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Power Plants Commissioned in 1981

119 plants came online in 1981 · 59,035 MW total capacity

#Power plantCountryCapacity (MW)
1Blayais Nuclear Power PlantFrance3,640
2Matla power stationSouth Africa3,600
3Rivne Nuclear Power PlantUkraine2,835
4Sequoyah Nuclear Generating StationUnited States of America2,441
5SequoyahUnited States of America2,441
6McGuire Nuclear StationUnited States of America2,440.6
7Salem Nuclear Power PlantUnited States of America2,381.8
8MillstoneUnited States of America2,162.9
9Big Cajun 2United States of America1,902.9
10Nine Mile Point Nuclear StationUnited States of America1,901.1
11Beaver ValleyUnited States of America1,846.8
12Laramie River StationUnited States of America1,710
13Fayette Power ProjectUnited States of America1,690
14Craig (CO)United States of America1,427.6
15Douhe power stationChina1,300
16Centrale termoelettrica di SermideItaly1,234
17Tambara DamJapan1,200
18Matsushima power stationJapan1,000
19DrakensbergSouth Africa1,000
20Drakensberg Pumped Storage SchemeSouth Africa1,000
21JEDDAH (SWCC)Saudi Arabia931
22Caorso Nuclear Power PlantItaly860
23KALINADIIndia855
24East Bend Power PlantUnited States of America772
25East BendUnited States of America772
26OttumwaUnited States of America725.9
27Kraftwerk BergkamenGermany717
28Bergkamen power stationGermany717
29Kashima KitaJapan650
30Dniester (pumped storage)Ukraine648
31Al-Dora Thermal Power StationIraq640
32R W MillerUnited States of America603.6
33Betania hydro power plantColombia540
34Stony BrookUnited States of America534.6
35ALCUDIA 1 GRUPO N 1Spain533.8
36GilbertUnited States of America512
37KW SilzAustria500
38CoyoteUnited States of America450
39GordonAustralia432
40Rio GrandeUnited States of America398.3
41PPG Powerhouse CUnited States of America357.7
42Grimsel 2Switzerland348
43CT LADA 4Spain347.7
44PournariGreece334
45Holen kraftverkNorway328
46Poatina Power StationAustralia312.5
47KW KühtaiAustria289
48Sikeston Power StationUnited States of America261
49Balbina DamBrazil250
50UPPER SILERU I&IIIndia240
51Acaray DamParaguay210
52DURGAPURIndia210
53HrauneyjafossIceland210
54Mount Elbert PowerplantUnited States of America200
55Olkaria IKenya185
56FredericksonUnited States of America177.8
57Suomenoja power stationFinland170
58KlingenbergGermany164
59Harry TrumanUnited States of America161.4
60Centrale du VazzioFrance152.3
61Ras KanatibYemen150
62SUDOESTEArgentina140
63Kraftwerk WalheimGermany136
64TAIFSaudi Arabia126.6
65VALLE SECOLOItaly114
66EC CzechnicaPoland110
67Batang Ai DamMalaysia108
68U.B.D.C. ST.-I& IIIndia91.35
69SUSQUEDA 3Spain88.55
70KareeyaAustralia88
71Ralph GreenUnited States of America85
72Bang Lang DamThailand84
73International Paper PensacolaUnited States of America82.8
74Bang LangThailand72
75ColoradoBrazil52.76
76Hemrin DamIraq50
77Hamrin DamIraq50
78Hopewell MillUnited States of America47.6
79QUEBRADA DE ULLUMArgentina45
80Tha Thung Na DamThailand39
81HibbingUnited States of America35.9
82MVA BielefeldGermany34
83Laudal kraftverkNorway32
84Falls CityUnited States of America31.3
85Marshall (MO)United States of America30.8
86University of Iowa Main Power PlantUnited States of America30.7
87X-KraftwerkGermany27
88Sullivan (IL)United States of America25.4
89Avesta LillforsSweden22
90LAGONI ROSSIItaly20
91Expander TurbineUnited States of America20
92Lawrence Hydroelectric AssociatesUnited States of America14.8
93BethelUnited States of America12.6
94AMK - Abfallentsorgungsgesellschaft des Märkischen Kreises mbHGermany12.6
95Taft 26C CogenUnited States of America12.4
96Cymric 36W CogenUnited States of America12.4
97Princeton (MN)United States of America12.3
98SchwabstadlGermany12
99FayetteUnited States of America10.9
100San DimasUnited States of America9.9
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