The most powerful hydroelectric power stations in the world

Name

Country

River

Capacity, Megawatt

Year

The Three Gorges

China

 Yangtze 

22 500

2008/2012

Itaipu

Brazil, Paraguay

 Paraná 

14 000

1984/1991, 2003

Xiluodu

China

 Jinsha

13 860

2014

Belo Monte

Brazil

 Xingu

11 233

2016-2019 

Guri

Venezuela

Caroní

10 235

1986

Tucuruí

Brazil

Tocantins 

8 370

1984, 2007

Grand Couli

USA

Columbia

6 809

1942,..., 1991

Xiangjiaba

China

Jinsha

6 448

2014

Longtan Dam 

China

Hongshui

6 426

2007/2009

Sayano-Shushenskaya

Russia

Yenisei

6400

1985/1989, 2010/2014

Krasnoyarsk

Russia

Yenisei 

6000

1968/1972

 

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