Top 5 Largest Power Generating Stations In The World

Power generation is the process of generating electrical energy from the available sources of primary energy. The power generating stations mainly based on sources on the primary energy such as renewable energy and non-renewable energy power generations. On the development of technology, many primary sources are into action for the production of power.

List of 5 Largest Power Generating Stations In The World

1. Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam ranks the 1^st on the power generation, the main primary source is the hydro. The dam is constructed on the river Yangtze River located in the Yiling District, Yichang, China. The total power generated in terms of installed capacity of 22,500 MW. Each main water turbine has a capacity of 700 MW, by coupling the 32 main turbines with two smaller generators of 50 MW each. Construction of the dam started on December 14^th,1994 and completed on 2003, the total construction cost is US$27.6 billion.

2. Itaipu Dam

Itaipu dam ranks the 2^nd place in hydro power generation it is located on the Parana River on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. The installed capacity of the plant is 14 GW with 20 main generating units rated 700 MW each. Construction began in 1971 and ended on 5 May 1984, the total cost of the plant is about US$19.6 billion. The annual generation is of 89.5 TWh.

3. Xiluodu Dam

Xiluodu Dam ranks 3^rd place in hydro power generation, located on the Jinsha River, Xiluodu town, China. The primary source of the unit is the hydro power and it has an installed capacity of 13,860 MW. It has 18*770 MW Francis type turbines as main turbines in it. Construction started in December 2005 and completed in July 2013, the overall cost of the plant is about US$6.2 billion. Xiluodu dam is the 4^th world tallest dam.

4. Guri Dam

On the 4^th place Guri dam, located on the Necuima Canyon, Bolivar. The primary source is the hydro power, overall installed capacity is of 10,235 MW with different ranges of the turbine such as 4*180 MW, 3*400 MW, 2*225 MW and 1*340 MW. The annual generation is 47,000 GWh.

5. Tucurui Dam

On the 5^th place Tucurui dam, located on the Tocantins dam, in the State of Para, Brazil. The main purpose of the dam is for hydroelectric power generation and also for navigation. The overall installed capacity is 8,370 MW with different ranges of turbines such as 12*350 MW, 11*375 MW and 2*22.5 MW.The construction completed in two phases, phase 1 construction, started in 1975-1984 and Phase 2 began in 1998-2012, the overall cost of the plant is US$5.5 billion. The annual power generation of this unit is 21.4 TWh.