Hydropower capacity commissioned

RecordSTO-3C42TK32VG-J7A5R5D1DV-3BQ8MJ

28GW

Global · 2025

Hydropower capacity commissioned worldwide was 28 GW in 2025 (IHA).

Original source

Hydropower capacity commissioned: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
IHA
Authority tier
T2 Official
Locator
Article subtitle
Retrieved
16 Sep 2026
Status
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

Checked: the figure 28 GWis stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

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

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
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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Record: STO-3C42TK32VG-J7A5R5D1DV-3BQ8MJ T2 Official

Primary source

Publisher
International Hydropower Association · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National and industry official
Report
World Hydropower Outlook launches The year of the ‘water battery’
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
Article subtitle
Retrieved
16 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
17 September 2026
Last revision
17 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_3C42TK32VGJ7A5R5D1DV3BQ8MJ