Power Plants Commissioned in 2006

522 plants came online in 2006 · 146,328 MW total capacity

#	Power plant	Country	Capacity (MW)
1	Shoaiba Thermal Power Plant	Saudi Arabia	6,531
2	Jiaxing Power Station	China	5,000
3	CPI Pingwei power station	China	4,540
4	Pu Bu Gou	China	4,260
5	Huaneng Yuhuan Power Plant	China	4,200
6	Jiangsu Nantong power station	China	3,404
7	Huaneng Yimin power station	China	3,400
8	Xuzhou Pengcheng power station	China	3,340
9	Stesen Janakuasa Tanjung Bin	Malaysia	3,100
10	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant	United States of America	2,539.8
11	Guodian Baoji-2 power station	China	2,520
12	Huaneng Pingliang power station	China	2,520
13	Datang Wushashan power station	China	2,400
14	Panxian-2 power station	China	2,400
15	Rizhao power station	China	2,060
16	Xuchang Yulong power station	China	2,020
17	SIMHADRI	India	2,000
18	Datang Xinyang power station	China	1,940
19	Huaneng Jinggangshan power station	China	1,920
20	Huaneng Taicang Power Plant	China	1,900
21	Datang Qitaihe power station	China	1,900
22	Mount Storm Power Station	United States of America	1,680.9
23	Fujian Putian	China	1,528
24	Polk	United States of America	1,492.5
25	BLCP Power Plant	Thailand	1,434
26	BLCP Power Plant	Thailand	1,434
27	Tarapur Atomic Power Station	India	1,400
28	La Muela-Cortes hydro power plant	Spain	1,390
29	Panxian-1 power station	China	1,320
30	Jingdezhen power station	China	1,320
31	GEPIC Jinchang power station	China	1,320
32	Tongmei Yongji power station	China	1,300
33	Fuyang power station	China	1,280
34	CR Changzhou power station	China	1,260
35	Hefei power station	China	1,260
36	Taiyuan-2 power station	China	1,260
37	Luoyang Shouyangshan-3 power station	China	1,260
38	Guohua Taicang power station	China	1,260
39	CARTAGENA GRUPO 1	Spain	1,248.82
40	Central térmica de Sagunto	Spain	1,233
41	Shanghai - Huaneng Gas	China	1,212
42	Port Washington Generating Station	United States of America	1,208.8
43	Ilısu Dam	Turkey	1,200
44	Tongbai Pumped Storage Power Station	China	1,200
45	Tongbai	China	1,200
46	Wuxiang power station	China	1,200
47	Kanshan power station	China	1,200
48	Wangqu power station	China	1,200
49	Isogo power station	Japan	1,200
50	Dafang power station	China	1,200
51	Nayong-2 power station	China	1,200
52	Baotou Hexi power station	China	1,200
53	ESCOMBRERAS GRUPO 1	Spain	1,199.25
54	Chivasso power plant	Italy	1,123
55	CHIVASSO	Italy	1,123
56	Huaneng Hohhot power station	China	1,100
57	Higashi-Dori	Japan	1,100
58	Guangdong Shenzhen Qianwan	China	1,083
59	Guangdong Huizhou	China	1,080
60	Huizhou LNG Gas	China	1,080
61	Altamira I power station	Mexico	1,077
62	Altamira II	Mexico	1,077
63	Kwangyang	South Korea	1,071
64	Guangzhoao Dam	China	1,040
65	Datang Yungang power station	China	1,040
66	Mountainview Generating Station	United States of America	1,036.8
67	Tala Hydroelectric Power Plant Bhutan	Bhutan	1,020
68	Tehri Dam	India	1,000
69	Sanbanxi Dam	China	1,000
70	TEHRI ST -1	India	1,000
71	Yichuan-3 power station	China	900
72	Quantum Choctaw Power LLC	United States of America	850.5
73	Shimane Nuclear Power Plant	Japan	820
74	Shimane	Japan	820
75	CTCC ESCOMBRERAS	Spain	815.64
76	SKS IPP SNC Lavalin	Algeria	815
77	ALTOMONTE	Italy	808
78	Altomonte power plant	Italy	808
79	PIACENZA	Italy	806
80	Fengtan Hydro Power Station	China	800
81	Huadian Zhuozi power station	China	800
82	CICLO COMBINADO DE CASTELNOU	Spain	790.68
83	TORVISCOSA	Italy	785
84	Angu	China	772
85	Sorgenia centrale di Termoli	Italy	770
86	ENERGIA MOLISE	Italy	769
87	Fujian Xiamen Dongbu	China	764
88	Zipingpu	China	760
89	SPARANISE	Italy	760
90	RIZZICONI	Italy	760
91	SIMERI CRICHI	Italy	760
92	ACECA GRUPO 4	Spain	758.74
93	Mobin Petroshimi	Iran	738
94	Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center	United States of America	735.5
95	Dniester	Ukraine	702
96	Guangzhou Zhujiang	China	700
97	Central Térmica Barranco de Tirajana	Spain	697
98	ASIR	Saudi Arabia	695.82
99	Ningxia Zhongning-2 power station	China	660
100	Ningdong Maliantai power station	China	660

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