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List of conventional hydroelectric power stations

22-MAY-2013 11:58
    Station Country Capacity (MW)
    Água Vermelha Dam  Brazil 1,396
    Ahai DamA  China 2,000
    Akosombo Dam  Ghana 1,020
    Alberto Lleras (Guavio) Dam  Colombia 1,150
    Aldeadávila Dam  Spain
      Portugal    		 1,200
    Alicurá Dam  Argentina 1,000
    Aswan High Dam  Egypt 2,100
    Atatürk Dam  Turkey 2,400
    Baihetan DamA  China 13,050
    Baishan Dam  China 1,800
    Bakhtiari DamA  Iran 1,500
    Bakun Hydroelectric Power Station  Malaysia 2,400
    Bekhme DamA  Iraq 1,500
    Belo Monte DamA  Brazil 11,000
    Bento Munhoz (Foz do Areia) Dam  Brazil 1,674
    Bersimis-1 generating station  Canada 1,178
    Bhakra Dam  India 1,325
    Bieudron Hydroelectric Power Station  Switzerland 1,269
    Boguchany Hydroelectric Power StationA  Russia 2,997
    Boundary Dam  United States 1,024
    Bratsk Dam  Russia 4,500
    Bureya Dam  Russia 2,010
    Cahora Bassa Dam  Mozambique 2,075
    Caruachi Dam  Venezuela 2,160
    Changheba DamA  China 2,600
    Cheboksary Hydroelectric Station  Russia 1,404
    Chicoasén (Manual Torres) Dam  Mexico 2,430
    Chirkey Dam  Russia 1,000
    Churchill Falls  Canada 5,428
    Cirata Dam  Indonesia 1,008
    Dachaoshan Dam  China 1,350
    Dagangshan DamA  China 2,600
    Danjiangkou Dam  China 1,035
    Dnieper Hydroelectric Station  Ukraine 1,500
    El Chocón Dam  Argentina 1,200
    Emborcação Dam  Brazil 1,192
    Ertan Dam  China 3,300
    Fengman Dam  China 1,004
    Furnas Dam  Brazil 1,240
    Geheyan Dam  China 1,200
    Gezhouba Dam  China 2,715
    Glen Canyon Dam  United States 1,296
    Gongboxia Dam  China 1,500
    Goupitan Dam  China 3,000
    Gibe III DamA  Ethiopia 1,870
    Grand Ethiopian Renaissance DamA  Ethiopia 6,000
    Grand Coulee Dam  United States 6,809
    Guandi DamA  China 2,400
    Guangzhao Dam  China 1,040
    Guanyinyan Dam  China 3,000
    Guri Dam  Venezuela 10,200
    Hòa Bình Dam  Vietnam 1,960
    Hoover Dam  United States 2,080
    Houziyan Dam  China 1,700
    Ilha Solteira Dam  Brazil 3,444
    Ilisu DamA  Turkey 1,200
    Infiernillo Dam  Mexico 1,120
    Indirasagar Dam  India 1,000
    Inga-II Dam  Congo DR 1,424
    Inguri Dam  Georgia 1,300
    Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station  Romania
      Serbia    		 2,192
    Itá Dam  Brazil 1,450
    Itaipu Dam  Brazil
      Paraguay    		 14,000
    Ituango Dam  Colombia 2,456
    Itumbiara Dam   Brazil 2,082
    Jean-Lesage generating station  Canada 1,145
    Jishixia Dam  China 1,020
    Jinanqiao Dam  China 2,400
    Jinghong Dam  China 1,750
    Jinping-I DamA  China 3,600A
    Jinping-II DamA  China 4,800A
    Eng Souza Dias (Jupiá) Dam  Brazil 1,551
    Karakaya Dam  Turkey 1,800
    Kariba Dam  Zambia
      Zimbabwe    		 1,319
    Karun-1 Dam  Iran 2,000
    Karun-3 Dam  Iran 2,280
    Karun-4 Dam  Iran 1,020
    Keban Dam  Turkey 1,330
    Koyna Hydroelectric Project  India 1,960
    Krasnoyarsk Dam  Russia 6,000
    Kvilldal Hydroelectric Power Station  Norway 1,240
    La Esmeralda Dam  Colombia 1,000
    La Grande-2-A generating station  Canada 2,106
    La Grande-3 generating station  Canada 2,417
    La Grande-4 generating station  Canada 2,779
    Lai Châu DamA  Vietnam 1,200A
    Laxiwa Dam  China 4,200
    Lianghekou DamA  China 3,000
    Lijiaxia Dam  China 2,000
    Liujiaxia Dam  China 1,225
    Liyuan Dam  China 2,400
    Longkaikou DamA  China 1,800A
    Longtan Dam  China 6,426
    Longyangxia Dam  China 1,280
    Ludila DamA  China 2,100A
    Luiz Barreto Dam  Brazil 1,087
    Luiz Gonzaga Dam  Brazil 1,479
    Macagua Dam  Venezuela 3,152
    Machadinho Hydroelectric Power Station  Brazil 1,140
    Malpaso (Nezahualcoyotl) Dam  Mexico 1,080
    Mangla Dam  Pakistan 1,000
    Manic-5 Generating Station  Canada 1,596
    Manic-5-PA Generating Station  Canada 1,064
    Manwan Dam  China 1,750
    Marimbondo Dam  Brazil 1,440
    Masjed Soleyman Dam  Iran 2,000
    McNary Dam  United States 1,127
    Merowe Dam  Sudan 1,250
    Mica Dam  Canada 1,805
    Moses-Saunders Power Dam  United States
      Canada    		 1,957
    Mosul Dam  Iraq 1,052
    Myitsone Dam  Myanmar 3,600
    Nam Theun II Dam  Laos 1,070
    Nathpa Jhakri Dam  India 1,530
    Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Station  Russia 1,248
    Nuozhadu Dam  China 5,850
    Nurek Dam  Tajikistan 3,015
    Outardes-3 generating station  Canada 1,026
    Paulo Afonso Hydroelectric Complex  Brazil 4,279
    Paute Dam  Ecuador 1,075
    Pengshui Dam  China 1,750
    Piedra del Águila Dam  Argentina 1,400
    Porto Primavera Dam  Brazil 1,540
    Pubugou Dam  China 3,300
    Punchiná (San Carlos) Dam  Colombia 1,240
    René-Lévesque generating station  Canada 1,244
    Revelstoke Dam  Canada 2,480
    Robert Moses Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station  United States 2,525
    Robert-Bourassa generating station  Canada 5,616
    Rocky Reach Dam  United States 1,287
    Sakuma Dam  Japan 1,550
    Salto Caxias Dam  Brazil 1,240
    Salto Osório Dam  Brazil 1,078
    Salto Santiago Dam  Brazil 1,420
    Sanbanxi Dam  China 1,000
    Salto Grande Dam  Argentina
      Uruguay    		 1,890
    Saratov Hydroelectric Station  Russia 1,360
    Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam  Russia 6,400
    São Simão Dam  Brazil 1,710
    Segredo Dam  Brazil 1,280
    Serra da Mesa Hydroelectric Power Station  Brazil 1,275
    Shatuo DamA  China 1,120
    Shintoyone Dam  Japan 1,125
    Shuangjiangkou Dam  China 2,000
    Shuibuya Dam  China 1,840
    Shuikou Dam  China 1,400
    Silin Dam  China 1,080
    Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Power Stations  Canada 1,997
    Sobradinho Dam  Brazil 1,050
    Sơn La Dam  Vietnam 2,400
    Srisailam Dam  India 1,670
    Subansiri Lower Dam  India 2,000
    Tala Hydroelectricity Project  India
      Bhutan    		 1,020
    Tarbela Dam  Pakistan 3,478
    Tehri Dam  India 2,400
    Three Gorges Dam  China 22,500
    Tianshengqiao I Dam  China 1,200
    Tianshengqiao II Dam  China 2,520
    Tingzikou Dam  China 1,100
    Tocoma Dam  Venezuela 2,160
    Toktogul Dam  Kyrgyzstan 1,200
    Tucuruí Dam  Brazil 8,370
    Upper Gotvand Dam  Iran 1,000
    Ust-Ilimsk Hydroelectric Station Russia 3,840
    Volga Hydroelectric Station  Russia 2,588
    Votkinsk Hydroelectric Station  Russia 1,020
    W. A. C. Bennett Dam Canada 2,730
    Wanapum Dam  United States 1,038
    Wanjiazhai Dam  China 1,080
    Wujiangdu Dam  China 1,130
    Wudongde Dam  China 8,700
    Wuqiangxi Dam China 1,200
    Xiangjiaba Dam  China 6,400
    Xiaolangdi Dam  China 1,836
    Xiaowan Dam  China 4,200
    Xiluodu Dam  China 13,860
    Xingó Dam  Brazil 3,162
    Yacyretá Dam  Argentina
      Paraguay    		 3,100
    Yantan Dam  China 1,212
    Zeya Hydroelectric Station  Russia 1,330
    Zhiguli Hydroelectric Station  Russia 2,320
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