Hydropower (from Ancient Greek ὑδρο-, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power...

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 14% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh...

Phewa Hydropower Station, or Fewa Hydropower Station, is the first hydropower plant in the city of Pokhara, commissioned in 1969 AD. Water from Phewa...

The Ngachen Hydropower Station (Chinese: 纳金水电站), also called as Najin Hydropower Station, is the first hydropower plant in the Tibet Autonomous Region...

The Gezhouba Dam or Gezhouba Water Control Project (Chinese: 长江葛洲坝水利枢纽工程) on the Yangtze River is located in the western suburbs of Yichang, in central...

and 30 MW. While a minimum limit is not usually set, the US National Hydropower Association specifies a minimum limit of 5 MW. In California, hydroelectric...

electrical production is consumed by national industry. Average annual hydropower generation capacity in 2019 was around 131 TWh, about 95% of total electricity...

supports the 60 MW Kulekhani I, 32 MW Kulekhani II and 14 MW Kulekhani III Hydropower Stations. Construction began in 1977 and Kulekhani I was commissioned...

The Karot Hydropower Project is an asphalt-core rockfill gravity dam in Pakistan, with an installed capacity of 720 MW. The project is sponsored by Chinese...

capacity of 50.0 gigawatt (GW) as of 2019. According to the International Hydropower Association Japan was the world's sixth largest producer of hydroelectricity...

The Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant is part of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power project in Azad Kashmir (AJK) designed to divert water from the Neelum...

Gulpur Hydropower Plant (GHPP) is an operational run-of-the-river hydroelectric generation project located on Poonch River, a major tributary of Jhelum...

development. India also imports surplus hydroelectric power from Bhutan. Small hydropower, defined to be generated at facilities with nameplate capacities up to...

The Laohuzui Hydropower Station (Chinese: 老虎嘴水电站), also called as Laohuzui hydropower project, is a hydropower station in Tibet located in Gongbo Gyamda...

source and the second overall after coal. According to the International Hydropower Association, China is the worlds largest producer of hydroelectricity...

estimated hydropower potential of Mekong River Basin about 58,930 Megawatts (MW). As of February 2024, there are an estimated 167 Hydropower Plants (HPPs)...

WAPDAs vision 2025. The 242 m (794 ft) tall dam will support a 4,320 MW hydropower station, to be built in two 2,160 MW stages. The plant is expected to...

production using run-of-the-river technology. It is part of the Zangmu Hydropower Project and supports a 510 MW power station. Construction began in 2009...

Mai Cascade Hydropower Station is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station with an installed capacity of 7 MW. This power station is located at Danabari...

(GW). Over 99 percent of the country's installed capacity comes from hydropower plants, accounting for 1,614 megawatts (MW) of the country’s total capacity...

The Balakot Hydropower Project is designed as a run-of-river scheme and is slated to be built on the Kunhar River. Its primary objective is to generate...

being given to indigenous renewable energy resources, including hydropower. Hydropower in Thailand is the biggest form of renewable energy in Thailand...

and solar power. Reservoirs that can be used for small pumped-storage hydropower plants could include natural or artificial lakes, reservoirs within other...

widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind power, and hydropower. Bioenergy and geothermal power are also significant in some countries...

The Duodi Hydropower Station (Chinese: 夺底水电站), also called as Duodigou Hydropower Station (夺底沟水电站), is the first hydropower station in Tibet and the second...

The Kaleta Hydropower Plant (Chinese: 凯乐塔水电站), also known as Kaleta Hydropower Project or Kaléta Hydropower Station, is a water conservancy project in...

Jaiprakash Associates Limited. Jaypee is cement production and private sector hydropower company with 1,700 MW in operation. The Jaypee Group successfully completed...

than 10 MW), total capacity 302.866 MW: Data from NEA as of Jan 14, 2016 Hydropower projects of independent power producers (under construction and greater...

Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant (Icelandic: Kárahnjúkavirkjun [ˈkʰauːraˌn̥juːkaˌvɪr̥cʏn]), officially called Fljótsdalur Power Station (Icelandic: Fljótsdalsstöð...

of hydropower in the world. 50% of electricity production comes from hydropower. Has over 1000 hydropower plants. The first state owned hydropower plant...