastaicHydroUnited States of America1,682
98Governador Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto (Foz do Areia)HydroBrazil1,676
99ManwanHydroChina1,670
100Ming-TanHydroTaiwan1,602
101Manic-5HydroCanada1,596
102Jupiá (Eng° Souza Dias)HydroBrazil1,551
103YACYRETAHydroArgentina1,550
104Yacyretá DamHydroParaguay1,550
105Porto Primavera (Eng° Sérgio Motta)HydroBrazil1,540
106Dneipro HPP 2HydroUkraine1,538
107GongboxiaHydroChina1,500
108Coca Coda SinclairHydroEcuador1,500
109NATHPA JHAKRIHydroIndia1,500
110OkuminoHydroJapan1,500
111Sir Adam Beck 2HydroCanada1,499
112Luiz Gonzaga (Itaparica)HydroBrazil1,480
113ItáHydroBrazil1,450
114Ghazi BarothaHydroPakistan1,450
115KvilldalHydroNorway1,444
116MarimbondoHydroBrazil1,440
117La Grande-1HydroCanada1,436
118Saratovskaya HPPHydroRussia1,427
119Inga IIHydroDemocratic Republic of the Congo1,424
120Salto SantiagoHydroBrazil1,420
121PIEDRA DEL AGUILA (CPSA)HydroArgentina1,400
122ShuikouHydroChina1,400
123Aurland5HydroNorway1,398
124Água Vermelha (Antiga José Ermírio de Moraes)HydroBrazil1,396
125BHAKRAHydroIndia1,380
126Cheboksarskaya HPPHydroRussia1,370
127Kot Addu Power Company ltd.HydroPakistan1,368
128LimestoneHydroCanada1,350
129Da Chao ShanHydroChina1,350
130Zeyskaya HPPHydroRussia1,330
131Keban DamHydroTurkey1,330
132René-Lévesque (Manic-3)HydroCanada1,326
133Tianshengqiao IIHydroChina1,320
134Glen Canyon DamHydroUnited States of America1,312
135Inguri (Enguri) Dam Hydroelectric Power Station GeorgiaHydroGeorgia1,300
136Rocky ReachHydroUnited States of America1,300
137Vianden Pumped Storage Power Plant LuxembourgHydroLuxembourg1,296
138LongyangxiaHydroChina1,280
139QingyuanHydroChina1,280
140WujiangduHydroChina1,280
141OkawachiHydroJapan1,280
142Shin TakasegawaHydroJapan1,280
143Serra da MesaHydroBrazil1,275
144Governador Ney Aminthas de Barros Braga (Segredo)HydroBrazil1,260
145BieudronHydroSwitzerland1,260
146KettleHydroCanada1,253
147GavioHydroColombia1,250
148MeroweHydroSudan1,250
149Governador José Richa (Salto Caxias)HydroBrazil1,240
150San CarlosHydroColombia1,240
151Jean-Lesage (Manic-2)HydroCanada1,229
152ALDEADAVILA II 2HydroSpain1,226
153LiujiaxiaHydroChina1,225
154WanapumHydroUnited States of America1,220
155FurnasHydroBrazil1,216
156Ilısu DamHydroTurkey1,209
157OkuyoshinoHydroJapan1,206
158Nizhnekamsk hydroelectric power stationHydroRussia1,205
159EL CHOCONHydroArgentina1,200
160BailanheHydroChina1,200
161BaoquanHydroChina1,200
162GeheyanHydroChina1,200
163HeimifengHydroChina1,200
164HongpingHydroChina1,200
165HuhhotHydroChina1,200
166LiyangHydroChina1,200
167PushiheHydroChina1,200
168Tianshengqiao 1HydroChina1,200
169TongbaiHydroChina1,200
170XianyouHydroChina1,200
171XilongchiHydroChina1,200
172YangquHydroChina1,200
173S.SAROVAR RBPHHydroIndia1,200
174TEESTA-IIIHydroIndia1,200
175MatanogawaHydroJapan1,200
176OmarugawaHydroJapan1,200
177TamaharaHydroJapan1,200
178Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Plant KyrgyzstanHydroKyrgyzstan1,200
179InfiernilloHydroMexico1,200
180Zagorskaya PSPPHydroRussia1,200
181Lai ChauHydroVietnam1,200
182EmborcaçãoHydroBrazil1,192
183Bersimis-1HydroCanada1,178
184Northfield MountainHydroUnited States of America1,168
185COOHydroBelgium1,164
186BonnevilleHydroUnited States of America1,162
187HPP Portile de Fier IHydroRomania1,161
188ShipshawHydroCanada1,145
189MachadinhoHydroBrazil1,140
190Shin ToyoneHydroJapan1,125
191ShatuoHydroChina1,120
192BoundaryHydroUnited States of America1,119
193TingzikouHydroChina1,100
194PauteHydroEcuador1,100
195PSW ViandenHydroGermany1,096
196EstreitoHydroBrazil1,087
197HE DJERDAP IHydroSerbia1,086
198Votkinskaya HPPHydroRussia1,085
199WanjiazhaiHydroChina1,080
200MalpasoHydroMexico1,080
201Salto OsórioHydroBrazil1,078
202Muddy RunHydroUnited States of America1,072
203Nam Theun 2HydroLaos1,070
204ManglaHydroPakistan1,070
205Manic-5-PAHydroCanada1,064
206ENTRACQUE_CHROHydroItaly1,064
207GoldisthalHydroGermany1,060
208Helms Pumped StorageHydroUnited States of America1,053
209Mosul DamHydroIraq1,052
210SobradinhoHydroBrazil1,050
211Estreito (Luiz Carlos Barreto de Carvalho)HydroBrazil1,050
212DanjiangkouHydroChina1,050
213SilinHydroChina1,050
214ZhexiHydroChina1,050
215ImaichiHydroJapan1,050
216MarkersbachHydroGermany1,046
217Robert H SaundersHydroCanada1,045
218KARCHAM WANGTOOHydroIndia1,045
219ALICURAHydroArgentina1,040
220Guangzhoao DamHydroChina1,040
221Hoover Dam (AZ)HydroUnited States of America1,039
222Hoover Dam (NV)HydroUnited States of America1,039
223SHARAVATHYHydroIndia1,035
224Outardes-3HydroCanada1,026
225Tala Hydroelectric Power Plant BhutanHydroBhutan1,020
226JishixiaHydroChina1,020
227AksomboHydroGhana1,020
228KarlshamnHydroSweden1,020
229Upper GotvandHydroIran1,016
230Long SpruceHydroCanada1,010
231CirataI & IIHydroIndonesia1,008
232Sanbanxi DamHydroChina1,000
233Tai'inHydroChina1,000
234XiangshuijianHydroChina1,000
235YixingHydroChina1,000
236ZhanghewanHydroChina1,000
237ChivorHydroColombia1,000
238INDIRA SAGARHydroIndia1,000
239TEHRI ST -1HydroIndia1,000
240SiahbisheHydroIran1,000
241RONCOVALGRANDEHydroItaly1,000
242OkukiyotsuHydroJapan1,000
243ShimogoHydroJapan1,000
244Chirkey HPPHydroRussia1,000
245DrakensbergHydroSouth Africa1,000
246YangyangHydroSouth Korea1,000
247LimmernHydroSwitzerland1,000
248Daguan ErchangHydroTaiwan1,000
249Ming-HuHydroTaiwan1,000
250Lam Ta KhongHydroThailand1,000
251Blenheim GilboaHydroUnited States of America1,000
252McNaryHydroUnited States of America990
253DEHARHydroIndia990
254Kafue GorgeHydroZambia990
255PRESENZANOHydroItaly985
256Aguamilpa SolidaridadHydroMexico960
257TonstadHydroNorway960
258JOSE M ORIOL GRUPO 4HydroSpain953
259Murray 1HydroAustralia950
260EDOLOHydroItaly950
261BhumibolHydroThailand950
262Priest RapidsHydroUnited States of America950
263SALTO GRANDE (MITAD ARGENTINA)HydroArgentina945
264SALTO GRANDEHydroUruguay945
265KaribaHydroZambia930
266LudingHydroChina920
267Robert Moses Power DamHydroUnited States of America912
268MONTEZICHydroFrance910
269WehrHydroGermany910
270Luís Eduardo Magalhães (Lajeado)HydroBrazil902
271Yunnan GongguoqiaoHydroChina900
272PURULIA PSSHydroIndia900
273SRISAILAM LBPHHydroIndia900
274ShiobaraHydroJapan900
275Kruonis Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant LithuaniaHydroLithuania900
276Belisario Domínguez (Angostura)HydroMexico900
277Kolymskaya HPPHydroRussia900
278KemanoHydroCanada896
279Plavinas HPPHydroLatvia894
280Henry BordenHydroBrazil889
281Sainte-Marguerite-3HydroCanada882
282La Muela II Grupo 4HydroSpain882
283Campos NovosHydroBrazil880
284Laforge-1HydroCanada878
285PSCHAIRA GENHydroBulgaria864
286FengtanHydroChina860
287Foz do ChapecóHydroBrazil855
288KALINADIHydroIndia855
289AnkangHydroChina853
290VILLARINO 4HydroSpain851
291Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric PlantHydroUnited States of America848
292Bersimis-2HydroCanada845
293Chute-des-PassesHydroCanada833
294SogamosoHydroColombia820
295HarsprangetHydroSweden818
296NAGARJUNA SAGARHydroIndia816
297Little GooseHydroUnited States of America810
298Lower GraniteHydroUnited States of America810
299Lower MonumentalHydroUnited States of America810
300FengmanHydroChina809
301Três IrmãosHydroBrazil808
302REVINHydroFrance808
303Seven MileHydroCanada805
304ShisanlingHydroChina800
305KOLDAMHydroIndia800
306KazunogawaHydroJapan800
307Kurpsay Hydroelectric Power Plant KyrgyzstanHydroKyrgyzstan800
308ManapouriHydroNew Zealand800
309YecheonHydroSouth Korea800
310Taqba (Al-Thawra) Hydroelectric Power Project SyriaHydroSyrian Arab Republic800
311Antunez de Mayolo (Mantaro)HydroPeru798
312Paulo Afonso IIIHydroBrazil794
313YeywaHydroMyanmar790
314OaheHydroUnited States of America786
315Outardes-4HydroCanada785
316IDUKKIHydroIndia780
317Okuyahagi DainiHydroJapan780
318ŻarnowiecHydroPoland780
319JocasseeHydroUnited States of America774
320WellsHydroUnited States of America774
321AnguHydroChina772
322SRISAILAMHydroIndia770
323Eastmain-1-AHydroCanada768
324Shuifeng (Sup'ung)HydroChina765
325Karoune 4HydroIran765
326ZipingpuHydroChina760
327KainjiHydroNigeria760
328CarillonHydroCanada753
329RIO GRANDEHydroArgentina750
330Gong Guo QiaoHydroChina750
331Alfredo Elías Ayub (La Yesca)HydroMexico750
332Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine (El Cajón)HydroMexico750
333Kariba Dam South Hydroelectric Power Station ZimbabweHydroZimbabwe750
334SUPER BISSORTEHydroFrance742
335KALAYAAN PSPPHydroPhilippines739
336GROSIOHydroItaly737
337Frades IIHydroPortugal736
338Nam Ngum 2HydroLaos735
339Cierny Vah Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant SlovakiaHydroSlovakia734
340Malta main stageHydroAustria730
341Shulbinskaya HPPHydroKazakhstan720
342Sy-SimaHydroNorway720
343Gabcikovo Hydroelectric Power Plant SlovakiaHydroSlovakia720
344SrinagarindHydroThailand720
345IalyHydroVietnam720
346ShastaHydroUnited States of America714
347Altınkaya DamHydroTurkey703
348DniesterHydroUkraine702
349SagulingHydroIndonesia701
350BaozhusiHydroChina700
351Long Tou ShiHydroChina700
352TongjieziHydroChina700
353SupungHydroNorth Korea700
354SancheongHydroSouth Korea700
355KremenchugHydroUkraine700
356Dong FengHydroChina695
357Peace CanyonHydroCanada694
358Barra GrandeHydroBrazil690
359RALCOHydroChile690
360Fljótsdalsvirkjun (Kárahnjúkar )HydroIceland690
361SALAL I & IIHydroIndia690
362Ohau AHydroNew Zealand688
363Vilyuiskaya HPP (HPP-1 HPP-2)HydroRussia680
364NumapparaHydroJapan675
365JSC BukhtarminskayaHydroKazakhstan675
366BrownleeHydroUnited States of America675
367Birecik DamHydroTurkey672
368Sangtuda 1HydroTajikistan670
369Deriner DamHydroTurkey670
370Wilson DamHydroUnited States of America667
371CharvakHydroUzbekistan666
372Xin'an JiangHydroChina663
373IkustskHydroRussia662
374MactaquacHydroCanada660
375ShenxigouHydroChina660
376Porce IIIHydroColombia660
377Haditha DamHydroIraq660
378Cachoeira DouradaHydroBrazil658
379LangyashanHydroChina658
380Dlouhé Stráně IHydroCzech Republic650
381Dniester (pumped storage)HydroUkraine648
382Edward C HyattHydroUnited States of America644
383Romaine-2HydroCanada640
384SaurdalHydroNorway640
385LA MUELA CORTES 1HydroSpain634
386ChangzhouHydroChina630
387Alto LindosoHydroPortugal630
388Teshreen (Tishrin) Hydroelectric Power Project SyriaHydroSyrian Arab Republic630
389Rock IslandHydroUnited States of America629
390Richard B RussellHydroUnited States of America628
391AzumiHydroJapan623
392NabaraHydroJapan620
393Capivara (Escola de Engenharia Mackenzie)HydroBrazil619
394Tumut 1 (Upper Tumut)HydroAustralia616
395HongawaHydroJapan615
396RHE BAJINA BASTAHydroSerbia614
397Bay D'espoirHydroCanada604
398Ice HarborHydroUnited States of America603
399KomanHydroAlbania600
400DahuaHydroChina600
401HongjiaduHydroChina600
402LetanHydroChina600
403MianhutanHydroChina600
404SuofengyingHydroChina600
405TangkengHydroChina600
406TongzilinHydroChina600
407YinpanHydroChina600
408BATHIEHydroFrance600
409RANJIT SAGARHydroIndia600
410UPPAR INDRAVATIHydroIndia600
411TenzanHydroJapan600
412PergauHydroMalaysia600
413Carlos Ramírez Ulloa (El Caracol)HydroMexico600
414Shweli (1)HydroMyanmar600
415ShiroroHydroNigeria600
416SvartisenHydroNorway600
417Kureyskaya HPPHydroRussia600
418CheongsongHydroSouth Korea600
419MujuHydroSouth Korea600
420SamnangjinHydroSouth Korea600
421BaipazaHydroTajikistan600
422Bear SwampHydroUnited States of America600
423StornorrforsHydroSweden599
424Fairfield Pumped StorageHydroUnited States of America587
425GarrisonHydroUnited States of America583
426Kootenay CanalHydroCanada580
427Lang SimaHydroNorway580
428JebbaHydroNigeria578
429PEHUENCHEHydroChile570
430RanaHydroNorway570
431Sevan-Hrazdan CascadeHydroArmenia561
432Central GuatapéHydroColombia560
433OkutadamiHydroJapan560
434KUNDAH I-VHydroIndia555
435Porąbka-ŻarHydroPoland552
436Kamskaya HPPHydroRussia552
437Murray 2HydroAustralia550
438LianhuaHydroChina550
439Aswan Dam IIHydroEgypt550
440Smith MountainHydroUnited States of America548
441S.FIORANOHydroItaly544
442BaiseHydroChina540
443CHAMERA-IHydroIndia540
444BenmoreHydroNew Zealand540
445CheongpyeongHydroSouth Korea540
446Oymapinar DamHydroTurkey540
447Big Bend DamHydroUnited States of America538
448Zakucac Hydroelectric Power Plant CroatiaHydroCroatia538
449Nizhegorodskaya HPPHydroRussia531
450ConowingoHydroUnited States of America531
451ToulnustoucHydroCanada526
452Kopswerk IIHydroAustria525
453Taquaruçu (Escola Politécnica)HydroBrazil525
454LibbyHydroUnited States of America525
455Outardes-2HydroCanada523
456CapandaHydroAngola520
457OMKARESHWARHydroIndia520
458PARBATI-IIIHydroIndia520
459DezHydroIran520
460Huoi QuangHydroVietnam520
461SAUCELLE II 1HydroSpain516
462Fabricio Ojeda (La Vueltosa) Hydroelectric Power Plant VenezuelaHydroVenezuela514
463PankouHydroChina513
464Boyabat DamHydroTurkey513
465Nova PonteHydroBrazil510
466HuanglongtanHydroChina510
467Yamzho YumcoHydroChina510
468ZangmuHydroChina510
469BALIMELAHydroIndia510
470TEESTA -VHydroIndia510
471Berke DamHydroTurkey510
472HPP LotruHydroRomania509
473ItaúbaHydroBrazil500
474FierzaHydroAlbania500
475Wivenhoe HydroelectricHydroAustralia500
476KW SilzHydroAustria500
477Caojie On Jiangling River Chongqing CityHydroChina500
478DongjiangHydroChina500
479Wanan DamHydroChina500
480ANAPO C.LEHydroItaly500
481OhiraHydroJapan500
482CEDILLO 3HydroSpain500
483SirikitHydroThailand500
484Hasan Uğurlu DamHydroTurkey500
485CartersHydroUnited States of America500
486Peixe AngicalHydroBrazil499
487KanivHydroUkraine493
488WanetaHydroCanada490
489S.GIACOMOHydroItaly490
490Novosibirskaya HPPHydroRussia490
491Noxon RapidsHydroUnited States of America488
492Sopladora IIHydroEcuador487
493CHEYLASHydroFrance485
494LetsiHydroSweden483
495The March 17th  Power PlantHydroNorth Korea482
496Kaprun Limberg IIHydroAustria480
497Eastmain-1HydroCanada480
498Guangxi QiaogongHydroChina480
499QiaogongHydroChina480
500ShawanHydroChina480

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 in the world.

Which plants make the top three?

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