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Power Plants Commissioned in 1970

227 plants came online in 1970 · 127,701 MW total capacity

#Power plantCountryCapacity (MW)
1Itaipu DamBrazil14,000
2Hirono Thermal Power StationJapan4,400
3Reftinskaya GRESRussia3,800
4Zaporizhzhia TPPUkraine3,650
5Turkey Point Nuclear Generating StationUnited States of America2,861.2
6IriklinskayaRussia2,444
7Porcheville thermal power stationFrance2,300
8Zmiivska power plantUkraine2,200
9Onagawa Nuclear Power PlantJapan2,174
10Aswan High Dam Power PlantEgypt2,100
11Kainan Power PlantJapan2,100
12Dresden Generating StationUnited States of America2,018.6
13KOZLODUYBulgaria2,000
14LennoxCanada2,000
15Conemaugh Generating StationUnited States of America1,963
16ConemaughUnited States of America1,963
17Okutataragi Pumped Storage Power StationJapan1,932
18OkutataragiJapan1,932
19AtsumiJapan1,900
20CardinalUnited States of America1,880.4
21Elektrárna PočeradyCzech Republic1,845
22Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating StationUnited States of America1,839
23Chalk Point Generating StationUnited States of America1,809
24Ladyzhyn power plantUkraine1,800
25TrypilskaUkraine1,800
26Dolna Odra Power StationPoland1,772
27Kola Nuclear Power PlantRussia1,760
28TENT ASerbia1,730
29W. H. Sammis Power PlantUnited States of America1,706.5
30Mitchell (WV)United States of America1,632.6
31Morgantown Generating PlantUnited States of America1,548
32Canal Generating PlantUnited States of America1,495
33Zuevska thermal power stationUkraine1,270
34AnegasakiJapan1,200
35Kiev CHP-5Ukraine1,200
36Miami Fort Power StationUnited States of America1,180.8
37Naberezhnye Chelny Thermal Power PlantRussia1,180
38TsurugaJapan1,160
39Heysham 1 power stationUnited Kingdom1,150
40TonstadNorway1,130
41HrazadanArmenia1,110
42HE DJERDAP ISerbia1,086
43KarlshamnSweden1,020
44Pocerady Power PlantCzech Republic1,000
45Coleson CoveCanada972
46JOSE M ORIOL GRUPO 4Spain953.32
47Clay Boswell Power PlantUnited States of America923.3
48Herbert A. Wagner Generating StationUnited States of America922.5
49Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating StationUnited States of America918
50Vojany (EVO) Thermal Power Plant SlovakiaSlovakia880
51VILLARINO 4Spain850.88
52StenungsundSweden840
53Bahía de Algeciras Power PlantSpain821
54WatereeUnited States of America771.8
55AioiJapan750
56Aioi Power StationJapan750
57BAHIA DE ALGECIRAS ISpain731
58Tuzla CHP Power Plant Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina730
59StudstrupvaerketDenmark730
60Avon Lake Power PlantUnited States of America712.1
61Badarpur Thermal Power StationIndia705
62Kyiv CHP-5Ukraine700
63Battle RiverCanada689
64JSC BukhtarminskayaKazakhstan675
65Karaganda 3 CHP stationKazakhstan670
66Karaganda GRES-2 power stationKazakhstan663
67E D EdwardsUnited States of America644.3
68Cheswick Power PlantUnited States of America637
69Smolenskaya GRESRussia630
70Ginna Nuclear Generating StationUnited States of America614
71R E Ginna Nuclear Power PlantUnited States of America614
72Kenneth C ColemanUnited States of America602
73Southern Kuzbass Power PlantRussia554
74Lake CatherineUnited States of America552.5
75Lewis CreekUnited States of America542.8
76Kharkiv 5 CHP stationUkraine540
77Astoria Gas TurbinesUnited States of America502.8
78Kyiv TEC 6Ukraine500
79Kyiv CHPP-6Ukraine500
80Tufts CoveCanada500
81Vladivostok Thermal Power Plant-2Russia497
82HolyroodCanada490
83Kaniv Hydroelectric Power PlantUkraine472
84Dalešice Hydro Power PlantCzech Republic472
85Seneca Generation LLCUnited States of America469
86Kakanj CHP Power Plant Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina450
87Arkhangelsk CHPPRussia450
88EvangerNorway446
89Elmer SmithUnited States of America445.3
90YanguoxiaChina440
91ReadingIsrael428
92ChavantesBrazil414
93Abakan power stationRussia406
94EC ŻerańPoland386
95VinjeNorway375
96KapchaganKazakhstan364
97Piva (Mratinje) Hydroelectric Power Plant MontenegroMontenegro360
98Stalowa WolaPoland350
99Plomin Thermal Power Plant CroatiaCroatia330
100Kiel power stationGermany323
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