page_title: List of conventional hydroelectric power stations
section_title: Hydroelectric power stations
hierarchical_section_title: List of conventional hydroelectric power stations / Hydroelectric power stations
caption_attribution_description: English: 120° panorama of the Grand Coulee Dam as seen on a September evening. Dansk: 120° panorama af Grand Coulee Dam set på en september aften. Français&#160;: Panorama à 120° du barrage de Grand Coulee, une soirée de septembre.
context_page_description: This list includes power stations that are larger than 1,000 MW in maximum net capacity, and are operational or under construction. Those power stations that are smaller than 1,000 MW, or those that are only at a planning/proposal stage may be found in regional lists, listed at the end of the page.
  As of 2016, the largest hydroelectric power station is the Three Gorges Dam in China, rated at 22,500 MW in total installed capacity. After passing on 7 December 2007 the 14,000 MW mark of the Itaipu Dam, the facility was ranked as the largest power-generating facility ever built. The dam is 181 m high, 2,335 m long and 115 m in width. Power is generated by 32 turbines rated at 700 MW, and two turbines rated 50 MW, which are used to power the facility itself. Construction of this dam commenced in 1994, and was completed in 2012, nearly two decades after it started.
  The next five largest dams after the Three Gorges Dam are the Itaipu Dam, Xiluodu Dam, Belo Monte Dam, Guri Dam and the Tucurui Dam, rated at 14,000 MW, 13,860 MW, 11,233 MW, 10,235 MW and 8,370 MW respectively.
context_section_description: The following two lists rank the 187 largest conventional hydroelectric power stations that have an installed electric power generation capacity of at least 1,000 MW and also 24 plants under construction with planned capacity of at least 1,000 MW.
caption: The Grand Coulee Dam
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