World's Biggest Power Plants
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World's biggest power plants The United States, China and Japan are the world's largest producers of electricity. India has the fifth largest electricity-generation capacity in the world. It has an installed capacity of over 152 gigawatts (1 gigawatt is equal to 1 billion watts). Look at the world's biggest power plants . 1. Three Gorges Dam (China) - Capacity: 18,460 MW The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest hydropower project. Built on the Yangtze River in China, its construction began in 1994 and it will be fully operational this year. It is expected to produce as much as 22.5 gigawatts (GW) of power. In August 2009, the plant produced 18.3 GW, more than any other power plant in the world. The Three Gorges Dam is still under construction. 2. Itaipu power plant (Brazil) Capacity: 14,750 MW The second largest hydroelectric power plant on the Brazil-Paraguay border currently has over 20 generator units. 3. Simon Bolivar (Venezuela) Capacity: 10,055 MW Venezuela meets 82 per cent of its electricity needs from the Simon Bolivar Hydroelectric Power Station. 4. Tucurui (Brazil) - Capacity: 8,370 MW Tucurui is the third largest power generator in Brazil, representing 10 per cent of Brazil's installed capacity. 5. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (Japan) Capacity: 8,206 MW Owned and operated by The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), Kashiwazaki-Kariwa is the largest nuclear generating station in the world by net electrical power rating. 6. Bruce Power (Canada) Capacity: 6,830 MW Bruce Power is Canada's first private nuclear generator. 7. Sayanao-Shushenskaya Dam (Russia) - Capacity: 6,500 MW Located on the Yenisei River in Russia, it is the largest power plant in Russia and the sixth-largest hydroelectric plant in the world. 8. Grand Coulee (United States) - Capacity: 6,495 MW Grand Coulee is a gravity dam on the Columbia River in Washington. It is the largest electric power-producing facility in the United States and one of the largest concrete structures in the world. 9. Longtan (China) - Capacity: 6,426 MW Longtan Dam is a large roller-compacted concrete (RCC) gravity dam on the Hongshui River in China. 10. Krasnoyarsk (Russia) - Capacity: 6,000 MW The Krasnoyarsk Dam is a 124-metre (407 ft) high concrete gravity dam located on the Yenisey River in Divnogorsk, Russia. 11. Zaporizhzhya (Ukraine) - Capacity: 6,000 MW The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant on the bank of Kakhovsky reservoir is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. 12. Poryong (Republic of Korea) - Capacity: 5,954 MW The Poryong plant is operated by Korea Electric Power company. The world's sixth largest nuclear power producer, Korea operates 21 nuclear power plants commercially. 13. Ulchin (Republic of Korea) - Capacity: 5,900 MW Ulchin is one among the 21 nuclear generating stations in Korea. 14. Yonggwang (Republic of Korea) - Capacity: 5,900 MW The Yonggwang plant, one of the largest nuclear plants in Korea, has been operating six reactors since 1978. 15. Taichung Power plant (Taiwan) - Capacity: 5,834 MW The Taichung Power Plant is the largest coal-fired power station in the world. .