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Power Plants Commissioned in 1983

159 plants came online in 1983 · 73,320 MW total capacity

#Power plantCountryCapacity (MW)
1TRICASTIN 1France3,660
2CRUASFrance3,660
3BLAYAISFrance3,640
4Yacyretá DamArgentina3,200
5WolsongSouth Korea2,799
6Nine Mile PointUnited States of America2,439.7
7Atatürk DamTurkey2,400
8St. Lucie Nuclear Power PlantUnited States of America2,160
9SundanceCanada2,141
10ASCO GRSpain1,990.5
11COSTANERAArgentina1,982.2
12Saint-Laurent Nuclear Power PlantFrance1,830
13ST LAURENTFrance1,830
14TunghsiaoTaiwan1,785
15Turceni power stationRomania1,650
16GeneseeCanada1,376
17Al-Mussaib Thermal Power StationIraq1,280
18WujiangduChina1,250
19Kota Thermal Power StationIndia1,240
20Emborcação DamBrazil1,192
21HartlepoolUnited Kingdom1,180
22Hartlepool Nuclear Power StationUnited Kingdom1,180
23Heysham 1United Kingdom1,155
24TolkUnited States of America1,135.8
25SHEDGUMSaudi Arabia1,100.5
26Greenwood (MI)United States of America1,071.3
27Dungeness BUnited Kingdom1,050
28Dniester Pumped Storage Power StationUkraine972
29Hwange Coal Power Plant ZimbabweZimbabwe920
30Matra power stationHungary884
31NewmanUnited States of America882
32LouisaUnited States of America811.9
33MayoUnited States of America763.2
34UrquhartUnited States of America758.9
35Kraftwerk BexbachGermany726
36ŻarnowiecPoland716
37Elektrownia Wodna ZarnowiecPoland716
38Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power StationPoland716
39Krsko (NEK)Slovenia696
40Kosovo B Coal Power Plant KosovoKosovo678
41Gentilly Nuclear Generating StationCanada675
42Point LepreauCanada660
43Al-Mahmoudiya Gas Power StationEgypt653
44TE KOSOVO ASerbia617
45Abu Sultan Steam Power StationEgypt600
46KyreneUnited States of America573.7
47North ValmyUnited States of America567
48MarionUnited States of America422
49Palmiet Pumped Storage SchemeSouth Africa400
50SeocheonSouth Korea400
51AGUAYO 3Spain360.6
52Magat Hydroelectric Power PlantPhilippines360
53HolcombUnited States of America348.7
54GermantownUnited States of America335.7
55MEPI GT FacilityUnited States of America301.5
56ChixoyGuatemala300
57TITAGARHIndia240
58LOS REYUNOSArgentina224
59R M HeskettUnited States of America203
60West MarinetteUnited States of America187.1
61Chevron OilUnited States of America170.5
62WailoaFiji160
63Stuttgart-MuensterGermany159.9
64Melka WekanaEthiopia153
65Lan Krabue Power StationThailand150
66Elektrocieplownia RzeszowPoland141
67Kamojang 1 2 3Indonesia140
68Kerckhoff 2 Power StationUnited States of America139.5
69Kerckhoff 2United States of America139.5
70Harris DamUnited States of America135
71KUTTIADIIndia125
72Mead Coated BoardUnited States of America120.5
73Clearwater Paper IPP LewistonUnited States of America113.8
74Geothermal 1United States of America110
75PlatteUnited States of America109.8
76LOKTAKIndia105
77Fukuyama Works power stationJapan98
78ALBAHASaudi Arabia81.03
79J B SimsUnited States of America80
80Greenup HydroUnited States of America70.2
81HreishiLebanon70
82Valero Refinery Corpus Christi WestUnited States of America69.2
83Amistad Dam & PowerUnited States of America66
84HuronUnited States of America57.9
85YANBU (SEC)Saudi Arabia54.3
86Leaf River Cellulose LLCUnited States of America50.4
87HAIL1Saudi Arabia48.4
88GlencoeUnited States of America39.5
89Tesoro Wilmington CalcinerUnited States of America34
90GeneseoUnited States of America33.6
91Sidi SalemTunisia33
92San Gorgonio Farms Wind FarmUnited States of America31
93C P Kelco San Diego PlantUnited States of America29.2
94DONKARAYIIndia25
95ManacapuruBrazil23.692
96ParintinsBrazil23
97Tyee Lake Hydroelectric FacilityUnited States of America22.6
98Augusta Electric Plant No 2United States of America20.7
99ViralcoolBrazil20
100Tesoro HawaiiUnited States of America20
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