what is the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world
Vemork


heavy water sabotage operations. The heavy water plant was closed in 1971, and in 1988 the power station became the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum. A new power plant was opened in 1971 and is located inside the mountain behind the old. In 1906, the then newly founded Norsk hydro-elektrisk Kvælstofaktieselskab started construction of what was to be the world's largest hydroelectric power plant. The 108-MW Vemork power station at the Rjukan waterfall was the world’s largest power plant when it opened in 1911, after four years of construction.
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Renewable energy in the United States


The United States is the fourth largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world after China, Canada and Brazil. The Grand Coulee Dam is the 5th largest hydroelectric power station in the world and another six U.S. hydroelectric plants are among the 50 largest in the world. The amount of hydroelectric power generated is strongly affected by changes in precipitation and surface runoff. Hydroelectricity projects such as Hoover Dam, Grand Coulee Dam, and the Tennessee Valley Authority have become iconic large construction projects. Wind power capacity in the United States tripled from 2008 to
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Hydropower


mines. Hydroelectricity is the application of hydropower to generate electricity. It is the primary use of hydropower today. Hydroelectric power plants can include a reservoir (generally created by a dam) to exploit the energy of falling water, or can use the kinetic energy of water as in run-of-the-river hydroelectricity. Hydroelectric plants can vary in size from small community sized plants (micro hydro) to very large plants supplying power to a whole country. As of 2019, the five largest power stations in the world
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Hydroelectric power in the United States


and only released through generators when electric demand is high. In 2009 the United States had 21.5 GW of pumped storage generating capacity, accounting for 2.5% of baseload generating capacity. Bath County Pumped Storage Station is the largest such facility in the world. Other stations of this type include Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant, Bear Swamp Hydroelectric Power Station and Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant on Lake Michigan and previously the largest in the world. No significant tidal power plants exist in the United States. A project was proposed and run
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List of largest hydroelectric power stations


called Grand Inga and is planned to be realised on the lower Congo River. China is said to have been working on a 50,000 MW dam as part of the Yarlung Tsangpo Hydroelectric and Water Diversion Project Another proposal, Penzhin Tidal Power Plant, presumes an installed capacity up to . The largest hydroelectric power stations top the list of the largest power stations of any kind, are among the largest hydraulic structures and are some of the in the world. Only operational power stations with an installed capacity of at least 2,000 MW. Some
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Čapljina Hydroelectric Power Station


The Čapljina Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant is a pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant (PSHPP) or pumped hydroelectric energy storage power plant (PHESPP) type of hydroelectric power plant, whose powerhouse (generation hall, generating station or generating plant) is situated underground near Svitava, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It's one of country's largest hydroelectric power plants of any type, having an installed electric capacity of 420 MW. Lake Vrutak is artificial reservoir on the Trebišnjica river in Popovo Polje, near Hutovo village, and serves
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2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident


, leading to widespread power failure in the local area, and forcing major users such as aluminium smelters to switch to diesel generators. An official report on the accident was issued on 4 October 2009. The Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station is located on the Yenisei River. Before the accident, it was the largest hydroelectric power station in Russia and the sixth-largest hydroelectric power station in the world, by average power generation. The plant is operated by RusHydro. On 2 July 2009, RusHydro announced the station's all
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Renewable energy in Russia


Nizhne-Chereksky (60 MW) are currently under construction. RusHydro is the largest hydroelectric company in Russia and the second largest hydroelectric producer in the world. In October 2010, China Yangtze Power, the largest hydropower corporation in China, and EuroSibEnergo, a Russian energy company, signed a cooperation agreement to expand hydroelectric energy production in Russia and export energy to China's northern territories. The West Siberian Generating Company has plans to start construction of eight mini-hydroelectric power plants in the Altai region before 2015. Geothermal energy is
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Jatobá Hydroelectric Power Plant


The Jatobá Hydroelectric Power Plant () is a planned hydroelectric power plant and dam on the Tapajós river in the state of Pará, Brazil. As of 2017 the project was suspended. The Jatobá Hydroelectric Power Plant will be built on the Tapajós river in the state of Pará, the second largest hydroelectric plant in the state. The reservoir will cover . The plant and reservoir will affect the municipalities of Itaituba and Jacareacanga. The dam will be just upstream from the Sawré Muybu Indigenous Territory. It would flood large areas of Munduruku
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Economy of Albania


away from the railways. Albania is dependent on Hydroelectricity and the largest producer of Hydroelectricity in the world, with a percentage of 100%. It is host to five Hydroelectric power stations and a plant including the Fierza, Koman, Skavica and Vau i Dejës which are situated on the Drin river, due to its significant role for the production of electricity in the country. The Albanian "Devoll Hydropower" company is currently built two hydroelectricity plants on the Devoll river near Banjë and Moglicë. The two plants are expected to be
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Low-carbon power


cost options in today’s energy market, even compared to fossil fuels and there are no harmful emissions associated with plant operation. However there are typically low greenhouse gas emissions with reservoirs, and possibly high emissions in the tropics. Hydroelectric power is the world’s largest low carbon source of electricity, supplying 16.6% of total electricity in 2014. China is by far the world's largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world, followed by Brazil and Canada. However, there are several significant social and environmental disadvantages of large-scale
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Electricity sector in Canada


, making Canada the world's second-largest producer of hydroelectricity after China. Since 1960, large hydroelectric projects, especially in Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador, have significantly increased the country's generation capacity. The second-largest single source of power (15% of the total) is nuclear power, with several plants in Ontario generating more than half of that province's electricity, and one generator in New Brunswick. This makes Canada the world's sixth-largest producer of electricity generated by nuclear
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Energy in Brazil


annum, of which 800 TWh per annum is economically exploitable. In 2004, Brazil produced 321TWh of hydropower. The installed capacity is 59 GW. Brazil co-owns the Itaipu hydroelectric power plant on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay, which is the world's second largest operational hydroelectric power plant with installed generation capacity of 14 GW by 20 generating units of 700 MW each. Due to Brazil's dependence on hydroelectric power and lack of investments in transmission, the reserves were being overused for several years
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Akimoto Lake


Inawashiro Hydroelectric Energy Company began full-scale hydroelectricity production on Lake Inawashiro and Nippashi River, and in 1914 boasted what was at the time the largest hydroelectric plant in Japan—Inawashiro Electric Plant #1—successfully completing an overhead high-tension power transmission line that sent electricity to Tokyo. Inawashiro Electric Plant #2 (in 1918) and #3 (in 1926) were later constructed, furthering development of Lake Inawashiro and the Nippashi River. The Inner Bandai tri-lake area drew attention due to its abundance of water, and
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List of conventional hydroelectric power stations


rated at , , and respectively. All five dams are the largest power-generating bodies respectively, before the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant at , the largest non-renewable energy-generating facility in the world. The currently planned Grand Inga Dam would be nearly twice the size of the Three Gorges Dam at , surpassing all power-generating facilities once it passes the current-highest mark. The following two lists rank the 186 largest conventional hydroelectric power stations that have an installed electric power generation capacity of at least 1,000
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Renewable energy in France


power is the largest single source of renewable electricity in France accounting for 12.2% of total domestic power consumption in 2016. According to industry sources in 2014 there were around 2,600 hydroelectric plants of widely varying capacity accounting for 25,400 MW of installed capacity, 436 of these plants were run by EDF (Électricité de France, a French-based utility company largely owned by the state) and accounted for around 19,900 MW of the total capacity. In 2014 France was the world's tenth-largest producer of hydroelectricity, and Europe's
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Đerdap national park


monuments and other anthropogenic tourist attractions, including a artificial Lake Đerdap, the largest lake in Serbia, formed by the construction of a Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station (or "Đerdap"). The plant was finished in 1972, being fourth-largest in the world at the time (according to the staff at the power plant). It was a big collaboration project between Yugoslavia and Romania. The power plant employs a large number of the residents of the nearby town of Kladovo. The "Đerdap" power plant
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Vidalia, Louisiana


verbal requests or may have feared retaliation for filing written records. Vidalia is home to Louisiana's first hydroelectric power plant and the largest prefabricated power plant in the world. A total of 41 countries and 21 states collaborated in this historic endeavor, the Sidney A. Murray, Jr. Hydroelectric Station, located in the southern portion of Concordia Parish. The power plant began operation in 1990. The office is located on Texas Street in town. Hyram Copeland, a Democrat, had served as mayor of Vidalia from 1992 to 2016. He
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Nelson River Hydroelectric Project


The Nelson River Hydroelectric Project refers to the construction of a series of dams and hydroelectric power plants on the Nelson River in Northern Manitoba, Canada. The project began to take shape in the late 1950s, with the planning and construction of the Kelsey dam and hydroelectric power station, and later was expanded to include the diversion of the upper Churchill River into the Nelson River and the transformation of Lake Winnipeg, the world's 11th largest freshwater lake, into a hydroelectric reservoir. The project is owned and operated by Manitoba Hydro,
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Beles Hydroelectric Power Plant


The Beles Hydroelectric Power Plant, sometimes referred to as Beles II or Tana Beles, is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant in Ethiopia near Lake Tana. The power plant receives water from the lake through the Tana-Beles interbasin transfer and after utilizing it to produce electricity, the water is then discharged into the Beles River. The plant has an installed capacity of 460 MW and it is the second largest power plant in the country. It is also expected to help provide water for the irrigation of
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Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam


The Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam (, "Sayano-Shushenskaya Gidroelektrostantsiya") is located on the Yenisei River, near Sayanogorsk in Khakassia, Russia. It is the largest power plant in Russia and the 9th-largest hydroelectric plant in the world, by average power generation. The full legal name of the power plant, "OJSC [Open Joint-Stock Society] P. S. Neporozhny Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP [hydro power plant]", refers to the Soviet-time Minister of Energy and Electrification Pyotr Neporozhny. The head
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Energy policy of Romania


the Lotru-Ciunget Hydroelectric Power Station with an installed generation capacity of 510 MW but this power plant will be surpassed by the Tarniţa – Lăpuşteşti Hydroelectric Power Station which at completion in 2014 will have an installed generation capacity of 1,000 MW. Romania currently has 1,400 MW of nuclear power capacity by means of one active nuclear power plant with 2 reactors, which makes up to around 18% of the national power generation capacity of the country. This makes Romania the 23rd largest user of nuclear power in the world. The Cernavodă Nuclear
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Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam


of the power plant is Valery Kyari. The plant is operated by RusHydro. As of 2009, it was the largest power plant in Russia and the world's sixth-largest hydroelectric plant by average power generation. It provides more than a quarter of RusHydro's generation capacity. The plant operated ten type РО-230/833-0-677  hydro turbines manufactured at the Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod, each with a capacity of 640 MW at head. The total installed capacity of the plant is 6,400 MW; its average annual production is 23.5 TWh
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Robert-Bourassa generating station


The two plants taken together account for more than 20% of Hydro-Québec's total installed capacity of 36,810 MW in 2009. It is Canada's largest hydroelectric power station, ranks in 12th place on the list of largest hydroelectric power stations and is the world's largest underground power station. Initially known as La Grande-2, it was renamed after Robert Bourassa who, as Premier of Quebec (1970–1976 and 1985–1994) gave the James Bay Project a vital political impetus. The Robert-Bourassa generating station is the main facility of
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Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant


The Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant is the first and largest hydroelectric power plant in Greenland. It was built by Nuuk-Kraft and it is operated by Nukissiorfiit - Greenland's national energy company. In 1984–85, Greenland's energy authority prepared a Greenland's hydroelectricity development program. At that time all electricity in Greenland was produced by oil based fuels, but there had been a sharp rise in the oil prices the preceding years. Construction of a plant in Buksefjord was proposed by a private consortium in 1988. In 1989, four companies
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Hydroelectricity in Italy


Italy is the world's 14th largest producer of hydroelectric power, with a total of 50,582 GWh produced in 2010. Electric energy from hydro accounted for about 18% of the national electricity production in 2010. There were a total of 2,729 active plants in 2010, of which 302 had a capacity greater than 10 MW. Hydroelectric plants are especially widespread in the north, where there are many rivers and mountains. Lombardy, Piedmont and Trentino-Alto Adige contributed for almost 60% of the total energy production in 2010. Hydroelectricity
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List of largest hydroelectric power stations


This article provides a list of the largest hydroelectric power stations by generating capacity. Only plants with capacity larger than 2,000 MW are listed. The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China, has the world's largest instantaneous generating capacity (22,500 MW), with the Itaipu Dam in Brazil/Paraguay in second place (14,000 MW). Despite the large difference in installed capacity these two power stations generate nearly equal amounts of electrical energy during the course of an entire year - Itaipu 103.1 TWh in 2016 and Three Gorges 98.8 TWh
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List of largest power stations


currently only a proposal, the Grand Inga Dam in the Congo would surpass all existing power stations, including the Three Gorges Dam, if construction commences as planned. The design targets to top in installed capacity, nearly twice that of the Three Gorges. Another proposal, Penzhin Tidal Power Plant Project, presumes an installed capacity up to . At any point in time since the early 20th century, the largest power station in the world has been a hydroelectric power plant. The following table lists the largest operating power station, and
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Northfield Mountain (hydroelectricity facility)


Northfield Mountain is a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant and reservoir located on and under the similarly named Northfield Mountain in Erving and Northfield, Massachusetts. It is currently owned by FirstLight Power Resources (formerly NE Energy), which purchased the facility from Northeast Utilities in 2006. Engineering studies for the plant began in October 1964, with early site preparation starting three years later. In 1972 its hydroelectric plant became operational as the largest such facility in the world. The facility was built to balance the supply from the nearby Vermont Yankee Nuclear
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Oglethorpe Power


own several of its plants with Georgia Power (largest electricity supplier in the state) and the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia. Oglethorpe's power plants has an annual revenue of $1 billion and assets of over $7 billion, and 4.1 million customers (2011). About 24% of the capacity is coal, 47% natural gas, 19% nuclear and 10% hydroelectric power (2009). Oglethorpe Power owns 817 megawatts of the 1,095-megawatt Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant, a pure pumped-storage hydroelectric plant that stores
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Serbia


72.7% of all electricity) and to a lesser degree from hydroelectric-power plants (27.3%). There are 6 lignite-operated thermal-power plants with an installed power of 3,936 MW; largest of which are 1,502 MW-Nikola Tesla 1 and 1,160 MW-Nikola Tesla 2, both in Obrenovac. Total installed power of 9 hydroelectric-power plants is 2,831 MW, largest of which is Đerdap 1 with capacity of 1,026 MW. In addition to this, there are mazute and gas-operated thermal-
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History of electricity sector in Canada


through mergers with competitors. In the rest of the province, Shawinigan Water & Power Company (SW&P) attracted large industrial customers, aluminium smelters, carbide plants and pulp and paper mills, with an hydroelectric complex built on the Saint-Maurice River. In 1930, SW&P had grown to become the leading power company in Quebec, and one of the largest hydroelectric companies in the world. Calls for nationalization of the industry began during the Great Depression, after a political scandal surrounded the construction of the Beauharnois Hydroelectric Power Station,
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Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant


The Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant is a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River just upstream of Kremenchuk in Svitlovodsk, Ukraine. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and navigation. It is the third dam in the Dnieper cascade and creates the largest reservoir on the river. The dam has an associated lock and a power station with an installed capacity of . Construction on the dam began in May 1954, the reservoir began to fill in October 1959, the last generator was commissioned in 1960 and
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Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro


Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (commonly known as merely Hydro) is a provincial Crown corporation that generates and delivers electricity for Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, and the north-eastern areas of the United States. The company is a subsidiary of Nalcor Energy. Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro's installed generating capacity, 7289 megawatts (MW), is the fourth largest of all utility companies in Canada. Generating assets consist of 12 hydroelectric plants, including the Churchill Falls hydroelectric plant, which is the second largest underground power station in the world
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Pangue Hydroelectric Plant


Pangue Hydroelectric Plant is a hydroelectric power station in Bío Bío Region, Chile. It lies west of Callaqui volcano at the confluence of the rivers Pangue and Huiri-Huiri. The plant uses water from the upper Bío Bío River and produces of electricity. The plant was built by Endesa in 1996. The penstock delivering water to the power plant has a hydraulic head of and a design volume of . Pangue contributes 10% of the electricity fed into the Chilean integrated grid, making it the third largest power station after Ralco (
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Maranhão


natural gas in the Parnaíba basin, with a production of 8.4 million m³ per day, used in thermal power stations. Maranhão is the 6th largest producer in the country. Maranhão also has a hydroelectric plant (Estreito Hydroelectric Plant), a wind farm (in Lençóis Maranhenses), and other thermal power stations. Itaqui Port annually moves millions of tons of cargo, being an important logistics corridor for the Center-West of the country. It is the second deepest port in the world. Among the main products handled in
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Vemork


Vemork is the name of a hydroelectric power plant outside Rjukan in Tinn, Norway. The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer. At opening, it was the world's largest power plant with a capacity of 108 MW. Vemork was later the site of the first plant in the world to mass-produce heavy water developing from the hydrogen production then used for the Haber process. During World War II, Vemork was the target of Norwegian
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Iceland


the nation's total primary energy consumption, with most of the remainder consisting of imported oil products used in transportation and in the fishing fleet. Iceland expects to be energy-independent by 2050. Iceland's largest geothermal power plants are Hellisheiði and Nesjavellir, while Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant is the country's largest hydroelectric power station. When the Kárahnjúkavirkjun started operating, Iceland became the world's largest electricity producer per capita. Iceland is one of the few countries that have filling stations dispensing hydrogen fuel for cars powered by fuel cells. It
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Pamilo Hydroelectric Power Plant


The Pamilo Hydroelectric Power Plant () is a power station in Eno, Finland that supplies electricity to Finland. It was opened in 1955. It is notable for being Vattenfall's largest hydroelectric power plant in Finland, with an installed generating capacity of 84 megawatts across three units and produces 256 gigawatt hours per year. It is fed with water from the Lower-Koita River and Lake Koitere across a catchment area of 6,550 square kilometres. Water is held back in two basins, by two dams; the Pamilo dam and dam
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Ludington Pumped Storage Power Plant


The Ludington Pumped Storage Plant is a hydroelectric plant and reservoir in Ludington, Michigan. It was built between 1969 and 1973 at a cost of $315 million and is owned jointly by Consumers Energy and DTE Energy and operated by Consumers Energy. At the time of its construction, it was the largest pumped storage hydroelectric facility in the world. It consists of a reservoir deep, long, and wide which holds or 82859 acre-feet of water. The reservoir is located on the banks of Lake Michigan. Because impervious bedrock
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Hydroelectric power in the United States


Hydroelectric power stations in the United States are currently the largest renewable source of energy, but the second for nominal capacity (behind Wind power in the United States). Hydroelectric power produced 35% of the total renewable electricity in the U.S. in 2015, and 6.1% of the total U.S. electricity. According to IEA the United States was the 4th largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world in 2008 after China, Canada and Brazil. Produced hydroelectricity was 282 TWh (2008). It was 8.6% of the world's
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Energy in California


, was completed in 2017 in the northwestern Mojave Desert. The Alta Wind Energy Center in the Tehachapi Mountains is the largest wind power plant in the United States with 1,548 MW installed capacity. A facility known as “The Geysers,” located in the Mayacamas Mountains north of San Francisco, is the largest group of geothermal power plants in the world, with more than 750 MW of installed capacity. California’s hydroelectric power potential ranks second in the United States (behind Washington State), and substantial geothermal and wind power resources
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Shannon hydroelectric scheme


The Shannon hydroelectric Scheme was a major development by the Irish Free State in the 1920s to harness the power of the River Shannon. Its product, the Ardnacrusha power plant, is a hydroelectric power station which is still producing power today and is located near Ardnacrusha within County Clare approximately from the Limerick border. It is Ireland's largest river hydroelectric scheme and is operated on a purpose built headrace connected to the River Shannon. The plant includes fish ladders so that returning fish, such as salmon, can climb the river safely past
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Power station


It is possible to store energy and produce the electricity at a later time like in Pumped-storage hydroelectricity, Thermal energy storage, Flywheel energy storage, Battery storage power station and so on. The worlds largest form of storage for excess electricity, pumped-storage is a reversible hydroelectric plant. They are a net consumer of energy but provide storage for any source of electricity, effectively smoothing peaks and troughs in electricity supply and demand. Pumped storage plants typically use "spare" electricity during off peak periods to pump water from
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Jonquière


mills at the beginning of the 20th century. Between 1925 and 1928, the world's largest aluminum plant was built along with the city Arvida (then a separate town). In 1942, to supply power to the plant, Alcan built a hydroelectric station at Shipshaw that was the largest in the world at that time. Jonquière, Arvida, and Kénogami were amalgamated into a single city, Jonquière, in 1975. Jonquière was the host city for the Quebec Games in the winter of 1976, and for the Canoe/
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Elektroprivreda Srbije


Moravica in Ivanjica was put in the operation. In Belgrade, the power plant "Snaga i Svetlost" was built in 1933, being one of the largest in the Balkans at that time. The establishment of the Električno preduzeće Srbije followed in 1945. Between 1947 and 1950, the hydroelectric power plant "Sokolovica" and coal power plants "Mali Kostolac" and "Veliki Kostolac", the first power stations to be built in Serbia after the Second World War. In 1952, the underground mining of the coal field "
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List of power stations in Michigan


are only a minor source of power. Only plants larger than 4 MW Biomass power plants in Michigan often use waste from the lumber industry. Smaller units use food waste, or cow, pig and turkey waste. Michigan has a number of small hydropower plants; however, the generally small, flat rivers provide a limited source of power. Michigan has one pumped-storage hydroelectricity station, on the shore of Lake Michigan, used for power balancing. It is the fifth largest such plant in the world. Wind power in
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Elektroprivreda Srbije


largest power plants in Serbia, the hydroelectric power plant HPP Đerdap I at the Danube river and the coal power plant TENT, went into operation in 1970. Twelve years later, the pumped storage plant "Bajina Bašta" was built, and in 1990 the hydroelectric power station "Pirot" was put into operation. In 1991, the company was reorganized and changed name to Elektroprivreda Srbije. During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, many power plants have been severely damaged. With the establishment of the UNMIK administration in Kosovo
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Lake Vrutak


Lake Vrutak is artificial reservoir on the Trebišnjica river in Popovo Polje, near Hutovo village, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The lake serves as compensation and storage basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina". Lake Vrutak is tha last and smallest of three artificial reservoirs in hydroelectric power plant system Trebišnjica - HES "Donji Horizonti", and serves as compensation basin for Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant "Čapljina". Other two being Bilećko Lake, the first and largest, and flow-regulation (compensation) basin Trebinjsko
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Búðarháls Power Plant


Búðarháls hydroelectric power plant () is the seventh largest power station of Landsvirkjun, the Icelandic national power company. It is located in the south of Iceland, around 150 km to the east of Reykjavík, among the Þjórsá and Tungnaá water catchment area, near the junction of the Kaldakvísl and Tungnaá rivers. It was officially launched on 7 March 2014. This power plant is the newest of six hydroelectric plants (the others being Búrfell, Sultartangi, Hrauneyjafoss, Vatnsfell and Sigalda) in the Þjórsá-Tungnaá area, and it
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Eiði power plant


The Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station () is the largest hydroelectric power station in the Faroe Islands. It stands below a dam on Lake Eiði (elevation ) on the island of Eysturoy. The power plant started production on April 28, 1987, and it was built and is owned by the power producer and distributor SEV. Originally, two Francis turbines were installed with a capacity of each. The plant now has three turbines in operation. The plant operates at an installed capacity of , with an average annual production of about 55
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Electricity sector in Haiti


power market is worth over $500 million. In 2013, the completion of Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais came to an end. This hospital is the largest solar-powered hospital in the world. The hospital has over 1,800 solar panels. Hydropower is the second largest source of energy for Haiti. They have a capacity of 1000 GWh. Most hydropower plants do not operate to full capacity. However, as of 2018, Haiti's Peligre Hydroelectric power plant has been restored to full capacity. In 2011, the Inter-American
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Bieudron Hydroelectric Power Station


The Bieudron Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant located in the Swiss Alps in the Canton of Valais in Switzerland. The power plant is fed with water from the Grande Dixence Dam's reservoir, Lac des Dix and is part of the Cleuson-Dixence Complex. The 1269 MW power plant is operated by Grande Dixence SA. Production began in 1998, with two world records set upon its completion: the world's most powerful Pelton turbine as well as the highest head used to produce hydro-electric energy. A penstock
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Fortum


position in the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) Nordic climate index. The predecessor of Fortum was Imatran Voima (Ivo), which was founded in 1932 to operate the Imatrankoski hydroelectric power plant in Imatra. Imatran Voima acquired and built a number of other power plants, such as the largest hydroelectric power plants along the Oulujoki river, Inkoo and Naantali coal-fired powerplants and the Loviisa nuclear power plant. Fortum Corporation was founded in 1998. It was created from the merging of Imatran Voima and Neste Oy, the Finnish
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Ouray Hydroelectric Power Plant


The Ouray Hydroelectric Power Plant (formerly known as Ouray Electric Light and Power Company) is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in Ouray, Colorado. The Ouray Electric Light and Power Company was incorporated on December 6, 1885. It is one of the 4 oldest operating power plants in the world. The first electric plant was built at the south end of Oak Street, but the plant was moved and enlarged in 1890 near its present location. Water was used from the Uncompahgre River, when available. A steam engine was
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Jaruga Hydroelectric Power Plant


Jaruga Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant on river Krka, located in Šibenik-Knin county, in central Dalmatia, Croatia. The Jaruga is one of the oldest power-generating facilities in the world. Its present location dates back to 1903, when it was moved from the nearby original Jaruga power station built in 1895. The oldest Jaruga power plant was the first alternating current (AC) power system in Croatia. It was designed to power the street lights in Šibenik, making it the first city in the
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Saguenay, Quebec


, governor of New France from 1749 to 1752. Growth came from the construction of pulp and paper mills at the beginning of the 20th century. Between 1925 and 1928, the world's largest aluminum plant was built along with the city Arvida (then a separate town). In 1942, to supply power to the plant, Alcan built a hydroelectric station at Shipshaw that was the largest in the world at that time. Jonquière, Arvida, and Kénogami were amalgamated into a single city, Jonquière, in 1975. Jonquière
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Power station


world at 630 MW, followed by Thanet Offshore Wind Project in United Kingdom at 300 MW. , the largest photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the world are led by Longyangxia Dam Solar Park in China, rated at 850 megawatts. Solar thermal power stations in the U.S. have the following output: Large coal-fired, nuclear, and hydroelectric power stations can generate hundreds of megawatts to multiple gigawatts. Some examples: Gas turbine power plants can generate tens to hundreds of megawatts. Some examples: The rated capacity of a
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Southland, New Zealand


the more remote western regions since the 1950s and 1960s. Southland also has the world’s largest raw milk-processing plant at the town of Edendale which was established by Fonterra. Other sizeable industries in Southland include coal and hydroelectric power. Eastern Southland has significant deposits of lignite which are considered to be New Zealand's biggest fossil fuel energy resource. Solid Energy operated open cast lignite mines at Newvale and Ohai until its 2015 bankruptcy. Southland hosts the nation’s largest hydroelectric power station at Manapouri which is owned by Meridian Energy and
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Minaçu


completion of the hydroelectric power plant. The economy is based on small industry, mining, and the hydroelectric plant of Cana Brava. This supplies the south of Goiás with energy and contributes needed taxes to the municipality. Agriculture is limited due to the irregular terrain marked by the Serra Dourada mountains. Minaçu is the seat of one of the world's largest chrysotile asbestos mines. The Cana Brava mine, located on the left bank of the Tocantins River, occupies a total area of 45 kmª. Asbestos has made Minaçu one of the
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Energy in Serbia


Zaječar and "Sveta Petka" in Niš began to build. Two years later, the hydroelectric power station on the river Moravica in Ivanjica was put in the operation. In Belgrade, the power plant "Snaga i Svetlost" was built in 1933, being one of the largest in the Balkans at that time. The establishment of the "Električno preduzeće Srbije" followed in 1945. Between 1947 and 1950, the hydroelectric power plant "Sokolovica" and coal power plants "Mali Kostolac" and "Veliki Kostolac", the
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Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station


The Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station has the largest hydroelectric power plant in the Baltics and one of the biggest in the European Union. It is located in Aizkraukle on the Daugava River. It has ten individual water turbines with an installed total capacity of 894 MW. The construction aroused an unusual wave of protest in 1958. Most Latvians opposed the flooding of historical sites and a particularly scenic gorge with rare plants and natural features, such as the Staburags, a cliff comparable in cultural significance to the Lorelei in Germany. The construction of
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Koyna Hydroelectric Project


The Koyna Hydroelectric Project is the largest completed hydroelectric power plant in India. It is a complex project with four dams including the largest dam on the Koyna River, Maharashtra hence the name Koyna Hydroelectric Project. The project site is in Satara district near Patan. The Deshmukhwadi village on which koyna dam is situated is migrated on hill station near to Koyna Dam. The total capacity of the project is . The project consists of four stages of power generation. All the generators are located in underground powerhouses excavated deep inside the mountains of
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Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Plant


The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Plant is located just north of Snoqualmie in King County, Washington state, US. It is situated about east of Seattle. Located just below the Snoqualmie Falls, the power plant consists of two power houses, Plant 1 and Plant 2. Plant 1 was completed in 1899 and is located underground. It is the first completely underground hydroelectric power plant ever built in the world. Plant 2 was built in 1910 and is located along the right bank of the Snoqualmie River. Both plants receive water from a
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Trebinje-1 Hydroelectric Power Station


Trebinje I Hydroelectric Power Station or Trebinje-1 Hydroelectric Power Station is hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Trebišnjica River near Gornje Grančarevo in the municipality of Trebinje in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Trebinje-1 HPP is accumulation with "dam toe powerhouse" type of facility with a large Grančarevo arch dam. At the height of , Grančarevo dam is the tallest dam in the country. Its reservoir, Bileća Lake, is the largest by volume in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well. The dam provides for flood control and hydroelectric power generation at Trebinje-1 HPP
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Elektroprivreda Crne Gore


" owns two large and seven small hydroelectric power plants, and one coal-fired thermal plant. The Perućica hydroelectric power plant as a capacity of 307 MW and the Piva hydroelectric power plant has a capacity of 342 MW. The Pljevlja Thermal Plant has a capacity of 210 MW. The electrification of Montenegro began in the first decade of the 20th century. The debt tradition has begun for almost a century after only 28 years since the construction of the world's first electric power plant, which was built by famous American inventor
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Senju Thermal Power Station


edge technology for the time. The plant was initially designed to have 10,000 horsepower, but due to a sudden rise in the price of charcoal and the attention given to the construction of the hydroelectric plant (Komabashi hydroelectric plant), it was reduced to 5,000 horsepower. The first Senju thermal power station was done away with in January, 1917 (Taisho 6) amidst the rush of hydroelectric power plants being built in Komahashi, Yatsusawa, and Inawashiro. After the first World War Japan's power plants entered an era of combined
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China Three Gorges Corporation


billion) in 2014. Apart Gezhouba and Three Gorges CTG operates and develops more massive hydroelectric projects on Yangtze River - Xiangjiaba Dam, Xiluodu Dam (third world largest hydroelectric power plant), Baihetan Dam and Wudongde Dam. By the end of 2014 CTG had 46.3 GW of total hydropower installed capacity in China and over 28 GW of total installed capacity under construction or development. CTG is developing wind power (since 2007) and solar power (since 2011) business. As of 2014 it has 31 wind power projects in operation
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Muvumbe Hydroelectric Power Station


approximately , by road, south-west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the power station are 1°19'07.0"S, 30°04'44.0"E (Latitude=-1.318611; Longitude=30.078889). The new power plant lies at the site of a smaller hydroelectric power plant that was constructed in 1966 but went out of commission in 2002 due to disrepair and silting. In 2009, a new feasibility study was carried out by Lahmeyer International, a German consulting engineering firm, paving way for the new power plant. In
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Dnieper Hydroelectric Station


and the plant started to produce electricity in October 1932. Generating about 560 MW, the station became the largest Soviet power plant at the time and the third-largest in the world (following the Hoover Dam, 705 MW, and the Wilson Dam, 663 MW, in the United States). American specialists under the direction of Col. Hugh Cooper took part in the construction. The first five giant power generators were manufactured by the General Electric Company. During the second five-year plan, four more generators of
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Meralco


Philippine's first hydroelectric power plant, the 23MW Botocan Hydro Station. At the time, this plant was one of the largest engineering projects in Asia and constituted the largest single private capital investment in the Philippines. The additional capacity allowed the company to begin hooking up customers throughout the metropolitan area. To drive demand for more power, Meralco also opened a retail store in order to sell electric home appliances. During the Second World War, the Japanese occupying forces forcibly transferred all of Meralco's assets and holdings to the Japanese-
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Hydroelectric power stations in Azerbaijan


resource contributing to the energy supply in Azerbaijan and this accounted for 18% of electricity generation in 2010. Azerbaijan has about 1000 MW of operating hydropower capacity and an additional 62 MW of planned hydropower capacity. The largest hydroelectric power plant is Mingachevir; it has an installed capacity of 402 MW and is situated on the Kura River. Furthermore, there are presently three more hydroelectric power plants with an installed capacity of more than 100 MW in Azerbaijan, all of which are situated on the Kura River. The water resources of Azerbaijan
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Brazil–Paraguay border


The Brazil–Paraguay border runs from Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, to Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul. It crosses a variety of terrains, going from large urban areas by inhospitable deserts and wetlands. It starts within the framework of the three borders, between Foz do Iguaçu and President Franco and ends in the triple border with Bolivia, near the Paraguayan city of Bahía Negra. On the border between Brazil and Paraguay, lies the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant, which is one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world in
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Electricity sector in the Philippines


solar, hydroelectric and biomass energy at a rate lower than those asked for by renewable energy developers. Hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, wind power and solar plants operate in the Philippines. Popular Solar Company in the Philippines such as; http://kateisolarinc.com.ph/ Geothermal power is the dominant renewable energy resource in the Philippines. According to DOE, the Philippines is second largest geothermal power producer in the world behind the United States of America. DOE estimates a total potential of untapped geothermal resource is about 2,600 MW. Hydropower is the second dominant renewable energy
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Energy policy of Venezuela


the third-largest hydroelectric plant in the world. Other facilities on the Caroní are Caruachi, Macagua I, Macagua II and Macagua III, with a total of 15.910 MW of installed capacity in 2003. New dams, Tocoma (2 160 MW) and Tayucay (2 450 MW), are currently under construction between Guri and Caruachi. With a projected installed capacity for the whole Hydroelectric Complex (upstream Caroni River and downstream Caroni River), between 17.250 and 20.000 MW in 2010. The largest power companies are state-
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Hydroelectricity


scale hydroelectric power stations are more commonly seen as the largest power producing facilities in the world, with some hydroelectric facilities capable of generating more than double the installed capacities of the current largest nuclear power stations. Although no official definition exists for the capacity range of large hydroelectric power stations, facilities from over a few hundred megawatts are generally considered large hydroelectric facilities. Currently, only four facilities over () are in operation worldwide, see table below. Small hydro is the development of hydroelectric power on a scale serving a small community
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Nkhula B Hydroelectric Power Station


The Nkhula B Hydroelectric Power Station, also Nkula B Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant on the Shire River in Malawi. It has a power generating capacity of . Nkhula B Power Station is located across the Shire River, in Blantyre District, in the Southern Region of Malawi, approximately , by road, north-west of Blantyre, the financial capital and largest city in Malawi. The geographical coordinates of Nkhula B Power Station are: 15°31'40.0"S, 34°49'14.0"E (Latitude:-15.527778; Longitude:34.820556). Nkhula B
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Bodwell Water Power Company Plant


The Bodwell Water Power Company Plant, also known as the Milford Plant of Emera Maine (formerly Bangor Hydro), is a hydroelectric power generation facility on the Penobscot River in Milford, Maine. Its main building, a handsome Romanesque structure, stands at the eastern end of the Milford Dam. Built in 1906, it was at that time the largest hydroelectric facility in the state, and its construction marked a shift from water to electrical power of area industries. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988
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Geography of the Soviet Union


including the four mighty rivers that drain Siberia as they flow northward to the Arctic Ocean: the Irtysh, Ob', Yenisey, and Lena rivers. The Amur River formed part of the winding and even at times there are tense boundaries between the Soviet Union and People's Republic of China. Taming and exploiting the hydroelectric potential of these systems became a monumental and highly publicized Soviet project. Some of the world's largest hydroelectric stations operated on these rivers. Hundreds of smaller hydroelectric power-plants and associated reservoirs were also constructed
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Energy in Ohio


company and one of the largest companies for such in the United States, Jackson Geothermal, is headquartered in Mansfield. Columbus is home to a national leader in hydroelectric power development, American Municipal Power, Inc. They currently have five plants under development along the Ohio River, including the 84MW Cannelton project, 105 MW Meldhahl project, 48 MW Robert C. Bird project, 72 MW Smithland project, and 35 MW Willow Island project. They also operate the existing Belleville Hydroelectric Plant. Other notable hydroelectric plants and operations include Stockport Mill Country
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China Three Gorges Corporation


The China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG, ) is a Chinese state-owned power company, established on 27 September 1993. The company was responsible for construction of the Three Gorges Dam-project, the world largest hydroelectric power plant, that went into operation in 2008. In September 2002, CTG established the subsidiary company China Yangtze Power, which took over operations and management of Gezhouba and Three Gorges dams. CTG is one of the world's largest energy companies with total assets of RMB 475.5 billion (app. USD 77.3
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Hydroelectric power in the United States


on both the American and Canadian sides of the Falls, including the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant, the third largest in the United States. The need to provide rural development in the early 20th century was often coupled to the availability of electric power and led to large-scale projects like the Tennessee Valley Authority which created numerous dams and, sometimes controversially, flooded large areas. In the 1930s, the need for power in the Southwest led to the building of the largest concrete construction in the world at that time, the
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Vorotan Cascade


electricity annually. The water stores of the Vorotan Complex are also used for irrigation in nearby village and town areas. The Tatev HPP is located near the Vorotan village on the left bank of the Vorotan River at the altitude of . It is one of Armenia's largest hydroelectric power plants, with installed capacity of and annual generation of 670 GWh. Power is generated by three Pelton turbines of each. The plant is unique has it is the highest-head hydroelectric power plant in the territory of the former Soviet Union and by
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Walchensee Hydroelectric Power Station


The Walchensee Power Plant () is a hydroelectric power station in Bavaria, Germany. It is a storage power station that is fed water from the Walchensee which is then released into the Kochelsee. The installed capacity is 124 MW with an annual production of 300 GWh. The power plant is south of Kochelsee, about from the village of Walchensee. It is one of the largest of its kind in Germany. The power station uses the hydraulic head of about between the Walchensee (acting as the upper reservoir, at above sea
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Olav Heggstad


in connection with the Vemork hydroelectric plant. He was later given similar managerial responsibilities for construction of the Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station, and also at Rjukan. Heggstad was one of several young engineers used by Sam Eyde to develop the Norsk Hydro company. These projects were pioneering work, and when it was opened Vemork was the world's largest power station. He was a professor of hydraulic engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, where he served as the school's chancellor from 1929 to 1932 and from 1942 to 1945. For
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Bighorn Dam


Bighorn Dam (or "Bighorn Hydro Plant") is a dam located in Clearwater County in west-central Alberta, Canada. It was built by Calgary Power in 1972, and led to the creation of Lake Abraham, Alberta's largest man-made lake. The dam and associated hydroelectric plant are managed by TransAlta. The Bighorn Plant has a generating capacity of 120 megawatts (MW), and has an available water supply that allows it to be the largest producer of hydroelectric electricity in Alberta, with an average of
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Renewable energy in California


extended all the way to the state capitol, Sacramento. The acquisition of Colgate hydroelectric plants in 1899 by Sacramento Power & Light Corporation gives them ownership of a 62 mile long power line extension. In 1901, Bay Counties Power Company builds a 142 mile long power line from the Colgate hydroelectric plant, to Oakland, California. In the 1902 Reclamation act, the authority to install and input hydroelectric facilities was given to what would later become the Bureau of Reclamation. In 1920, the Federal Power Commission is created through the Federal
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Turkwel Hydroelectric Power Station


The Turkwel Hydroelectric Power Station, also Turkwel Dam, is an arch dam on the Turkwel River about north of Kapenguria in West Pokot County, Kenya. The dam serves several purposes to include hydroelectric power production, irrigation tourism and fisheries. It was constructed between 1986 and 1991. It supports the third largest hydroelectric power plant in the country, having an installed electric capacity of . The dam, Kenya's tallest, has a height of , crest length of 150 m, dam volume of and retains a water volume of .
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Renewable energy in Taiwan


to the aftermath of the 1999 Jiji earthquake. At the end of 2005, the total installed capacity of hydropower in Taiwan was 4,539.9 MW, of which 2,602 MW came from pumped-storage hydroelectricity. Taiwan's largest hydro power plant is the Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant opened in 1995. The plant is located in Shuili Township, Nantou County with a capacity of 1,602 MW, acting as the pump-storage hydroelectricity source. In 2013, the capacity factor of solar power in Taiwan was 14%. The total photovoltaic
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Rukarara Hydroelectric Power Station


Rukarara Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in Rwanda. The power station is located on the Rukarara River, in Nyamagabe District, in the Southern Province of Rwanda, approximately southwest of Kigali, the capital and largest city in the country. The 9.6 MW power plant was constructed in several stages. The first stage, with capacity of 6.9 MW, completed in 2011. The second stage, with capacity of 2.2 MW was completed in 2014. The construction costs for the entire power station was US$13.12 million, with
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Punchiná Dam


The Punchiná Dam is an embankment dam on the Guatapé River east of San Carlos in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The dam creates Punchiná Reservoir which is part of the San Carlos Hydroelectric Power Plant. The power plant was completed in two stages, the first was completed in 1984 and the second in 1987. It is the largest power station in Colombia. The project was initiated by Interconexion Electrica S.A. in 1973 and appraised in 1978. In May 1978, a World Bank loan was approved to help fund the dam and both stages
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Energy policy of Romania


Serbia, which is one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in Europe with an installed generation capacity of 2,216 MW by 6 generating units of 175 MW each on the Serbian side and 6 generating units of 194.4 MW on the Romanian side. The two countries also jointly operate the Iron Gate II Hydroelectric Power Station with an installed generation capacity of 537 MW by 8 generating units of 27 MW on the Serbian side and 10 generating units of 32 MW on the Romanian side. The largest hydropower plant on the inner rivers of Romania is
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Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station


The Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station (, /Đerdap I) is the largest dam on the Danube river and one of the largest hydro power plants in Europe. It is located on the Iron Gate gorge, between Romania and Serbia. The Romanian side of the power station produces approximately annually, while the Serbian side of the power station produces . The discrepancy in power output between the two halves is due to the generating equipment. While Romania's equipment is newer and thus more efficient (thereby generating more power), it
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Economy of Serbia


(27.3%). There are 6 lignite-operated thermal-power plants with an installed power of 3,936 MW; largest of which are 1,502 MW-Nikola Tesla 1 and 1,160 MW-Nikola Tesla 2, both in Obrenovac. Total installed power of 9 hydroelectric-power plants is 2,831 MW, largest of which is Đerdap 1 with capacity of 1,026 MW. In addition to this, there are mazute and gas-operated thermal-power plants with an installed power of 353 MW. The entire production of electricity is
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Stiegler's Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station


Stiegler's Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station (SGHPS), also Rufiji Hydroelectric Power Station, is a hydroelectric dam under construction in Tanzania. The power station is expected to produce 5,920GWh of power annually. The government of Tanzania has been considering establishing this power station since the 1960s. When fully developed, it will be the largest power station in Tanzania. The arched, concrete dam is expected to create a reservoir lake, , in length, measuring , with of water. In 1901 German Engineer Stiegler led the first expedition to what
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Electricity in the Puget Sound region


Eastern Washington. Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Plant, which came online in 1899, is and the first underground power station in the world, and one of the first to use alternating current and aluminum long-distance transmission wires (to Seattle). Smaller hydroelectric facilities include Alder Dam on the Nisqually River, Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Power Plant, Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project on the Sultan River, Electron Hydroelectric Project on the Puyallup River, and Koma Kulshan Project on Mount Baker. Bonneville Power Administration owns a great deal of high-voltage
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Oldereid Hydroelectric Power Station


MW and an average annual production of about 60 GWh. Its catchment area is . The plant is owned by Salten Kraftsamband and it came into operation in 1953. The owner has obtained a license for further development, and water from two more lakes, "Tindvatn" and "Lurfjellvatnet", will be transferred to the power plant. The Oldereid plant replaced what were originally six smaller river plants in the area. The municipalities of Bodø, Skjerstad, Fauske, Saltdal, and Sørfold started negotiations on building a conventional hydroelectric power
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Ozalj Hydroelectric Power Plant


Ozalj Hydroelectric Power Plant is a hydroelectric power plant on river Kupa, in its central stretch, in town of Ozalj, Karlovac County, Croatia. The Ozalj Hydroelectric Power Plant is run-of-the-river plant on the Kupa River central stretch. The Ozalj plant consist of two separate hydroelectric power plants, Ozalj 1 (located on the right bank of the Kupa River) and Ozalj 2 (located on the left bank of the Kupa River). Ozalj 1 was built in 1908 as the first larger power plant
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Lac de Serre-Ponçon


subject of Jean Giono's movie "Girl and the River" (1958), starring Guy Béart. According to the official website of the Muséoscope, the "museum of the largest dam in Europe made of compacted soil", Lac de Serre-Ponçon includes a hydroelectric power plant with a 380 MW generator. In addition to the power plant on the lake itself, the dam provides the reservoir and overall water management to facilitate an additional 15 hydroelectric plants along the Durance and Verdon rivers in south-eastern France, with
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Rjukan–Notodden Industrial Heritage Site


The station is still in operation. Subsequently, two more station were built. Vemork, built on a waterfall near Rjukan, in 1911 was the largest power station in the world. A plant producing heavy water and most famous for the 1943 sabotage events (Operation Gunnerside) was built nearby. The original building of the station has been destroyed, but the station is in operation. Another power plant, Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station, started operation in Rjukan in 1915. The building survived but the station operates elsewhere. One of
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