List of conventional hydroelectric power stations
General Knowledge Lists: Following is the list of conventional hydroelectric power stations
| 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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