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Jirau hydroelectric plant
Jirau hydroelectric plant (Usina Hidrelétrica de Jirau) is a 3,750 MW run-of-river power station on the Madeira River in Rondônia, Brazil, about 120 km from Porto Velho.
Jixi hydroelectric plant
Jixi hydroelectric plant, formally the Anhui Jixi Pumped Storage Power Station (安徽绩溪抽水蓄能电站), is a 1,800 MW pumped-storage station in Jixi County, Anhui Province, China, fully operational since 2021.
John Day Dam
John Day Dam is a federal hydroelectric and navigation dam on the Columbia River near Rufus, Oregon, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and completed in 1971.
Julius Nyerere hydroelectric plant
The Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant is a 2,115 MW facility in southeastern Tanzania. It is the country's largest power plant and key energy source.
Jupiá hydroelectric plant
The Jupiá hydroelectric plant, officially Usina Hidrelétrica Engenheiro Souza Dias, is a hydroelectric plant on the Paraná River in Brazil, operating since 1969 with 1,551 MW of installed capacity.
Jurong hydroelectric plant
Jurong hydroelectric plant (句容抽水蓄能电站) is a 1,350 MW pumped-storage station in Jurong, Jiangsu, China, owned by State Grid Xinyuan and fully operational since October 2025.
Kafue Gorge Lower hydroelectric plant
Kafue Gorge Lower is a 750 MW hydroelectric power station on the Kafue River in southern Zambia, built by Sinohydro and fully commissioned in March 2023.
Kafue Gorge Upper hydroelectric plant
The Kafue Gorge Upper hydroelectric plant is a 990 MW hydroelectric station on the Kafue River in Zambia's Southern Province, commissioned in 1972 and owned by state utility ZESCO.
Kakhovka Dam (Каховская ГЭС)
Kakhovka Dam, also known as the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station, was a dam on the Dnipro River in Ukraine, destroyed in an explosion on 6 June 2023.
Kaleta Dam
Kaleta Dam, also written Kaléta, is a 240 MW hydroelectric dam on the Konkouré River in Guinea, about 110 km north of Conakry, commissioned in 2015.
Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant
The Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, officially the Fljótsdalur Power Station, is a 690 MW hydroelectric plant in eastern Iceland commissioned in 2007, the largest in Iceland.
Karun III hydroelectric plant
Karun III hydroelectric plant (نیروگاه برق آبی کارون ۳), also known as Karun 3 Dam, is a 2,000 MW hydroelectric plant on the Karun River in Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Keban hydroelectric plant
The Keban hydroelectric plant (Keban Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali) is a 1,330 MW dam on the Euphrates River in Turkey, completed in 1974 and once the country's largest.
Kelag
Kelag (Kärntner Elektrizitäts-Aktiengesellschaft) is an Austrian energy company headquartered in Klagenfurt, Carinthia. Founded in 1923 as KÄWAG, it grew from a regional supplier into a group generating entirely renewable electricity, gas, and heat.
Kenyir Hydro Power Station
Kenyir Hydro Power Station, formally the Sultan Mahmud Power Station (Stesen Janakuasa Sultan Mahmud), is a 400 MW hydroelectric dam in Hulu Terengganu, Malaysia, completed in 1985.
Kettle hydroelectric plant
The Kettle hydroelectric plant is a run-of-river Manitoba Hydro station on the lower Nelson River near Gillam, northern Manitoba, with 12 units and a licensed capacity of 1,252.8 MW.
Komani hydroelectric plant
The Komani hydroelectric plant (Hidrocentrali i Komanit) is a 600 MW hydropower station on the Drin River in Albania, supplying roughly a third of the country's electricity.
Koyna Hydroelectric Project
The Koyna Hydroelectric Project is a four-stage, 1,920 MW hydroelectric scheme on the Koyna River in Maharashtra, India, with underground power houses near Pophali, commissioned from 1962 and known for the 1967 earthquake.
Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric plant
The Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric plant (Красноярская ГЭС) is a 6,000 MW hydroelectric station on the Yenisei River at Divnogorsk, Russia, the world's largest when completed in 1971.
Kvilldal hydroelectric plant
Kvilldal hydroelectric plant (Kvilldal kraftverk) is a Norwegian power station carved into the mountain beside Lake Suldalsvatn in Suldal, and the largest in Norway by capacity, at 1,240 MW.
La Grande 1 hydroelectric plant
La Grande-1 (centrale La Grande-1) is a run-of-river hydroelectric plant on the Grande Rivière in northern Quebec, commissioned in 1994 and 1995 with 1,436 MW from twelve units.
La Grande 2A hydroelectric plant
La Grande-2-A (LG-2-A) is a reservoir-type hydroelectric station on the Grande Rivière in Quebec, owned by Hydro-Québec and commissioned in 1991–1992 with a 2,106 MW capacity.
La Grande 3 hydroelectric plant
La Grande 3 is a hydroelectric generating station on La Grande Rivière in northern Quebec, commissioned between 1982 and 1984 as part of the James Bay Project.
La Grande 4 hydroelectric plant
La Grande 4 (LG-4) is a hydroelectric generating station on the La Grande Rivière in northern Québec, operated by Hydro-Québec and commissioned between 1984 and 1986.
Lagdo Dam
Lagdo Dam (barrage de Lagdo) is a multipurpose embankment dam and hydroelectric station on the Benue River in northern Cameroon, built from 1978 to 1982 and impounding Cameroon's largest reservoir.
Lai Chau hydroelectric plant
Lai Chau hydroelectric plant (Thủy điện Lai Châu) is a 1,200 MW run-of-river hydroelectric plant on the Da River in Lai Chau province, Vietnam, inaugurated in 2016.
Laúca hydroelectric plant
The Laúca hydroelectric plant is a 2,070 MW hydropower complex on the Kwanza River in Angola, the country's largest, supplying about 40 percent of its electricity.
Laxiwa hydroelectric plant
Laxiwa hydroelectric plant (拉西瓦水电站) is a 4,200 MW hydroelectric station on the Yellow River in Qinghai Province, China, first generating power in 2009 behind a 250 m arch dam.
Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine hydroelectric plant
The Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine hydroelectric plant, built as El Cajón, is a 750 MW hydroelectric station on the Santiago River in Nayarit, Mexico, operated by CFE since 2007.
Lianghekou hydroelectric plant
Lianghekou hydroelectric plant (两河口混合式抽水蓄能电站) is a 3,000 MW station on the Yalong River in Sichuan, China, being expanded with 1,200 MW of pumped storage for 4,200 MW combined.