Hydroelectric Power Plants in Russia

112 plants · 48,847 MW total installed capacity

#	Power plant	Capacity (MW)	Year
1	Krasnoyarsk Dam	6,000	1972
2	Bratsk HPP	4,500	1967
3	Ust Illminsk (HPP)	3,840	1974
4	Boguchanskaya HPP	2,997	2012
5	Volzhskaya HPP	2,671	1952
6	Zhigulevskaya HPP	2,467	1950
7	Byreyskaya HPP	2,010	2005
8	Dagestan Branch	1,786	2010
9	Saratovskaya HPP	1,403	1956
10	Saratovskaya Hydroelectric Power Plant	1,391	1967
11	Cheboksarskaya HPP	1,370	1968
12	Zeyskaya HPP	1,330	2004
13	Nizhnekamsk hydroelectric power station	1,205	1975
14	Zagorsk Pumped Storage Station	1,200	1980
15	Zagorskaya PSPP	1,200	2004
16	Votkinskaya HPP	1,020	1955
17	Chirkey HPP	1,000	2005
18	Kolymskaya HPP	900	2005
19	Vilyuiskaya HPP (HPP-1 HPP-2)	680	1967
20	Ikustsk	662.4	1958
21	Kureyskaya HPP	600	1975
22	Kama Hydroelectric Power Plant	552	1954
23	Kamskaya HPP	543	1949
24	Nizhegorodskaya HPP	520	1948
25	Novosibirskaya HPP	480	2000
26	Irganayskaya HPP	400	2005
27	Rybinskaya HPP	366.4	1935
28	Mainskaya HPP	321	1950
29	Zelenchukskaya HPP-PSPP	320	2010
30	Verkhnetulomskaya HPP	268	1964
31	Miatlinskaya HPP	220	2009
32	Tsimlyanskaya HPP	211.5	1967
33	Serebryanskaya HPP-1	204.9	1970
34	HPP-2 of the Cascade of the Kuban HPPs	184	2005
35	Krivoporozhskaya HPP	180	1990
36	Pavlovskaya HPP	166.4	1959
37	Verkhne-Svirskaya HPP	160	1952
38	Niva GES-3	155.5	1949
39	Knyazhegub Hydroelectric Power Plant	152	1955
40	Serebryanskaya HPP-2	150	1972
41	Verkterteriberskaya HPP	130	1984
42	Narva HPP	124.8	1955
43	Svetogorskaya HPP	122	1938
44	Uglich Hydroelectric Power Plant	120	1941
45	Uglich HPP	120	1935
46	Lesogorsky HPP	118	1934
47	Gotsatlinskaya HPP	100	2007
48	Nizhne-Svirskaya HPP	99	1933
49	Iovskaya HPP	96	1960
50	GES-3 of the Cascade of Kuban HPPs	87	1960
51	Volkhov HEPP	86	1926
52	Mamakanskaya HPP	86	1957
53	Putkinskaya HPP	84	1970
54	Ondsk Hydroelectric Power Station	80	1950
55	Kumskaya HPP	80	1963
56	HPP-4 of the Cascade of Kuban HPPs	78	1960
57	Chiryurt HPP-1	72	2009
58	Kashhatau HPP of the Cascade of Nizhne-Cherekskiye HPPs	65.1	—
59	Matkozhnenskaya HPP	63	1948
60	Niva GES-2	60	1934
61	Aushegerskaya HPP of the Cascade of Nizhne-Cherekskiye HPPs	60	2009
62	Borisoglebskaya HPP	56	1962
63	Nizhnetulomskaya HPP	52.7	1937
64	Poduzhemskaya HPP	48	1971
65	Belorechenskaya HPP	48	—
66	Hevasaski hydroelectric power station	47	1970
67	Yumaguzinskaya HPP	45	2004
68	Ezminskaya HPP	45	2005
69	Gelbakh HEPP	44	2005
70	Rajakoski HPP	43.2	1955
71	Vygostrovskaya HPP	40	1959
72	GES-1 of the Cascade of the Kuban HPPs	37	—
73	Uglich Hydroelectric Station	35	1935
74	Zaragizhskaya HPP of the Cascade of Nizhne-Cherekskiye HPPs	30.6	2011
75	Yaniskoski Hydroelectric Power Plant	30.5	1950
76	Egorylykskaya HPP of the Cascade of Kuban HPPs	30	—
77	The Palocorg hydropower plant	30	1964
78	Krasnopolyanskaya HPP	28.9	—
79	Shirokovskaya HPP	28	1948
80	Belomorskaya HPP	27	1961
81	Baksanskaya HPP	27	2009
82	Nizhneteriberskaya HPP	26.5	1987
83	Niva GES-1	26	1952
84	Kondopoga Hydroelectric Power Station	25.6	1929
85	Paleozerskaya HPP	25	1954
86	Tolmachevskaya HPP-2	24.8	1997
87	HPP-2 Cascade HPP on the Tolmachyov River	24.8	2009
88	Gizeldonskaya HPP	22.8	—
89	HPP-3 of the Cascade of HPPs on the Tolmachyov River	18.4	—
90	Tolmachevskaya HPP-3	18.4	1997
91	Yushkozerskaya HPP	18	1980
92	Gergebilskaya HPP	17.8	—
93	The hydroelectric power station of the Cascade of Kuban hydroelectric power stations	15.9	1960
94	Gunibskaya HPP	15	2010
95	Sengileevskaya HPP of the Cascade of the Kuban HPPs	15	—
96	The head HPP of the Ardon cascade of Zaramagh hydroelectric power stations	15	—
97	Egorylykskaya HPP-2 of the Cascade of Kuban HPPs	14.2	—
98	Svistukhinskaya HPP of the Cascade of Kuban HPPs	11.76	—
99	Kaitakoski HPP	11.2	1959
100	Maikop Hydropower Plant	9.44	—

Frequently Asked Questions: Hydroelectric Power in Russia

How many Hydroelectric power plants are in Russia?

Russia has 112 Hydroelectric power plants; the 100 largest alone total 48,847 MW of installed capacity.

What is the largest Hydroelectric power plant in Russia?

Krasnoyarsk Dam is the largest Hydroelectric power plant in Russia, with an installed capacity of 6,000 MW, commissioned in 1972.

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