List of largest hydroelectric power stations
Completed
Only operational power stations with an installed capacity of at least 2,000 MW. Some of these may have additional units under construction, but only current installed capacity is listed.

List of largest hydroelectric power stations

Section Title: Completed
Table Section Text: Only operational power stations with an installed capacity of at least 2,000 MW. Some of these may have additional units under construction, but only current installed capacity is listed.

Name	Country	River	Years of completion	Installed capacity (MW)	Annual production (TW-hour)	Area flooded (km²)

Three Gorges Dam	China	Yangtze	2008/2012	22,500	98.8	1,084

Itaipu Dam	Brazil Paraguay	Paraná	1984/1991, 2003	14,000	103.1	1,350

Xiluodu	China	Jinsha	2014	13,860	55.2

Guri	Venezuela	Caroní	1978, 1986	10,235	53.41	4,250

Tucuruí	Brazil	Tocantins	1984, 2007	8,370	41.43	3,014

Belo Monte	Brazil	Xingu	2016-2020	7,333	39.5	441

Grand Coulee	United States	Columbia	1942/1950, 1973, 1975/1980, 1983/1984, 1991	6,809	20	324

Xiangjiaba	China	Jinsha	2014	6,448	30.7	95.6

Longtan Dam	China	Hongshui	2007/2009	6,426	18.7

Sayano–Shushenskaya	Russia	Yenisei	1985/1989, 2010/2014	6,400	26.8	621

Krasnoyarsk	Russia	Yenisei	1967/1972	6,000	15	2,000

Nuozhadu	China	Mekong	2014	5,850	23.9	320

Robert-Bourassa	Canada	La Grande	1979/1981	5,616	26.5	2,835

Churchill Falls	Canada	Churchill	1971/1974	5,428	35	6,988

Tarbela Dam	Pakistan	Indus	1976	4,888	13	250

Jinping-II	China	Yalong	2014	4,800	24.23

Bratsk	Russia	Angara	1961/1966	4,515	22.6	5,470

Laxiwa Dam	China	Yellow	2010	4,200	10.2

Xiaowan Dam	China	Mekong	2010	4,200	19	190

Ust Ilimskaya	Russia	Angara	1980	3,840	21.7	1,922

Jirau	Brazil	Madeira	2014/2016	3,750	19.1	258

Jinping-I	China	Yalong	2014	3,600	17	82.5

Santo Antonio	Brazil	Madeira	2012/2016	3,580	21.2	490

Ilha Solteira Dam	Brazil	Paraná	1973	3,444	17.9	1,195

Ertan Dam	China	Yalong	1999	3,300	17	101

Pubugou Dam	China	Dadu	2009/2010	3,300	14.6

Macagua	Venezuela	Caroní	1961, 1996	3,167.5	15.2	47.4

Xingó Hydroelectrical Power Plant	Brazil	São Francisco	1994/1997	3,162	18.7	60

Yacyretá	Argentina Paraguay	Paraná	1994/1998, 2011	3,100	20.09	1,600

Nurek Dam	Tajikistan	Vakhsh	1972/1979, 1988	3,015	11.2	98

Bath County PSP	United States	1985, 2005/2009	3,003	3.32	3.3

Goupitan Dam	China	Wu	2009/2011	3,000	9.67	94

Guanyinyan Dam	China	Jinsha	2014/2016	3,000	13.62

Boguchany Dam	Russia	Angara	2012/2014	2,997	17.6	2,326

W. A. C. Bennett Dam	Canada	Peace	1968, 2012	2,917	13.8	1,761

Mica Dam	Canada	Columbia	1973, 2015	2,805	7.2	430

La Grande-4	Canada	La Grande	1986	2,779	765

Gezhouba Dam	China	Yangtze	1988	2,715	17.01

Volzhskaya (Volgogradskaya)	Russia	Volga	1958/1961	2,671	12.84	3,117

Daniel-Johnson Dam	Canada	Manicouagan	1970/1971, 1989/1990	2,656	1,950

Niagara Falls (US)	United States	Niagara	1961	2,625	0

Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Columbia	1958/1973/1979	2,620	12.5	34

Changheba	China	Dadu	2016/2017	2,600	10.8

Dagangshan	China	Dadu	2015/2016	2,600	11.43

Revelstoke Dam	Canada	Columbia	1984, 2011	2,480	8.75	115

Zhiguliovskaya (Samarskaya)	Russia	Volga	1955/1957	2,477.5	11.7	6,450

Paulo Afonso IV	Brazil	São Francisco	1979/1983	2,462.4

Chicoasén (Manuel M. Torres) Dam	Mexico	Grijalva	1980, 2005	2,430

La Grande-3	Canada	La Grande	1984	2,418	12.3	2,420

Atatürk Dam	Turkey	Euphrates	1990	2,400	8.9	817

Jinanqiao Dam	China	Jinsha	2010	2,400	11.043

Sơn La Dam	Vietnam	Black	2010/2012	2,400	10.25	440

Bakun Dam	Malaysia	Balui	2011	2,400	695

Liyuan Dam	China	Jinsha	2014/2015	2,400	10.703	14,7

Guandi Dam	China	Yalong	2013	2,400	11.87

Karun III Dam	Iran	Karun	2005	2,280	4.17	48

Iron Gates-I	Romania Serbia	Danube	1970, 1998/2007, 2013	2,252.8	11.3	104.4

John Day Dam	United States	Columbia	1971	2,160	8.42

Caruachi	Venezuela	Caroní	2006	2,160	12.95	238

Ludila	China	Jinsha	2014	2,160	9.957

La Grande-2-A	Canada	La Grande	1992	2,106	2,835

Aswan	Egypt	Nile	1967/1970	2,100	11	5,250

Itumbiara	Brazil	Paranaíba	1980	2,082	9	778

Hoover Dam	United States	Colorado	1936/1939, 1961, 1986/1993	2,080	4.2	640

Cahora Bassa	Mozambique	Zambezi	1975/1977	2,075	2,739

Cleuson-Dixence Complex	Switzerland	1965, 1998	2,069	4.51	4

Bureya Dam	Russia	Bureya	2003/2009	2,010	6.59	750

Lijiaxia Dam	China	Yellow	1997/2000	2,000	5.9	383

Karun I (Shahid Abbaspour) Dam	Iran	Karun	1976, 1995, 2006	2,000	54.8

Masjed Soleyman Dam	Iran	Karun	2002/2007	2,000	3.7	7.5

Ahai Dam	China	Jinsha	2014	2,000	8.88	23,4

Sentence(s)

The Three Gorges Dam in China was the world's largest hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 22,500 MW, and the Itaipu Dam in Brazil/Paraguay in second place with 14,000 MW.

final_sentence: The Three Gorges Dam in China was the world's largest hydroelectric power station with a capacity of 22,500 MW, and the Itaipu Dam in Brazil/Paraguay in second place with 14,000 MW.