List of power stations in Kentucky
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Kentucky, sorted by type and name. In 2020, Kentucky had a total summer capacity of 17,599 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 63,539 GWh.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 68.7% coal, 22.6% natural gas, 7.9% hydroelectric, and 0.5% biomass. The remaining 0.3% was evenly split between solar and petroleum liquids.[1]
Sources of Kentucky utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2022[1]
Fossil-fuel power stations
Lists include data from U.S. Energy Information Administration[3]
Coal
A Spurlock Station also supplements coal with up to 10% by-weight tire-derived fuel.[13]
Natural gas
Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Year Opened | Status | Ref |
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Big Sandy Power Plant | Louisa | Natural Gas | 300 | 1963 | Operational | |
Bluegrass Generating Station | Oldham County | Natural Gas | 501 | 2002 | Operational | |
Cane Run Generating Station | Louisville | Natural Gas | 640 | 2015 | Operational | |
E W Brown | Mercer County | Natural Gas | 980 | 1994-2001 | Operational | |
J K Smith | Clark County | Natural Gas | 1055 | 1991-2010 | Operational | |
Marshall Energy Facility | Marshall County | Natural Gas | 581 | 2002 | Operational | |
Paddy's Run | Jefferson County | Natural Gas | 182 | 1968/2001 | Operational | |
Paradise Combined Cycle Plant | Drakesboro | Natural Gas | 1,100 | 2017 | Operational | [8] |
PPS Power Plant | McCracken County | Natural Gas | 110 | 2010 | Operational | |
Riverside Generating | Lawrence County | Natural Gas | 805 | 2001/2002 | Operational | |
Trimble County | Trimble County | Natural Gas | 954 | 2002/2004 | Operational | |
Petroleum
Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Year Opened | Status | Ref |
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Paris | Bourbon County | Petroleum | 11.9 | 1934-1974 | Operational | |
Renewable power stations
Lists include data from U.S. Energy Information Administration[3]
Biomass
Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Year Opened | Status | Ref |
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Bavarian LFGTE | Boone County | landfill gas | 4.7 | 2003/2016 | Operational | |
Blue Ridge Generating | Estill County | landfill gas | 1.2 | 2013 | Operational | |
Cox Waste to Energy | Taylor County | wood/wood waste | 3.3 | 1995/2002 | Operational | |
Blue Ridge Generating | Estill County | landfill gas | 1.2 | 2013 | Operational | |
Glasgow LFGTE | Barren County | landfill gas | 1.0 | 2015 | Operational | |
Green City Recovery | Scott County | landfill gas | 2.0 | 2016/2019 | Operational | |
Green Valley LFGTE | Greenup County | landfill gas | 2.4 | 2003 | Operational | |
Hardin County LFGTE | Hardin County | landfill gas | 2.4 | 2006 | Operational | |
Kentucky Mills | Hancock County | wood/wood waste | 49.0 | 2001 | Operational | |
Laurel Ridge LFGTE | Laurel County | landfill gas | 4.0 | 2003/2006 | Operational | |
Morehead Generating Facility | Rowan County | landfill gas | 1.4 | 2019 | Operational | |
Pendleton County LFGTE | Pendleton County | landfill gas | 3.2 | 2007 | Operational | |
Hydroelectric
Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Year Opened | Status | Ref |
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Barkley Hydro | Lyon County | Hydroelectric | 148.0 | 1966 | Operational | |
Cannelton Hydro | Hancock County | Hydroelectric | 87.9 | 2016 | Operational | |
Dix Dam | Mercer County | Hydroelectric | 31.5 | 1925 | Operational | |
Kentucky Dam | Marshall County | Hydroelectric | 222.5 | 1944/1945/ 1948 | Operational | |
Laurel Dam | Laurel County | Hydroelectric | 61.0 | 1977 | Operational | |
Meldahl Hydroelectric Facility | Foster | Hydroelectric | 105 | 2016 | Operational | [14][15] |
Mother Ann Lee | Mercer County | Hydroelectric | 2.1 | 2007/2008 | Operational | |
Ohio Falls Station | Louisville | Hydroelectric | 80 | 1928 | Operational | [16] |
Smithland Hydroelectric Plant | Lyon County | Hydroelectric | 75.9 | 2017 | Operational | |
Wolf Creek | Russell County | Hydroelectric | 312 | 1951/1952 | Operational | |
Solar
Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Year Opened | Status | Ref |
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Cooperative Solar One | Clark County | Photovoltaic | 8.5 | 2017 | Operational | |
Crittenden Solar Facility | Grant County | Photovoltaic | 2.7 | 2017 | Operational | |
E W Brown | Mercer County | Photovoltaic | 10.0 | 2016 | Operational | |
L'Oreal Solar - Florence | Boone County | Photovoltaic | 0.9 | 2017 | Operational | |
Walton Solar Facility (I&II) | Kenton County | Photovoltaic | 2.0 | 2017 | Operational | |
Wind
Kentucky had no utility-scale wind farms in 2019.
See also
Notes
- E.W. Brown also uses Hydroelectric, Natural Gas, and Solar Energy.
References
- "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Kentucky, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–21". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
- "Kentucky Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
- Energy Information Administration (15 September 2020). "Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)". eia.gov. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
- "East Bend Station - Power Plants". Duke Energy.
- "OMU Electric | OMU". omu.org.
- "E.W. Brown Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
- "Ghent Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
- "Paradise Fossil Plant". TVA.com.
- Walton, Rod (February 3, 2020). "TVA flips breaker to disconnect 50-year-old coal-fired Paradise Unit 3". Power Engineering. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- "Another KY Coal Plant to Retire, but the Pollution Remains". July 2021.
- "Trimble County Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
- "Tyrone Generating Station (retired) | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
- "Co-op's power plant uses waste tires for fuel, disposing of about 2.4M tires a year". The Lane Report. 2019-03-25.
- "Meldahl Hydroelectric Facility".
- "Ohio - State Energy Profile Overview - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". eia.gov. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- "Ohio Falls Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.