List of largest power stations

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.

Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal, fuel oils, nuclear fuel, natural gas, oil shale and peat, while renewable power stations run on fuel sources such as biomass, geothermal heat, hydro, solar energy, solar heat, tides and the wind.

As of 2021, the largest power generating facility ever built is the Three Gorges Dam in China.

[2] The proposed 20,000 MW Australia's Darwin Solar Park, for the Australia-Asia Power Link, would be slightly below the capacity of the Three Gorges Dam.

[5][6][7] Another proposal, Penzhin Tidal Power Plant Project, presumes an installed capacity up to 87,100 MW.

Three Gorges Dam in China, currently the largest hydroelectric power station, and the largest power-producing body ever built, at 22,500 MW
Taichung , the fourth largest coal-fired power station, at 5,500 MWe
Surgut-2 , the world's second-largest natural gas power station
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa , the largest nuclear power station (suspended since 2011)
Eesti Power Station , the world's largest oil shale-fired power station
Shatura , largest peat-fired power station at 1,500 MW
Hellisheiði Power Station , the eighth largest geothermal power station at 303 MWe
Chief Joseph , fourth largest run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station at 2,620 MW
Rance , second largest tidal power station at 240 MW
Satellite image of the Bhadla Solar Park in India, one of the world's largest solar parks
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the largest single-site concentrated solar power plant in the world
Shepherds Flat Wind Farm , the sixth-largest wind farm at 845 MW
Upper reservoir of Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power Station at 1,932 MW