Largest Power Stations in the World 2026
About This Dataset
Largest Power Stations in the World 2026
Installed generating capacity in megawatts, the maximum a station can produce rather than what it actually generates. Capacity and output rank differently: a solar farm rated at 20,000 MW produces power for part of the day, while a nuclear or hydro station of the same rating runs far more of the year.
Analysis
Three Gorges in China leads at 22,500 MW, 1.07 times the 21,000 MW of Gonghe Talatan. The list is 10 Hydro, 2 Solar PV, 1 Natural gas, 1 Wind and 1 Nuclear. 8 of the 15 are in China. The smallest station on the chart, Kori, is rated at 7,489 MW, 33% of the leader.
Key Findings
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Three Gorges (China) leads in Installed Capacity (MW) with 22,500 in 2026.
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Average Installed Capacity (MW) in 2026: 12,338 · median: 10,235.
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Gap in 2026: Three Gorges (China) is 3× larger than Kori (South Korea).
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia, List of largest power stations
- Coverage
- 15 entities · 2026 · 15 observations
- Measure
- Installed Capacity (MW)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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