Hydropower capacity commissioned
STO-REC-STAT3C42TKT2 National
28GW
Global · 2025
Hydropower capacity commissioned worldwide reached 28 GW in 2025 (IHA).
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- IHA
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- T2 National
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- Retrieved
- 16 Sep 2026
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- Verified
What the source says
A total of 28 GW of hydropower capacity was commissioned in 2025, including a record 11.7 GW of pumped storage
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- International Hydropower Association. (2025). World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’. Retrieved September 16, 2026, from https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3C42TK32VGJ7A5R5D1DV3BQ8MJ
- MLA
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2025, https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Accessed 16 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3C42TK32VGJ7A5R5D1DV3BQ8MJ.
- Chicago
- International Hydropower Association. "World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’." 2025. https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3C42TK32VGJ7A5R5D1DV3BQ8MJ.
- BibTeX
- @misc{iha2025hydropower3bq8mj, author = {{International Hydropower Association}}, title = {World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_3C42TK32VGJ7A5R5D1DV3BQ8MJ}, note = {Original source: https://www.hydropower.org/news/year-of-the-water-battery-global-pumped-storage-capacity-surpasses-200-gw. Accessed September 16, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- International Hydropower Association · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 2 · National Official
- Report
- World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’
- Type
- Press release
- Published
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- Article subtitle
- Retrieved
- 16 September 2026
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- Reachable (HTTP 200)
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Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 17 September 2026
- Last revision
- 17 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_3C42TK32VGJ7A5R5D1DV3BQ8MJ