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Power Plants Commissioned in 1956

62 plants came online in 1956 · 15,343 MW total capacity

#Power plantCountryCapacity (MW)
1Novocherkasskaya GRESRussia2,214
2Alamitos Generating StationUnited States of America1,893
3Ricardo Zuloaga (Tacoa) Thermal Power Plant VenezuelaVenezuela1,720
4Saratovskaya HPPRussia1,403
5Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating StationUnited States of America1,281
6Yavinskaya GRESRussia1,025
7SupungNorth Korea700
8Dunkirk Generating PlantUnited States of America627.2
9Safe HarborUnited States of America417.5
10Middle Dnieper Hydroelectric StationUkraine352
11Avtovskaya CHP Plant-15Russia321
12FerganaUzbekistan300
13Berkeley nuclear power stationUnited Kingdom276
14NsekeDemocratic Republic of the Congo260
15RiddesSwitzerland258
16Komorany power stationCzech Republic210
17SchillerUnited States of America171.2
18FirstEnergy Bay ShoreUnited States of America166.5
19SALIME 4Spain157.24
20Gavins PointUnited States of America132.3
21JochensteinAustria132
22KairakkumTajikistan126
23Kaprun OberstufeAustria113
24Salto GrandeBrazil102
25WhakamaruNew Zealand98
26KW ImstAustria89
27Samarra BarrageIraq75
28Seyhan DamTurkey60
29RidderKazakhstan59
30BUENDIA GRUPO 1Spain54.45
31ParadelaPortugal54
32StugunSweden47
33ENTREPENAS GRUPO 1Spain40.8
34Lemolo 2United States of America38.5
35Pervouralsk TEZRussia36
36KahuluiUnited States of America34
37Nova MaurícioBrazil29.232
38Licq-AthereyFrance27.4
39Narrows (AR)United States of America25.5
40Rainbow Falls HydroUnited States of America25
41ESCABAArgentina24
42Priargunskaya CHPPRussia24
43Kinlochleven Hydro Power StationUnited Kingdom19.5
44GrahamsvilleUnited States of America18
45BARRADOSSpain15.88
46NebeurTunisia13
47PAMPANEIRASpain12.8
48Garvins FallsUnited States of America12.4
49ChandlerUnited States of America12
50Ekibastuz Thermal Power PlantKazakhstan12
51NIZAM SAGARIndia10
52AroussiaTunisia4.8
53Bar MillsUnited States of America4
54JulesburgUnited States of America2.8
55Hydro PlantUnited States of America2.2
56PalheirosBrazil1.84
57KostervilleUnited States of America1
58Hieflau-ErzbachAustria1
59LangoSweden1
60Calder HallUnited Kingdom0
61Windscale Advanced Gas Cooled ReactorUnited Kingdom0
62Decommissioned Swartkops Power StationSouth Africa0
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