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Power Plants Commissioned in 1974

141 plants came online in 1974 · 106,456 MW total capacity

#Power plantCountryCapacity (MW)
1Gravelines Nuclear Power StationFrance5,460
2W A ParishUnited States of America4,008.4
3Leningrad NPPRussia4,000
4Drax power stationUnited Kingdom3,960
5Ust Illminsk (HPP)Russia3,840
6Tricastin nuclear power plantFrance3,660
7Browns Ferry Nuclear Power PlantUnited States of America3,494
8Monroe Power PlantUnited States of America3,293.1
9Peach BottomUnited States of America2,876.4
10OconeeUnited States of America2,666.7
11Gavin Power LLCUnited States of America2,600
12Chicoasén DamMexico2,400
13Itumbiara DamBrazil2,082
14Cahora BassaMozambique2,075
15Neurath power stationGermany2,068
16FirstEnergy Harrison Power StationUnited States of America2,052
17KhmelnytskaUkraine2,000
18Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating StationUnited States of America1,901.1
19Salto Grande DamArgentina1,890
20Arkansas Nuclear OneUnited States of America1,824
21DinorwigUnited Kingdom1,800
22RybnikPoland1,775
23Rybnik Power StationPoland1,720
24La CygneUnited States of America1,598.9
25Tumut 3Australia1,500
26Tumut 3 Power StationAustralia1,500
27ChesterfieldUnited States of America1,499.5
28Primorskaya TPPRussia1,467
29Yallourn W Power StationAustralia1,450
30Krümmel Nuclear Power PlantGermany1,402
31New MadridUnited States of America1,300
32Roseton Generating FacilityUnited States of America1,242
33Prairie IslandUnited States of America1,186.2
34BoundaryUnited States of America1,118.6
35Central Nuclear de Atucha IArgentina1,100
36Indian Point Energy CenterUnited States of America1,012
37Elektrownia Dolna OdraPoland908
38Aboño Power PlantSpain904
39Plavinas HPPLatvia894
40William F Wyman HybridUnited States of America862.7
41Eddystone Generating StationUnited States of America861.6
42Little GooseUnited States of America810
43Lower MonumentalUnited States of America810
44Cooper Nuclear StationUnited States of America801
45Tusimice power stationCzech Republic800
46JocasseeUnited States of America774
47Milton R YoungUnited States of America734
48SouthwesternUnited States of America658
49Brindisi Nord power stationItaly640
50Bobov Dol power stationBulgaria630
51Bear SwampUnited States of America600
52Embalse Nuclear Power StationArgentina600
53Bear Swamp Hydroelectric Power StationUnited States of America600
54HoltsvilleUnited States of America567
55Michigan CityUnited States of America540
56Ivanovskaya CHPP-3Russia530
57Sirikit DamThailand500
58SirikitThailand500
59GadsbyUnited States of America492.1
60Waldeck 2Germany480
61DworshakUnited States of America465
62TALCHERIndia460
63Presidente Médici A BBrazil446
64NewingtonUnited States of America414
65Riga HPPLatvia402
66Kraftwerk EnsdorfGermany389
67Novosibirsk CHP-4Russia384
68Volta GrandeBrazil380
69ATUCHA IArgentina370
70Sormovo cogeneration stationRussia350
71Ivanovo TPP-3Russia330
72BelugaUnited States of America312.4
73UKAI_HydroIndia300
74Turlough HillIreland292
75Hutchinson Energy CenterUnited States of America285.7
76Kegums HPPLatvia240
77Elektrocieplownia Zielona Gora S.A.Poland221.4
78Cabras 1United States of America212
79Hanasaari BFinland212
80Duge Power StationNorway200
81EC Zielona GóraPoland188
82Don PedroUnited States of America170.8
83Baluchaung BHP (2)Myanmar168
84PSW LangenprozeltenGermany164
85Mid American Energy Sycamore Combustion TurbinesUnited States of America157.6
86Cleary Flood HybridUnited States of America146.3
87Chemiepark Marl power stationGermany136
88PolyphytoGreece124
89Paldang DamSouth Korea120
90Kramatorskaya power stationUkraine120
91Paldang DamSouth Korea120
92Lower BakerUnited States of America111.2
93PGE Energia Ciepla Oddzial Wybrzeze w GdyniPoland105.2
94GdyniaPoland105
95KamburuKenya94.2
96MONTAMARA 1Spain92.42
97CoachellaUnited States of America92.4
98International Paper Prattville MillUnited States of America89.8
99CliftonUnited States of America87.5
100Rosegg-St. JamesAustria80
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