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Shuikou hydroelectric plant
Shuikou hydroelectric plant (水口水电站) is a 1,400 MW hydroelectric station on the Min River in Fujian, China, the largest conventional hydropower station in East China when completed in 1996.
Son La hydroelectric plant
The Son La hydroelectric plant (Thủy điện Sơn La) is a 2,400 MW hydropower station on the Da River in northwestern Vietnam, inaugurated in 2012.
Statkraft
Statkraft is a Norwegian state-owned renewable energy company and Europe's largest supplier of renewable energy, tracing its origins to the state's purchase of a waterfall in 1895.
Suwalong hydroelectric plant
Suwalong hydroelectric plant (苏洼龙水电站) is a 1,200 MW run-of-river hydroelectric plant on the Jinsha River, the upper Yangtze, at the Sichuan–Tibet border, fully commissioned in 2022.
Tailrace
A tailrace is the channel that carries water away from a dam or hydroelectric powerhouse, returning water that has driven the turbines to its natural watercourse downstream.
Tailwater
Tailwater is the water immediately downstream of a dam or powerhouse. Its elevation is paired with the reservoir's headwater elevation to determine head for power generation.
Tala hydroelectric plant
The Tala hydroelectric plant is a 1,020 MW run-of-the-river power station on the Wangchhu river in Chhukha district, Bhutan, and the largest power plant in the country.
Tarbela hydroelectric plant
The Tarbela hydroelectric plant is Pakistan's largest hydropower complex, at Tarbela Dam, an earth-filled dam on the Indus River completed in 1976, with 4,888 MW installed.
Teesta-III hydroelectric plant
The Teesta-III hydroelectric plant was a 1,200 MW run-of-river power station at Chungthang in Sikkim, India, the largest in the state, commissioned in 2017 and destroyed by a glacial lake outburst flood in October 2023.
Teles Pires hydroelectric plant
The Teles Pires hydroelectric plant (Portuguese: UHE Teles Pires) is a 1,820 MW run-of-river dam on the Teles Pires River in the Brazilian Amazon, in commercial operation since 2015.
THDC India Limited
THDC India Limited is an Indian public-sector power company, incorporated in 1988, that operates hydro, thermal, wind, and solar assets, including the 2,400 MW Tehri complex.
The Dalles Dam
The Dalles Lock and Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Columbia River near The Dalles, Oregon, completed in 1957 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Dalles hydroelectric plant
The Dalles hydroelectric plant is the powerhouse of The Dalles Lock and Dam, a federal dam on the Columbia River in Oregon completed in 1957 with a 2,080-megawatt capacity.
Tianchi hydroelectric plant
Tianchi hydroelectric plant (天池抽水蓄能电站) is a 1,200 MW pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Nanzhao County, Nanyang, Henan, China, owned by State Grid Xinyuan and fully commissioned in 2023.
Tianhuangping hydroelectric plant
Tianhuangping hydroelectric plant (天荒坪抽水蓄能电站) is a 1,800 MW pumped-storage hydroelectric station in Anji County, Zhejiang, China. Completed in December 2000, it was then the largest pumped-storage station in Asia.
Tianshengqiao Stage 1 hydroelectric plant
Tianshengqiao Stage 1 hydroelectric plant (天生桥一级水电站), also called Tianshengqiao-I, is a 1,200 MW hydroelectric plant on the Nanpan River at the Guizhou–Guangxi border in southern China, completed in 2000.
Tianshengqiao Stage 2 hydroelectric plant
Tianshengqiao Stage 2 hydroelectric plant (天生桥二级水电站) is a 1,320 MW hydroelectric station on the Nanpan River at the Guizhou–Guangxi border, first sending power to Guangdong in 1993.
Toktogul hydroelectric plant
The Toktogul hydroelectric plant (Токтогульская ГЭС) is a 1,440 MW hydroelectric station on the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan, the country's largest, in service since 1975.
Tongbai hydroelectric plant
The Tongbai hydroelectric plant, formally the Tongbai Pumped Storage Power Plant (桐柏抽水蓄能电站), is a 1,200 MW pumped-storage station in Tiantai County, Zhejiang, China, fully commissioned in 2006.
Tongzilin Hydropower Station
Tongzilin Hydropower Station (桐子林水电站) is a 600 MW run-of-river hydropower station on the Yalong River in Yanbian County, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China, the final cascade of the lower Yalong, fully operational since 2016.
Trash rack
A trash rack is an array of parallel bars installed at a hydropower, pump, or spillway intake to block debris while water passes to turbines, often diverting fish.
Tucuruí Dam
The Tucuruí Dam (Usina Hidrelétrica de Tucuruí) is a hydroelectric dam on the Tocantins River in Pará, Brazil, inaugurated in 1984 with an installed capacity of 8,535 MW.
Tuoba hydroelectric plant
The Tuoba hydroelectric plant (托巴水电站) is a 1,400 MW hydropower station on the upper Lancang (Mekong) River in Weixi County, Yunnan, China, completed in December 2024.
Turgo turbine
The Turgo turbine is an impulse hydraulic turbine invented in 1920 by Gilbert Gilkes Ltd, used mainly for medium-head small hydro, micro-hydro, and pico-hydro installations.
Tuyen Quang hydroelectric plant
The Tuyen Quang hydroelectric plant (Thủy điện Tuyên Quang) is a 342 MW storage-reservoir hydropower station in Tuyen Quang province, Vietnam, providing flood control and regulating water for Hanoi.
Ust-Ilimsk hydroelectric plant
The Ust-Ilimsk hydroelectric plant (Усть-Илимская ГЭС) is a 3,840 MW hydroelectric station on the Angara River in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, the third stage of the Angara cascade.
Vianden hydroelectric plant
The Vianden pumped-storage plant (Pumpspeicherkraftwerk Vianden) is a hydroelectric station in the Our valley in northern Luxembourg, opened in 1964 with about 1,300 MW and among Europe's largest.
Villarodin hydroelectric plant
The Villarodin hydroelectric plant is a 360 MW hydroelectric power station in Savoie, France, commissioned in 1968 and operated by EDF as a peak-power plant.
Vltava Cascade
The Vltava Cascade (Vltavská kaskáda) is a system of nine water works on the Vltava River in the Czech Republic, built between 1930 and 1992.
Volga Hydroelectric Station
The Volga Hydroelectric Station (Волжская ГЭС), also known as the Volgograd Station, is a hydroelectric plant on the Volga River and the largest in Europe by capacity.