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Power Plants Commissioned in 1962

81 plants came online in 1962 · 24,070 MW total capacity

#Power plantCountryCapacity (MW)
1Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating StationUnited States of America2,876.4
2Tilbury power stationsUnited Kingdom1,788
3St ClairUnited States of America1,233.5
4Infiernillo DamMexico1,200
5AES Alamitos LLCUnited States of America1,115
6Mangla DamPakistan1,070
7Costa SurUnited States of America990
8ZhexiChina948
9AES Redondo Beach LLCUnited States of America821.4
10Elektrownia SierszaPoland813
11Kosovo A Coal Power Plant KosovoKosovo800
12OaheUnited States of America786.1
13Karaganda 2-MAESKazakhstan663
14Vladmir BranchRussia596
15Frimmersdorf power stationGermany562
16SierszaPoland546
17DezIran520
18Dobrotvir power stationUkraine500
19Novokuybyshevskaya CHPP-2Russia470
20Três MariasBrazil396
21Balakovo TPP-4Russia370
22OrlíkCzech Republic364
23RIHAND_HydroIndia300
24BHIRAIndia300
25EC WrocławPoland263
26Oroszlány power stationHungary250
27Martin Drake Power PlantUnited States of America245.1
28Kaptai Hydro:Unit-1 2 3 4 5Bangladesh230
29SORRENTOArgentina226
30Seitevare Power StationSweden225
31JacuíBrazil180
32Almaty CHP-3Kazakhstan173
33Đa Nhim Hydroelectric Power StationVietnam160
34ShuangpaiChina150
35KvistforsenSweden140
36Katowice Power StationPoland135.5
37HöljesSweden127.8
38TuggenSweden118
39G-KraftwerkGermany103
40OlivoneSwitzerland102
41Jurumirim (Armando Avellanal Laydner)Brazil100.956
42Pereira PassosBrazil99.11
43Sefid-Rud DamIran87.5
44Sefidrood DamIran87.5
45Ajaure kraftstationSweden86
46Brennilis Nuclear Power PlantFrance70
47KraftwerkGermany66.3
48Borisoglebskaya HPPRussia56
49RusforsSweden45
50Longview FibreUnited States of America45
51Tuckertown HydroUnited States of America42
52Rheidol Power StationUnited Kingdom41
53LosensteinAustria39
54EC MielecPoland33
55Hills CreekUnited States of America30
56HKW SachtlebenGermany27.5
57Georgia-Pacific Crossett LLCUnited States of America25
58DetzemGermany24
59LanauFrance21
60LehmenGermany20
61ReichenauSwitzerland19.06
62DallenwilSwitzerland18.24
63Iron GateUnited States of America18
64Cherry StreetUnited States of America17.3
65BEMBEZARSpain14.86
66RIO CORRALITOArgentina13.2
67HermansbodaSweden12
68West 14th StreetUnited States of America11
69KimballUnited States of America9.6
70Wells ICUnited States of America8.3
71Amalgamated Sugar LLC NampaUnited States of America8.2
72Georgia-Pacific Big IslandUnited States of America7.9
73Catas Altas IBrazil4
74Sharon SpringUnited States of America3
75GameiroPortugal1.4
76FernanaTunisia1.2
77Athlone Power StationSouth Africa0
78Centrale Edison in Sesto San GiovanniItaly0
79Wilford Power StationUnited Kingdom0
80Chapelcross nuclear power stationUnited Kingdom0
81Qaisumah Power PlantSaudi Arabia0
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