12 Largest Hydroelectric Dams and Power Plants in the World

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10. Krasnoyarsk Dam

Power: 6.0 GW

Country: Russia

The Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Yenisei River was completed in 1972. It took almost twenty years to finish the initial project from 1956, but it has certainly paid off.  This concrete gravity dam has 12 Francis generating units to help it achieve its maximum.

12 Largest Hydroelectric Dams and Power Plants in the World

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