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World's Largest Hydroelectric Plants(over 4,000 MW capacity)| Name of dam | Location | Rated capacity (MW) | Year of
initial
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| Present | Ultimate |
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| Itaipu | Brazil/Paraguay | 12,600 | 14,000 | 1983 | | Guri | Venezuela | 10,000 | 10,000 | 1986 | | Grand Coulee | Washington | 6,494 | 6,494 | 1942 | | Sayano-Shushensk | Russia | 6,400 | 6,400 | 1989 | | Krasnoyarsk | Russia | 6,000 | 6,000 | 1968 | | Churchill Falls | Canada | 5,428 | 5,428 | 1971 | | La Grande 2 | Canada | 5,328 | 5,328 | 1979 | | Bratsk | Russia | 4,500 | 4,500 | 1961 | | Moxoto | Brazil | 4,328 | 4,328 | n.a. | | Ust-Ilim | Russia | 4,320 | 4,320 | 1977 | | Tucurui | Brazil | 4,245 | 8,370 | 1984 |
NOTES: MW = megawatts. n.a. = not available. Source: International Hydropower Association, Sutton, England.
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