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Power Plants Commissioned in 1996

303 plants came online in 1996 · 130,291 MW total capacity

#Power plantCountryCapacity (MW)
1Ratchaburi Power PlantThailand5,135
2Castle Peak Power StationChina4,108
3GenkaiJapan3,478
4CHOOZFrance3,000
5Chooz Nuclear Power PlantFrance3,000
6La Grande-4Canada2,779
7Ashihama nuclear power plantJapan2,700
8NOGENTFrance2,620
9GOLFECHFrance2,620
10Zhangjiakou power stationChina2,560
11Watts Bar Nuclear Generating StationUnited States of America2,539.8
12EemsNetherlands2,465
13La Grande-3Canada2,417
14Abu KirEgypt2,236
15Mae Moh Power PlantThailand2,220
16Loy Yang AAustralia2,180
17Cairo West Power PlantEgypt2,010
18Wujing power stationChina1,800
19HaynesUnited States of America1,739.1
20RAICHURIndia1,720
21Kot Addu Power CompanyPakistan1,600
22Sultan Aziz power stationMalaysia1,600
23Kot Addu Power PlantPakistan1,600
24James E. Rogers Energy ComplexUnited States of America1,530.5
25Talkha Power PlantEgypt1,460
26TalkhaEgypt1,460
27Wang Noi Power PlantThailand1,436
28La Grande-1Canada1,436
29Centrale La Grande-1Canada1,436
30Wang Noi Power PlantThailand1,436
31Wang Noi Power PlantThailand1,436
32TARAPURIndia1,400
33Connahs Quay Power StationUnited Kingdom1,380
34Connahs QuayUnited Kingdom1,380
35Connah's Quay Power StationUnited Kingdom1,380
36Clark (NVE)United States of America1,375.6
37Kot Addu Power Company ltd.Pakistan1,368
38Muzaffargarh Thermal Power StationPakistan1,350
39South Humber BankUnited Kingdom1,310
40Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo)Mexico1,300
41NPP CernavodaRomania1,298
42Shoubra El-Khiema Power plantEgypt1,295
43Guangzhou Zhujiang power stationChina1,280
44Cernavodă Nuclear Power PlantRomania1,270
45Stanton Energy CenterUnited States of America1,262
46Central Termoeléctrica GenelbaArgentina1,243
47Ataka Electricity Generation StationEgypt1,240
48Ataqa Power StationEgypt1,240
49Mudanjiang-2 power stationChina1,230
50WuqiangxiChina1,200
51SuperphénixFrance1,200
52Tsuruga power stationJapan1,200
53BailanheChina1,200
54Guodian Jingmen power stationChina1,200
55Hay RoadUnited States of America1,193
56AltamiraMexico1,143
57Central Hidroeléctrica AlicuraArgentina1,050
58R.H. Saunders Generating StationCanada1,045
59Yangyang Pumped Storage Power StationSouth Korea1,000
60Long SpruceCanada980
61Khanom Power PlantThailand970
62MONTEZICFrance910
63Schkopau power stationGermany900
64Sainte-Marguerite-3Canada882
65SpaldingUnited Kingdom880
66Jamshoro Power StationPakistan880
67Laforge-1Canada878
68Dunamenti ErőműHungary840.7
69RawhideUnited States of America800.4
70GUACOLDAChile760
71KhanomThailand748
72BaozhusiChina700
73Banias Thermal Power Plant SyriaSyria680
74Karlshamn Power PlantSweden662
75Hengfeng-2 power stationChina660
76Arvah B HopkinsUnited States of America654.3
77Dlouhé Stráně ICzech Republic650
78Ayoun Moussa Steam Power StationEgypt640
79Karaganda GRES-2Kazakhstan608
80Central termoelectrica SalamancaMexico550
81Salamanca Power StationMexico550
82SalamancaMexico550
83Ballylumford BUnited Kingdom540
84CENTRAL TERMOELECTRICA GUILLERMO BROWNArgentina524
85KilrootUnited Kingdom520
86Nanyo Complex power stationJapan481
87URIIndia480
88COLBUNChile474
89BrisayCanada469
90Isle-MaligneCanada463.8
91MitteGermany444
92TPI Polene Power PlantThailand440
93WISCO Qingshan power stationChina440
94Jeeralang Power StationAustralia440
95Datang Xinyu power stationChina440
96CopeUnited States of America417.3
97Croix-de-MetzFrance413
98Teshreen (Tishrin) Thermal Power Project SyriaSyria400
99Stesen Janaelektrik Sultan MahmudMalaysia400
100ThissavrosGreece381
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