The Top 100 - Part I Photograph courtesy of Alstom Photograph courtesy of Itaipu Binacional
Photograph courtesy of EDELCA
Photograph courtesy of Eletronorte
Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Ltd Photograph courtesy of British Energy No 7 - Grand Coulee 6,765 MW Photograph courtesy of US Bureau of Reclamation No 8 - Sayanao-Shushenskaya 6,500 MW Photograph courtesy of Sayanao-Shushenskaya GES
Photograph courtesy of
Hydrochina Zhongnan Engineering Corp
Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Ltd Photograph by Alexander Kuptsova Photograph courtesy of Energoatom Photograph courtesy of Korea Electric Power Corp
Photograph
courtesy of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corp Photograph courtesy of Korea Hydro &
Nuclear Power Corp Photograph courtesy of Taiwan Power Co
Photograph courtesy of
Jozef Stefan Institute No 18 - Surgut-2 5,606 MW Photograph courtesy of E.ON 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 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 -Belchatow 5,298 MW Photograph courtesy of Elektrownia Belchatow SA No 25 - Kashima 5,204 MW Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Ltd Top 100 - Part II
Top 100 - Part III Top 100 - Part IV 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
29-Sep-2012
The World's Largest Power Plants
No 1 - Three Gorges 18,460 MW
China
No 2 - Itaipu 14,750 MW
Brazil/Paraguay
No 3 - Simon Bolivar (Guri) 10,055 MW
Venezuela
No 4 - Tucurui 8,370 MW
Brazil
No 5 - Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 8,206 MW
Japan
No 6 - Bruce 6,830 MW
Canada
USA
Russia
No 9 - Longtan 6,426 MW
China
No 10 - Futtsu 6,105 MW
Japan
No 11 - Krasnoyarsk 6,000 MW
Russia
No 12 - Zaporizhzhya 6,000 MW
Ukraine
No 13 - Poryong 5,954 MW
Republic of Korea
No 14 - Ulchin 5,900 MW
Republic of Korea
No 15 - Yonggwang 5,900 MW
Republic of Korea
No 16 - Taichung 5,834 MW
Taiwan
No 17 - Gravelines 5,706 MW
France
Russia
Saudi Arabia
France
France
Canada
Canada
Poland
Japan