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Fengman hydroelectric plant
Fengman hydroelectric plant (丰满水电站) is a large hydroelectric station on the Second Songhua River in Jilin Province, China, built from 1937 and rebuilt between 2012 and 2020.
Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station
Fengning Pumped Storage Power Station (丰宁抽水蓄能电站) is a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant in Fengning County, Hebei, China, the world's largest at 3.6 GW, fully operational since 2024.
Firm energy
Firm energy is the amount of electric energy a hydropower plant can guarantee to supply continuously under adverse water conditions, measured against a critical drought period.
Fish ladder
A fish ladder, also called a fishway, is a structure of ascending pools that allows migrating fish such as salmon to pass over or around river obstacles like dams.
Fljótsdals hydroelectric plant
The Fljótsdals hydroelectric plant (Fljótsdalsstöð, also known as the Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant) is a 690 MW underground station in eastern Iceland, Iceland's largest, built mainly to supply Alcoa's aluminum smelter.
Forebay
A forebay is a basin or reservoir immediately upstream of a hydropower plant's intake, where the channel ends and the penstock carries water to the turbines.
Fortun hydroelectric plant
The Fortun hydroelectric plant is a Norwegian hydropower complex in Luster, Vestland, built 1959–1963 to power the Årdal aluminum smelter, with the 270 MW Skagen station as its main plant.
Francis turbine
The Francis turbine, a mixed-flow reaction water turbine invented by James B. Francis in 1849, is the most commonly used turbine type in hydropower generation worldwide.
Francisco Morazan hydroelectric plant
The Francisco Morazan hydroelectric plant, known as El Cajón, is a 300 MW hydroelectric plant in central Honduras, completed in 1985 around a 226-meter arch dam.
Fukang hydroelectric plant
The Fukang hydroelectric plant (阜康抽水蓄能电站) in Xinjiang, China is a 1.2 million kilowatt pumped-storage station, the first commissioned in northwest China, fully operational since 2024.
Furnas Centrais Elétricas
Furnas Centrais Elétricas was a Brazilian electric power company created in 1957 to build Brazil's first large hydroelectric plant on the Grande River; it merged into Eletrobras in 2024.
Furnas Dam
Furnas Dam, or Usina Hidrelétrica de Furnas, is a hydroelectric dam on the Grande River in Minas Gerais, Brazil, begun in 1958 and generating 1,216 MW from eight units.
Geheyan hydroelectric plant
The Geheyan hydroelectric plant is a 1,200 MW hydropower station on the Qingjiang River in Hubei, China, held by a 151-m high concrete gravity arch dam with 3.12 billion m³ of reservoir storage.
Gezhouba hydroelectric plant
The Gezhouba hydroelectric plant (葛洲坝水利枢纽) is a dam and hydropower complex at Yichang, Hubei, China. Built from 1970 to 1988, it generates 2,777 MW and blocks Chinese sturgeon migration.
Ghazi Barotha hydroelectric plant
The Ghazi Barotha hydroelectric plant is a 1,450 MW run-of-river hydropower plant on the Indus River in Punjab, Pakistan, downstream of Tarbela Dam, completed in fiscal year 2003-04.
Golmud Nanshankou Pumped Storage Power Station
The Golmud Nanshankou Pumped Storage Power Station (格尔木南山口抽水蓄能电站) is a pumped-storage power station under construction in Golmud, Qinghai, China, with a 2,400 MW capacity from eight 300 MW units.
Gongboxia hydroelectric plant
The Gongboxia hydroelectric plant (公伯峡水电站) is a 1500 MW hydroelectric station on the upper Yellow River in Qinghai, China, generating about 5.14 billion kWh annually.
Gordon M Shrum hydroelectric plant
The Gordon M Shrum hydroelectric plant, completed in 1968 at the W. A. C. Bennett Dam on the Peace River, is BC Hydro's largest facility at 2,857 MW.
Goupitan hydroelectric plant
The Goupitan hydroelectric plant (构皮滩水电站) is a 3,000 MW hydropower station on the Wujiang River in Guizhou, China, known for its three vertical ship lifts opened in 2021.
Governador Bento Munhoz Da Rocha Netto hydroelectric plant
The Governador Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto hydroelectric plant, usually called Foz do Areia, is a 1,676 MW hydroelectric dam on the Iguaçu River in Paraná, Brazil, operated by Copel since 1980.
Governador José Richa hydroelectric plant
The Governador José Richa hydroelectric plant, formerly Salto Caxias, is a 1,240 MW dam and hydropower station on the Iguaçu River in Paraná, southern Brazil, completed in 1999.
Governador Ney Aminthas De Barros Braga hydroelectric plant
The Governador Ney Aminthas De Barros Braga hydroelectric plant, usually called Segredo, is a 1,260 MW dam on the Iguaçu River in Paraná, Brazil, inaugurated in 1992.
Grand Maison hydroelectric plant
Grand'Maison is a pumped-storage hydroelectric plant in the French Alps, operated by EDF and, at 1,800 MW, France's most powerful plant and Europe's largest pumped-storage station.
Gravitation water vortex power plant
A gravitation water vortex power plant is a micro hydropower plant where water spiraling in a circular basin drives a turbine, patented by Franz Zotlöterer in 2003.
Guadalupe 4 hydroelectric plant
Guadalupe 4 (Central Hidroeléctrica Guadalupe IV) is a 216 MW hydroelectric plant on the Guadalupe River in Antioquia, Colombia, owned by EPM and in commercial operation since 1985, averaging 1,205 GWh a year.
Guandi hydroelectric plant
The Guandi hydroelectric plant is a 2,400-megawatt hydropower station on the Yalong River in Liangshan, Sichuan, China, with a 168-meter concrete gravity dam, completed in 2013.
Guangzhou hydroelectric plant
The Guangzhou hydroelectric plant, formally the Guangzhou Pumped Storage Power Station (广州抽水蓄能电站), is a 2,400 MW pumped-storage station in Conghua District, Guangzhou, China, fully operational in 2000.
Guanting Reservoir
Guanting Reservoir (官厅水库) is a multipurpose reservoir on the Yongding River northwest of Beijing, completed in 1954 as China's first large post-1949 reservoir, serving flood control and water supply.
Guanyinyan hydroelectric plant
Guanyinyan hydroelectric plant, also called the Jinsha River Guanyinyan hydropower station (金沙江观音岩水电站), is a 3,000 MW plant on the Jinsha River at the Yunnan-Sichuan border, commissioned in 2016.
Guavio hydroelectric plant
The Guavio hydroelectric plant (Central Hidroeléctrica El Guavio) is a 1,260 MW hydroelectric station on the Guavio River in Cundinamarca, Colombia, the largest in the country.