Hydroelectric Power Production
WorldEconomicThe world's primary regions for producing hydroelectricity at dammed river power plants
Global Energy ObservatoryThe map shows the distribution of some of the world’s major hydroelectric dams and power-generating stations. In North America, these facilities are found in Canada in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Labrador. In the United States, they are on major rivers in the Pacific Northwest (for example, the Columbia River), Arizona and Utah (on the Colorado River), and in the Northeast in New York (on the Niagara River between United States and Canada) and New England. In South America, dams generate hydro power in Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil (particularly on the Paraná River and its tributaries), and in Argentina on the Rio de la Plata and on rivers that flow from the Andes mountains. In Europe, major hydroelectric facilities are found in Portugal, Norway, France, Switzerland, Ukraine (on the Dnieper River), and in Russia (on the Volga and on rivers in Siberia, which is in Asia). In Africa, these facilities have been constructed on the Nile River in Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia and between Zambia and Zimbabwe on the Zambesi River. In Southwest Asia, hydroelectric dams generate power on the Euphrates River in Turkey, the Tigris in Iraq, and Iran’s Zagros Mountains. In Central Asia, Tajikistan has a hydroelectric dam. In South Asia, dams have been constructed on rivers in northern Pakistan; in India on rivers in Kashmir in the north as well as in several places in central and southern India; and in Bhutan. In Southeast Asia, these facilities are found in Laos and Vietnam and in Indonesia on the islands of Java and Borneo. In East Asia, southwestern and central China have numerous hydroelectric dams, and there are also a few in northern China. Japan has a major hydroelectric dam between Tokyo and Osaka. The map does not show any hydropower production for Oceania.
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Agua Vermelha Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Ahai Dam (Areva) Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Akosombo Hydroelectric Project Ghana | Aldeadavila Hydroelectric Power Plant Spain | Aswan High Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant Egypt | Ataturk Hydroelectric Power Plant Turkey | Bad Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant SC USA | Baishan Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Bath County Pumped Storage Hydroelecric Power Plant VA USA | Beauharnois Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Bento Munhoz (Foz do Areira) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Bersimis-1 Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Bhakra Nangal Hydroelectric Power Project India | Blenheim Gilboa Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant NY USA | Boguchany hydroelectric power station Russia | Bonneville Hydro Power Plant OR USA | Boundary Dam Hydro Power Plant WA USA | Bratsk Hydroelectric Dam Power Plant Russia | Bureya (Bureyskaya) Hydroelectic Power Plant Russia | Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric Power Plant Mozambique | Caruachi (Francisco de Miranda) Hydroelectric Power Plant Venezuela | Castaic Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant CA USA | Cheboksarskaya Hydroelectic Power Plant Russia | Chief Joseph Hydro Power Plant WA USA | Chirkey (Chirkeiskaya) Hydroelectric Power Plant Russia | Chivor Hydroelectric Power Plant Colombia | Churchill Falls Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Cirata Hydroelectric Power Project Indonesia | COO I and II Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Project Belgium | Dachaoshan Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Danipro (Dnieper) Hydroelectric Power Plant Ukraine | Danjiangkou Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Dinorwig Pumped Storage Power Station UK | Drakensberg Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant SA | Edolo Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant Italy | El Chocon Hydroelectric Power Plant Argentina | Emborcacao (Theodomiro Sampaio) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Eng Sergio Motta (Porto Primavera) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Eng Souza Dias (Jupia) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Entracque Chiotas-Piastra Pumped Storage Power Plant Italy | Estreito Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Fengman Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Furnas Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | G M Shrum (W.A.C. Bennett) Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Geheyan Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Gezhouba Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Ghazi Barotha Hydroelectric Project Pakistan | Glen Canyon Dam Hydro Power Plant AZ USA | Goldisthal Pumped Storage Power Plant Germany | Grand Coulee Hydro Power Plant WA USA | Grand Maison Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Station France | Grande Dixence Hydroelectric Power Scheme Switzerland | Guangdong (Guangzhou) Pumped Storage Power Plant China | Guavio Hydroelectric Power Plant Colombia | Guri (Simon Bolivar) Hydroelectric Power Plant Venezuela | Helms Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant CA USA | Hoa Binh Hydroelectric Power Plant Vietnam | Hoover Dam Hydro Power Plant AZ/NV USA | Ilha Solteira Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Imaichi Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Indira Sagar Hydro Power Plant India | Infiernillo Hydroelectric Mexico | Inga II Hydroelectric Power Plant Democratic Republic of Congo | Ingula Pumped Storage Power Station South Africa | Inguri (Enguri) Dam Hydroelectric Power Station Georgia | Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station Romania | Ita Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil-Paraguay | Itumbiara Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | John Day Hydro Power Plant OR USA | Jose Richa (Salto Caxias) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Karakaya Hydroelectric Power plant Turkey | Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Project India | Kariba North Hydroelectric Power Station Zambia | Karun-3 Hydroelectric Power Plant Iran | Karun-4 Hydroelectric Power Project Iran | Keban Hydroelectric Power plant Turkey | Kettle Rapids Hydroelectric generating Station Canada | Koyna I-IV (Pophali) Hydro Power Plant India | Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Project Russia | La Grande-1 Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | La Grande-2-A Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | La grande-3 Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | La grande-4 Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Lam Takhong Pumped Storage Power Plant Thailand | Lenin Komsomol Saratov Hydroelectric Power Station Russia | Limestone Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Linth-Limmern Pumped Storage Power Plant Switzerland | Long Spruce Hydroelectric Geneerating Station Canada | Ludington Hydro Power Plant MI USA | Luis Carlos Barreto de Carvalho (Estreito) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Luiz Gonzaga (Itaparica) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Macagua (Jose de Sucre) Hydroelectric Power Plant Venezuela | Machadinho Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Malpaso | Mangla Dam Hydroelectric Project Pakistan | Manic-2 (Jean-Lesage) Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Manic-3 (Rene-Levesque) Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Manic-5 Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Manic-5-PA Hydroelectric generating Station Canada | Manuel Moreno Torres (Chicoasén) | Manuel Piar (Tocoma) Hydroelectric Power Plant Venezuela | Marimbondo Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Markersbach Pumped Storage Power Plant Germany | Masjed-e-Soleiman Hydroelectric Power Plant Iran | Matanoagawa Pumped Storage Power Station Japan | Merowe Dam Hydroelectric Power Project Sudan | Mica Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Mingtan Pumped Storage Power Plant Taiwan | Montaro-Tablachaca Hydroelectric Power Plant Peru | Mosul Hydroelectric Power Plant Iraq | Muddy Run Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant PA USA | Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Power Project Laos | Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Electric Project India | Ney Braga de Barros (Segredo) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Power Station Russia | Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant MA USA | Nuozhadu Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Nurek Hydroelectric Power Project Tajikistan | Okawachi (Okochi) Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Okukiyoshi 1 and 2 Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Okumino Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station Japan | Okuyoshino Pumped Storage Power Station Japan | Omarugawa Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Outardes-3 Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Paulo Afonso Complex Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Paulo Afonso IV Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Piedra del Aguila Hydroelectric Power Plant Argentina | Presenzano (Domenico Cimarosa) Pumped Storage Power Plant Italy | R.H. Saunders Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Raccoon Mountain Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant TN USA | Revelstoke Hydroelectric Power Plant Canada | Robert Moses Niagara Hydro Power Plant NY USA | Robert-Bourassa Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydro Hydro Power Plant GA USA | Rocky Reach Hydro Power Plant WA USA | Roncovalgrande Pumped Storage Power Plant Italy | Salto Grande Hydroelectric Power Plant Argentina-Uruguay | Salto Osorio Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Salto Santiago Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | San Carlos I and II Hydroelectric Power Plant Columbia | Sao Simao Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Saratovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant Russia | Sardar Sarovar Dam Hydroelectric Power Station India | Sayano-Shushinskaya Dam and Hydroelectric Project Russia | Serra da Mesa (Sao Felix) Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Shahid Abbaspour (Karun-1) Hydroelectric Power Plant Iran | Sharavathi Hydro Power Plant India | Shimogo Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Shin Toyone Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Shin-Takasegawa Pumped Storage Power Station Japan | Shuibuya Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Sir Adam Beck II Hydroelectric Generating Station Canada | Sobradinho Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Tala Hydroelectric Power Plant Bhutan | Tanbara (Tamahara) Pumped Storage Power Plant Japan | Tarbela Dam Hydroelectric Power Project Pakistan | Tehri Hydroelectric Power Project India | The Dalles Hydro Power Plant OR USA | Three Gorges Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Plant China | Toktogul Hydroelectric Power Plant Kyrgyzstan | Tucurui Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Upper Gotvand Hydroelectric Power Plant Iran | Ust-Ilimsk Hydroelectric Dam Russia | Vianden Pumped Storage Power Plant Luxembourg | Volgograd (Volzhskaya) Hydroelectric Power Station Russia | Votkinskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant Russia | Wanapum Hydro Power Plant WA USA | Xiaolangdi Hydroelectric Power Plant China | Xingu Hydroelectric Power Plant Brazil | Yacyreta Hydroelectric Power Plant Argentina-Paraguay | Yangyang Pumped Storage Power Plant South Korea | Zagorsk I Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plant Russia | Zaiskaya (Zeya) Hydroelectric Power Plant Russia | Zhiguli (Zhigulyovskaya) Hydroelectric Power Station Russia | |
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