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Heimifeng hydroelectric plant
Heimifeng hydroelectric plant (黑麋峰抽水蓄能电站) is a 1,200 MW pumped-storage power station near Changsha, Hunan, China, the first of its kind built in the province, fully operational since 2010.
Hidroelectrica
Hidroelectrica is Romania's largest electricity producer, a hydropower generation and supply company majority owned by the Romanian state, which kept an 80.06% stake through its 2023 stock exchange listing.
Hidroituango Dam
Hidroituango is Colombia's largest hydroelectric project, a dam on the Cauca River in Antioquia designed for 2,400 MW, with four of eight units operating since 2023.
Hoa Binh hydroelectric plant
The Hoa Binh hydroelectric plant (Nhà máy thủy điện Hòa Bình) is a 1,920 MW dam on the Da River in northern Vietnam, built with Soviet assistance between 1979 and 1994.
Hohhot hydroelectric plant
The Hohhot hydroelectric plant (呼和浩特抽水蓄能电站, 呼蓄电站) is a 1,200 MW pumped-storage station in Inner Mongolia, China, the region's first, built to balance its wind-heavy grid and fully commissioned in 2015.
Hongping hydroelectric plant
The Hongping hydroelectric plant, also known as Hongping Pumped Storage Power Station (江西洪屏抽水蓄能电站), is Jiangxi Province's first large pumped-storage plant, with its 1,200 MW first phase fully operational since 2016.
Houziyan hydroelectric plant
Houziyan hydroelectric plant (猴子岩水电站) is a 1,700 MW hydropower station on the Dadu River in Kangding, Sichuan, China, with its first unit generating from January 2017.
Huangdeng hydroelectric plant
Huangdeng Hydropower Station (黄登水电) is a 1,900 MW dam-type facility on the Lancang River in China, operated by Huaneng Lancang Hydropower Inc.
Huanggou hydroelectric plant
Huanggou hydroelectric plant (荒沟抽水蓄能电站), formally the Huanggou Pumped Storage Power Station, is a 1,200 MW pumped-storage station in Hailin, Heilongjiang, China, and the first of its kind in the province, fully operational since 2022.
Huizhou hydroelectric plant
The Huizhou hydroelectric plant (惠州抽水蓄能电站) is a pumped-storage station in Boluo County, Huizhou, Guangdong, China, with 2,400 MW of capacity and full commissioning at the end of May 2011.
Hydro Tasmania
Hydro Tasmania is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, the Tasmanian government business that generates and retails electricity and is Australia's largest generator of clean, renewable energy.
Hydro-Québec
Hydro-Québec is a government-owned Canadian utility, founded in 1944, that supplies nearly all electricity in Québec and is Canada's largest power utility and electricity distributor.
Hydroelectric power in India
Hydroelectric power in India is electricity generated from the country's rivers, supplying about 10% of installed capacity with roughly 49,600 MW of large hydro in 2025.
Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity, also called hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from moving or falling water; it supplies about 14% of the world's electricity, the most of any renewable source.
Hydrokinetic turbine
A hydrokinetic turbine, also called a kinetic or free-flow turbine, generates electricity directly from moving water such as river or tidal currents without a dam, like an underwater wind turbine.
Hydropeaking
Hydropeaking is the rapid fluctuation of river flow and water level downstream of hydropower plants, caused by turbine releases timed to meet peak electricity demand.
Hydropower
Hydropower, also called water power, is a renewable source of electricity that converts the energy of flowing or falling water into electricity using turbines and dams.
Ice Harbor Dam
Ice Harbor Dam is a hydroelectric and navigation dam on the lower Snake River in southeast Washington, the first and furthest downriver of the four lower Snake River dams.
Ilha Solteira hydroelectric plant
Ilha Solteira hydroelectric plant (Usina Hidrelétrica Ilha Solteira) is a Brazilian plant on the Paraná River with 3,444 MW from 20 Francis turbines, operating since 1973.
Inga II hydroelectric plant
The Inga II hydroelectric plant, completed in 1982, generates 1,424 MW on the Congo River between Kinshasa and the Atlantic, and with Inga I supplies most of SNEL's electricity.
Itá hydroelectric plant
The Itá hydroelectric plant (Portuguese: Usina Hidrelétrica Itá, UHE Itá) is a 1,450 MW run-of-river power station on the Uruguay River between Aratiba and Itá, Brazil, operating since 2000.
Itumbiara hydroelectric plant
The Itumbiara hydroelectric plant (UHE Itumbiara) is a 2,082 MW Brazilian hydroelectric dam on the Paranaíba River between Itumbiara, Goiás, and Araporã, Minas Gerais, operated by Furnas since 1980.
James B. Francis
James B. Francis (James Bicheno Francis, 1815–1892) was a British-born American hydraulic engineer who ran Lowell, Massachusetts's canal system and invented the Francis turbine, still the world's most used hydropower turbine.
James Bay Project
The James Bay Project, also known as the James Bay Hydroelectric Project, is a group of hydroelectric developments in northern Quebec, Canada, begun in 1971 with its core being the La Grande complex.
Jiangsu Liyang hydroelectric plant
The Jiangsu Liyang hydroelectric plant (江苏溧阳抽水蓄能电站) is a 1,500 MW pumped-storage power station in Liyang, Jiangsu, China, described as the largest built in the country's low-altitude hilly terrain.
Jin'anqiao hydroelectric plant
Jin'anqiao hydroelectric plant (金沙江金安桥水电站) is a 2,400 MW hydroelectric station on the Jinsha River in Lijiang, Yunnan, China, commissioned in 2012 with four 600 MW turbines.
Jinghong hydroelectric plant
The Jinghong hydroelectric plant (澜沧江景洪水电站) is a 1,750 MW hydropower station on the Lancang River near Jinghong City, Yunnan, China, with all five turbines running by 2009.
Jinping Stage 2 hydroelectric plant
Jinping Stage 2 hydroelectric plant (锦屏二级水电站) is a 4,800 MW diversion-type hydroelectric station on the Yalong River in Sichuan, China, diverting the river's 180-degree bend through four 16.7 km tunnels.
Jinyun hydroelectric plant
The Jinyun hydroelectric plant, formally the State Grid Xinyuan Jinyun Pumped Storage Power Station, is a 1,800 MW pumped-storage station in Jinyun County, Zhejiang, China, fully operational since September 2025.
Jinzhai hydroelectric plant
The Jinzhai hydroelectric plant, formally the Anhui Jinzhai Pumped Storage Power Station, is a 1,200 MW pumped-storage facility in Jinzhai County, Anhui, China, fully operational since December 2022.