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Power Plants Commissioned in 1948

26 plants came online in 1948 · 1,803 MW total capacity

#Power plantCountryCapacity (MW)
1Nizhegorodskaya HPPRussia520
2Nizhnetourinskaya GRESRussia484
3ForsmoSweden158
4ElectraUnited States of America102.5
5HolthausenGermany84
6CastillonFrance68
7Matkozhnenskaya HPPRussia63
8StephenvilleCanada54
9FLIX 1Spain52.52
10Kaluzhskaya CHP Plant-1Russia41.8
11EC ZgierzPoland39
12Shirokovskaya HPPRussia28
13SkeltonUnited States of America16.8
14Smith (NH)United States of America15
15West Point PHUnited States of America13.6
16Lower MaladUnited States of America13.5
17Spreckels Sugar CompanyUnited States of America8.9
18ShawmutUnited States of America8.8
19Upper MaladUnited States of America8.3
20PetersonUnited States of America6.3
21PlonsSwitzerland4.5
22KetchikanUnited States of America4.2
23Little ChuteUnited States of America3.3
24Elk Basin Gasoline PlantUnited States of America2
25MSC CroswellUnited States of America1.3
26ArcanumUnited States of America1.2
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