Hydropower capacity commissioned
RecordSTO-3C42TK32VG-J7A5R5D1DV-3BQ8MJ
Global · 2025
Hydropower capacity commissioned worldwide was 28 GW in 2025 (IHA).
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.
Cite this figure
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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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
- —
- 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