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Power Plants Commissioned in 1971

128 plants came online in 1971 · 66,425 MW total capacity

#Power plantCountryCapacity (MW)
1Churchill Falls Generating StationCanada5,428
2Hamaoka Nuclear Power PlantJapan3,504
3Pickering Nuclear Generating StationCanada3,100
4Stavropolskaya GRESRussia2,415
5LabadieUnited States of America2,389.4
6YokosukaJapan2,274
7Pickering BCanada2,160
8Tomari Nuclear Power PlantJapan2,070
9Homer City Generating StationUnited States of America2,012
10Angra Nuclear Power PlantBrazil1,990
11Ascó Nuclear Power PlantSpain1,988
12Dan E KarnUnited States of America1,946.3
13Ladyzhyn power stationUkraine1,800
14South BangkokThailand1,691
15HazelwoodAustralia1,600
16NorthportUnited States of America1,564
17Cedar BayouUnited States of America1,530
18Point Beach Nuclear PlantUnited States of America1,311
19Shin-Takasegawa Pumped Storage StationJapan1,280
20Wylfa Nuclear Power StationUnited Kingdom1,190
21Nishi NagoyaJapan1,190
22Pickering ACanada1,084
23Kafue GorgeZambia990
24DickersonUnited States of America933
25Lake HubbardUnited States of America927.5
26Jack WatsonUnited States of America919.1
27Andrea Palladio power station (FUSINA)Italy871
28Palisades Nuclear Generating StationUnited States of America811.8
29Paulo Afonso IIIBrazil794.2
30H B RobinsonUnited States of America768.6
31H. B. Robinson Nuclear Generating StationUnited States of America768.6
32Monticello Nuclear Generating PlantUnited States of America685
33Monticello Nuclear FacilityUnited States of America685
34Gowanus Gas Turbines GeneratingUnited States of America640
35KW WestGermany640
36RanaNorway570
37Pumped-storage hydroelectricity ŻarPoland500
38HaydenUnited States of America465.4
39Samara TPPRussia440
40JaguaraBrazil424
41YunfengChina400
42F B CulleyUnited States of America368.9
43Gariep DamSouth Africa360
44GariepSouth Africa360
45Gariep Hydroelectric Power StationSouth Africa360
46Jieh 1Lebanon347.5
47Vladivostok-2 power stationRussia300
48UHE Governador Pedro Viriato Parigot de SouzaBrazil260
49Morgantown Generating StationUnited States of America260
50Governador Pedro Viriato Parigot de Souza (Capivari/Cachoeira)Brazil260
51CMPC (Antiga Aracruz Unidade Guaíba)Brazil250.994
52Vau i DijesAlbania250
53Vanderkloof DamSouth Africa240
54PILAR ZANICHELLIArgentina216
55Martin DrakeUnited States of America207.3
56GENNEVILLIERS 1France203
57Robert A ReidUnited States of America194.8
58Vienna OperationsUnited States of America180.6
59KeoweeUnited States of America157.6
60Keowee Power PlantUnited States of America157.6
61ŻydowoPoland157
62TAVASCAN INFERIORSpain150.88
63KanuppPakistan137
64Barrage de Sainte-CroixFrance132
65Maritsa 3 power stationBulgaria120
66Thac BaVietnam120
67Bila Tserkva TPPUkraine120
68Robert S KerrUnited States of America110
69Kraftwerk N 230Germany110
70Nha may nhiet dien Ninh BinhVietnam100
71Andong KowacoSouth Korea90
72Andong DamSouth Korea90
73Northern NeckUnited States of America82.8
74Low MoorUnited States of America82.8
75TinkerUnited States of America82
76SHOLAYAR I&IIIndia70
77International Paper Valliant OKUnited States of America68
78HunterstownUnited States of America60
79Zayanderud DamIran55.5
80Zayandeh Rud DamIran55.5
81West BabylonUnited States of America52.4
82Moabit (Oil)Germany51
83VILLA MARIA (LAS PLAYAS)Argentina48
84Poduzhemskaya HPPRussia48
85FairbanksUnited States of America42.2
86Raffinerie de DongesFrance42
87SweattUnited States of America41.9
88SheepskinUnited States of America41.7
89CoiseletFrance41
90W H HillUnited States of America37.1
91JALDHAKA I&IIIndia36
92Sirindhorn DamThailand36
93Fulton (MO)United States of America33.2
94OttawaUnited States of America30.7
95WillmarUnited States of America30
96NokananJapan30
97East 12th StreetUnited States of America28.1
98OrrtannaUnited States of America27
99Burlington GTUnited States of America25.5
100Burlington GT Power PlantUnited States of America25.5
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