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The Top 100 - Part I The World's Largest Power Plants

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

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

No 7 - Grand Coulee 6,765 MW USA

Photograph courtesy of US Bureau of Reclamation

No 8 - Sayanao-Shushenskaya 6,500 MW Russia

Photograph courtesy of Sayanao-Shushenskaya GES

No 9 - Longtan 6,426 MW China

Photograph courtesy of Hydrochina Zhongnan Engineering Corp

No 10 - Futtsu 6,105 MW Japan

No 11 - Krasnoyarsk 6,000 MW Russia

No 12 - Zaporizhzhya 6,000 MW Ukraine

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Photograph courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co Ltd

Photograph by Alexander Kuptsova

Photograph courtesy of Energoatom

No 13 - Poryong 5,954 MW Republic of Korea

Photograph courtesy of Korea Electric Power Corp

No 14 - Ulchin 5,900 MW Republic of Korea

Photograph courtesy of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corp

No 15 - Yonggwang 5,900 MW Republic of Korea

Photograph courtesy of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Corp

No 16 - Taichung 5,834 MW Taiwan

Photograph courtesy of Taiwan Power Co

No 17 - Gravelines 5,706 MW France

Photograph courtesy of Jozef Stefan Institute

No 18 - Surgut-2 5,606 MW Russia

Photograph courtesy of E.ON

No 19 - Al-Shuaibah 5,600 MW Saudi Arabia

Photograph courtesy of Turkiye Muteahhitler Birliggi (TMB)

No 20 - Paluel 5,528 MW France

Photograph courtesy of Jozef Stefan Institute

No 21 - Cattenom 5,448 MW France

Photograph by Stefan Kuhn

No 22 - Churchill Falls 5,429 MW Canada

Photograph courtesy of Churchill Falls Labrador Corp Ltd

No 23 - Bourassa (La Grande-II) 5,328 MW Canada

Photograph courtesy of Hydro-Quebec

No 24 -Belchatow 5,298 MW Poland

Photograph courtesy of Elektrownia Belchatow SA

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No 25 - Waigaoqiao 5,160 MW China

Photograph courtesy of Shanghai Pudong New Area Giaoqiao Town Govt

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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 04-Jul-2012 Home

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