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Hydro power plants in Missouri

Missouri has 8 operating hydro power plants with 1.1 GW of capacity.

  • Operating8
Kansas CitySt. LouisSpringfieldColumbia

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

The largest hydro power plants in Missouri

Operating, by capacity

#Hydro power plantYear onlineCapacity
1Taum Sauk1963408 MW
2Osage Dam1953208 MW
3Table Rock1961200 MW
4Harry Truman1982161 MW
5Clarence Cannon198458 MW
6Stockton Hydro197352 MW
7Ozark Beach193116 MW
8Niangua19303 MW

Hydro power plants that came online most recently in Missouri

Newest first

#Hydro power plantYear onlineCapacity
1Clarence Cannon198458 MW
2Harry Truman1982161 MW
3Stockton Hydro197352 MW
4Taum Sauk1963408 MW
5Table Rock1961200 MW
6Osage Dam1953208 MW
7Ozark Beach193116 MW
8Niangua19303 MW
The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks hydro power plants

Operating hydro power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about hydro power plants in Missouri

How many hydro power plants are in Missouri?
Missouri has 8 operating utility-scale hydro power plants with 1.1 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest hydro power plant in Missouri?
Taum Sauk in Reynolds County, Missouri is the largest, at 408 MW. It came online in 1963.
How many hydro power plants were built in Missouri in 2025?
0 hydro power plants came online in Missouri in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing hydro power plants in Missouri?
Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

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