Name: Faraz Ahmad Khan

Reg no: FA20BEE087

Section: 1B2
Subject: IPE
Q1: Collect the data of world top ten hydroelectric power plants with highest
generation capacity. This data must include their characteristics. For
example: generation capacity, head, type of dam, etc.

Generation Average
Name of dams Generation of Electricity capacity Head output

The power plant consists of 32

turbine / generator units rated China Three Gorges
Three Gorges, 700MW each, and two 50MW 22.5GW Corporation 85TWh a
China power generators (CTGC) year

It consists of 20 generating 103.1

Itaipu, Brazil units with a capacity of 14GW million
& Paraguay 700MW each. Itaipu Binacional. MWh a year

Xiluodu, 18 Francis turbine-generator 13.9GW 57.07TWh a

China units of 770MW each. CTGC year

consists of 20 generating units

Guri, of different capacities ranging 10.21GW CVG Electrification 12,900GW/
Venezuela between 130MW and 770MW del Caroni h

Comprises two dams and two

powerhouses, including a
main powerhouse equipped
with 18 Francis turbines of
611MW capacity each, and a
supplemental power house
Belo Monte, with six 38.85 MW Bulb 9.40GW
Brazil turbines. Norte Energia

12 generating units with a

capacity of 330MW each, and
two 25MW auxiliary units
Construction of the second
phase to add a new
powerhouse was started in
1998 and completed in late-
2010. It involved installation
Tucurui, of 11 generating units with 8.38GW 21.4 TWh
Brazil 370MW capacity each Eletronorte annual

Grand Coulee consists of three 805MW units 6.8GW US Bureau of

, USA and three 600MW units Reclamation 20.24 TWh

Xiangjiaba, installed with eight units of 6.4GW

China 800MW each CTGC 30.7 TWh
 Sayano – Consists of ten Francis
Shushenakaya generating units with a 6.4GW
, Russia capacity of 640MW each. RusHydro 23.5 TWh

Longtan
Longtan, Consists of nine Francis 6.3GW Hydropower
China 700MW generating units. Development. 18.7TWh.