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Facts and Figures


ANDRITZ Hydropower

Installed and / or rehabilitated units:
about 3,880 with more than
160 GW total capacity

Summary of general facts on hydropower in the Americas

© ANDRITZ, The WorldBank; IHA 2023 World Hydropower Outlook; Hydropower & Dams World Atlas 2023

North and Central America

Country/Territory
 

Total installed
capacity* (MW) 
 

Pumped Storage
(MW)
  

Generation
(TWh)  

Belize

55

0

<1

Canada

83,312

177

392

Costa Rica

2,331

0

9

Cuba

65

0

<1

Dominica

7

0

0

Dominican Republic

623

0

1

El Salvador

572

0

2

Guadeloupe

11

0

0

Guatemala

1,513

0

7

Haiti

78

0

<1

Honduras

849

0

4

Jamaica

30

0

<1

Mexico

12,614

0

35

Nicaragua

159

0

<1

Panama

1,845

0

8

Puerto Rico

98

0

0

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines    

6

0

0

The United States

102,009

22,008

262

Total

206,175

22,185

723

*Including pumped storage 

South America

Country/Territory  

Total installed capacity* (MW)  

Pumped Storage (MW)  

Generation (TWh)  

Argentina

11,359

974

31

Bolivia

759

0

3

Brazil

109,778

20

423

Chile

7,289

0

20

Colombia

12,563

0

64

Ecuador

5,191

0

25

French Guiana

119

0

1

Guyana

3

0

0

Paraguay

8,810

0

41

Peru

5,515

0

30

Suriname

180

0

1

Uruguay

1,538

0

6

Venezuela

16,829

0

68

Total

179,933

994

712

*Including pumped storage 

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