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Power Plants Commissioned in 1972

130 plants came online in 1972 · 92,529 MW total capacity

#Power plantCountryCapacity (MW)
1Krasnoyarsk DamRussia6,000
2Kozienice Power StationPoland4,016
3Chernobyl Nuclear Power PlantUkraine3,515
4YokohamaJapan3,325
5Monroe (MI)United States of America3,293.1
6Kraftwerk NiederaußemGermany3,133
7NurekTajikistan3,015
8SyrdaryaUzbekistan3,000
9John E AmosUnited States of America2,932.6
10Zaporizhia power stationUkraine2,825
11RoxboroUnited States of America2,558.2
12Aksu power stationKazakhstan2,450
13Kraftwerk WeisweilerGermany2,361
14Karachi Nuclear Power PlantPakistan2,034
15E. C. Gaston Power StationUnited States of America2,034
16IkataJapan2,022
17Baldwin Energy ComplexUnited States of America1,894.1
18SabineUnited States of America1,811.8
19TalenEnergy MontourUnited States of America1,757.9
20Castelló thermal power stationSpain1,621
21Ormond BeachUnited States of America1,612
22Jaworzno Power StationPoland1,545
23Toyama Shinko power stationJapan1,500
24Isar Nuclear Power PlantGermany1,485
25Unterweser Nuclear Power PlantGermany1,410
26Neckarwestheim Nuclear Power PlantGermany1,400
27KW VoerdeGermany1,390
28HandleyUnited States of America1,314.8
29Grootvlei power stationSouth Africa1,190
30Northfield MountainUnited States of America1,168
31HPP Portile de Fier IRomania1,161
32ŁaziskaPoland1,155
33EMILE HUCHETFrance995
34CT SANTURCE 2Spain897.02
35Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant SlovakiaSlovakia880
36Kraftwerk IngolstadtGermany840
37PalisadesUnited States of America811.8
38Ostrołęka Power StationPoland740
39K_GUDEMIndia720
40WilliamsUnited States of America713.5
41Kraftwerk ScholvenGermany690
42Ostrołęka BPoland681
43Pilgrim Nuclear Power StationUnited States of America670
44Leland OldsUnited States of America656
45CharvakUzbekistan620
46KaheUnited States of America609.7
47HuckingenGermany606
48Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power PlantUnited States of America563.4
49McManusUnited States of America560
50Pavlodar Thermal Power Center No. 3Kazakhstan555
51HPP LotruRomania509
52Hasan Uğurlu DamTurkey500
53Evergy Northeast Power PlantUnited States of America490.2
54ColbertUnited States of America476
55Kraftwerk FenneGermany432
56Kernkraftwerk MühlebergSwitzerland390
57La Coche Power StationFrance384
58Narrows Gas Turbines GeneratingUnited States of America352
59Duisburg RuhrortGermany315
60Inver HillsUnited States of America284.4
61ARRIGHIFrance254
62KoninPoland233
63BråvallaverketSweden220
64SayrevilleUnited States of America212
65Heizkraftwerk Jena-SüdGermany197
66ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor WestUnited States of America152
67Serebryanskaya HPP-2Russia150
68Ty CookeUnited States of America138.1
69McClellan (AR)United States of America136
70GlenwoodUnited States of America110
71Victoria FallsZambia108
72BastuselSweden107
73WedelGermany101
74Fort LuptonUnited States of America100.8
75DAE RAJASTHANIndia100
76ItzehoeGermany88
77BodenSweden80
78WyandotteUnited States of America78.4
79Riyadh 3Saudi Arabia70
80Jesup PlantUnited States of America69.5
81DegrayUnited States of America68
82Plzenska energetika ELU IIICzech Republic65
83PainesvilleUnited States of America55.5
84TolnaUnited States of America54
85MountainUnited States of America54
86WarrenUnited States of America53.1
87NIHUIL IIIArgentina52
88UryuJapan51
89HoheikoJapan50
90US MagnesiumUnited States of America48
91HillburnUnited States of America46.5
92Tims FordUnited States of America45.7
93SOBRADELO 2Spain44.25
94ShoemakerUnited States of America41.9
95Berlin 5United States of America41.8
96Chulabhorn DamThailand40
97ChulabhornThailand40
98Station IUnited States of America38
99Texas PetrochemicalsUnited States of America35
100General ChemicalUnited States of America30
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