THE DIRECTORY
Browse the world's power plants.
109,882 plants, 9.13 TW of tracked capacity, 218 countries, organised four ways. Pick a fuel, a country, a US state, or jump straight to the largest plants in the catalog. Every path leads into the live map.
By fuel
9 fuel types, largest first.
By country
ALL 218 COUNTRIES → China 3.1 TW United States 1.42 TW India 485 GW Japan 286 GW Russia 242 GW Brazil 219 GW Germany 209 GW Canada 164 GW France 147 GW South Korea 142 GW Spain 134 GW United Kingdom 128 GW Saudi Arabia 114 GW Türkiye 108 GW Indonesia 98.3 GW Mexico 96.6 GW Iran 96.5 GW Italy 93.2 GW Australia 87.6 GW Vietnam 79.4 GW South Africa 65.7 GW Egypt 64.5 GW Ukraine 63.7 GW Thailand 60.8 GW
By US state
ALL 52 STATES →The largest plants on Earth
The biggest tracked facilities by installed capacity.
01 Three Gorges Dam Hydroelectric Plant 22,500 MW 02 Three Gorges Dam Hydroelectric Plant 22,500 MW 03 Baihetan Hydroelectric Plant 16,000 MW 04 Itaipu Hydroelectric Plant 14,000 MW 05 Itaipu Hydroelectric Plant 14,000 MW 06 Xiluodu Hydroelectric Plant 13,860 MW 07 Xiluodu Hydroelectric Plant 13,860 MW 08 Baihetan Dam 13,050 MW 09 Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant 11,233 MW 10 Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant 11,233 MW 11 Wudongde Hydroelectric Plant 10,200 MW 12 Guri Hydroelectric Plant 10,200 MW 13 Guri Hydroelectric Plant 10,200 MW 14 Tucuruí Hydroelectric Plant 8,535 MW 15 Tucuruí Hydroelectric Plant 8,535 MW 16 Xiangjiaba Hydroelectric Plant 7,750 MW 17 Beilun Power Station 7,100 MW 18 Beilun Power Station 7,100 MW 19 Sabiya Power Plant 7,053 MW 20 Sabiya Power Plant 7,053 MW 21 Itaipu Binacional Dam (Paraguay Part) 7,000 MW 22 Bruce Nuclear Power Plant 6,944 MW 23 Bruce Nuclear Power Plant 6,944 MW 24 Shaiba (sec) 6,794 MW
How this is organised
nrgmap is faceted, not a tree. Every plant sits at the intersection of its fuel, its country, and its region, so a single plant like Gravelines is reachable from France, from nuclear, and from the browse pages here. The data behind it all powers one live map.
THE BRIEFING
A morning read on what the grid is doing, generated from live feeds with every figure sourced.
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