Table 1 Table represents the number of hydropower plants, their installed capacity, and the coverage for each type of hydropower plants, i.e. run-of-river (ROR), storage (STO), pumped storage, (PS), Canal or not available (NA).
From: Global dataset combining open-source hydropower plant and reservoir data
Type | Number of hydropower plants | Capacity (GW) | Coverage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Global | |||
ROR | 3,237 | 248.5 | 41.6 |
STO | 2,658 | 638.3 | 34.1 |
PS | 332 | 166.3 | 4.2 |
Canal | 297 | 9.7 | 3.8 |
NA | 1,251 | 33.2 | 16 |
Asia | |||
ROR | 816 | 66.6 | 47.6 |
STO | 551 | 317.8 | 30.2 |
PS | 91 | 71.3 | 4.9 |
Canal | 55 | 2.5 | 3 |
NA | 258 | 15.6 | 14.1 |
Africa | |||
ROR | 121 | 8.7 | 42.3 |
STO | 137 | 25.5 | 47.9 |
PS | 5 | 3.3 | 1.7 |
Canal | 5 | 0.05 | 1.7 |
NA | 18 | 0.5 | 6.2 |
North America | |||
ROR | 748 | 65.2 | 39.7 |
STO | 669 | 98.8 | 35.5 |
PS | 46 | 30.8 | 2.4 |
Canal | 124 | 4 | 6.5 |
NA | 293 | 5.6 | 15.5 |
South America | |||
ROR | 228 | 65.2 | 28.6 |
STO | 148 | 93.5 | 18.6 |
PS | 3 | 1 | 0.3 |
Canal | 9 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
NA | 408 | 6.2 | 51.2 |
Europe | |||
ROR | 1,240 | 45.8 | 42.9 |
STO | 1,119 | 96.5 | 38.7 |
PS | 181 | 57 | 6.2 |
Canal | 102 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
NA | 246 | 2.9 | 8.5 |
Oceania | |||
ROR | 32 | 2 | 31.3 |
STO | 34 | 6 | 33.3 |
PS | 6 | 2.5 | 5.8 |
Canal | 2 | 0.03 | 1.9 |
NA | 28 | 2.2 | 27.4 |
