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The following table lists the largest man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. By general definition, a dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams, hence tailings dams are relegated to a separate list. Data on volume of structure is not as easily available or reliable as data on dam height and reservoir volume.
The Three Gorges Dam in Hubei, China, has the world's largest instantaneous generating capacity (22,500 MW), with Baihetan Dam from the same nation in second place with a capacity of (16,000 MW). The Itaipu Dam in Paraguay / Brazil is the third largest with (14,000 MW). Despite the large difference in installed capacity between Three Gorges Dam ...
List of tallest dams. This is a list of the tallest dams in the world over 135 m (443 ft) in height. The tallest dam in the world is the Jinping-I Dam, an arch dam in China at 305 m (1,001 ft). The tallest embankment dam and second tallest dam in the world is the 300 m (984 ft) Nurek Dam in Tajikistan. The tallest gravity dam is the 285 m (935 ...
2,371.8 MW. Annual generation. Romania: 5.24 TWh. Serbia: 5.65 TWh. The Iron Gate I Hydroelectric Power Station (Romanian: Porțile de Fier I, Serbian: Ђердап I /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.
Inga Dam in DR Congo. Aswan Dam in Egypt. Akosombo Dam in Ghana. Katse Dam in Lesotho. Bin el Ouidane Dam in Morocco. Gariep Dam in South Africa. Owen Falls Dam in Uganda. Osborne Dam in Zimbabwe.
The upper reservoir of the Markersbach PSPS. Dam of Siah Bishe Pumped Storage Power Plant. The Tumut-3 Hydroelectric Power Station. The upper Minamiaiki Dam of the Kannagawa Hydropower Plant. Castaic Power Plant. Main pump-generator hall of Vianden Pumped Storage Plant. Upper reservoir for Coo-Trois-Ponts PSPS. Goldisthal Pumped Storage Station.
Three Gorges Dam in China, currently the largest hydroelectric power station, and the largest power-producing body ever built, at 22,500 MW. This article lists the largest power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of installed electrical capacity.
Annual generation. 22.6 TWh. The Bratsk Hydroelectric Power Station (also referred to as The 50 years of Great October Dam) is a concrete gravity dam on the Angara River and adjacent hydroelectric power station. It is the second level of the Angara River hydroelectric station cascade in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.