List of power stations in Alabama

Sources of Alabama utility-scale electricity generation, full-year 2023:[1]

  Natural gas (43.7%)
  Nuclear (32.5%)
  Coal (13.7%)
  Hydroelectric (7.1%)
  Biomass (2.2%)
  Solar (0.8%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Alabama, sorted by type and name. In 2021, Alabama had a total summer capacity of 28,911 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 144,967 GWh.[2] The electrical energy generation mix in 2023 was 43.7% natural gas, 32.5% nuclear, 13.7% coal, 7.1% hydroelectric, 2.2% biomass, and 0.8% solar.[1] The state is the second largest hydroelectric producer in the eastern U.S. (after New York), and its Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant is the nation's second largest nuclear generating facility.

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Nuclear plants

Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Year
completed		 Refs
Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant Limestone County 34°42′15″N 87°07′08″W / 34.7042°N 87.1189°W / 34.7042; -87.1189 (Browns Ferry) 3,774.4 1974 - Unit 1
1975 - Unit 2
1977 - Unit 3
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station Houston County 31°13′23″N 85°06′42″W / 31.2231°N 85.1116°W / 31.2231; -85.1116 (Joseph M. Farley) 1,751.0 1977 - Unit 1
1981 - Unit 2

Fossil-fuel plants

Coal

Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Coal type Year
completed		 Operational/closure date Refs
James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant (Plant Barry) Mobile County 31°0′21.2688″N 88°0′40.9782″W / 31.005908000°N 88.011382833°W / 31.005908000; -88.011382833 (Plant Barry) 1,770.7 Coal (bituminous) 1954 - Unit 1
1954 - Unit 2
1959 - Unit 3
1969 - Unit 4
1971 - Unit 5		 Operational - Units 4 & 5,
2015 - Units 1 & 2 converted to natural gas,
2012 - Unit 3 closed		 [3]
E. C. Gaston Power Station (Plant Gaston) Shelby County 33°14′24″N 86°27′50.3994″W / 33.24000°N 86.463999833°W / 33.24000; -86.463999833 (Plant Gaston) 2,012.8 Coal (bituminous) 1960 - Unit 1
1960 - Unit 2
1961 - Unit 3
1962 - Unit 4
1974 - Unit 5		 Operational - Unit 5,
2015 - Units 1-4 converted to natural gas		 [4]
Charles R. Lowman Power Plant Washington County 31°29′23.3988″N 87°55′17.3994″W / 31.489833000°N 87.921499833°W / 31.489833000; -87.921499833 (Lowman Power Plant) 538.0 Coal (bituminous) 1969 - Unit 1
1978 - Unit 2
1980 - Unit 3		 Closed - 2020,
gas unit under construction		 [5][6]
James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant (Plant Miller) Jefferson County 33°38′44.2746″N 87°3′25.4478″W / 33.645631833°N 87.057068833°W / 33.645631833; -87.057068833 (Plant Miller) 2,822.0 Coal (bituminous) 1978 - Unit 1
1985 - Unit 2
1989 - Unit 3
1991 - Unit 4		 Operational [7]

Natural gas

Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Generation
type		 Year
completed		 Refs
AMEA Peaking Talladega County 33°09′58″N 86°16′57″W / 33.1661°N 86.2825°W / 33.1661; -86.2825 (AMEA Peaking) 95.0 Simple cycle (x4) 2004
Calhoun Energy Center Calhoun County 33°35′18″N 85°58′23″W / 33.5883°N 85.9731°W / 33.5883; -85.9731 (Calhoun) 632.0 Simple cycle (x4) 2003
Colbert Colbert County 34°44′38″N 87°50′55″W / 34.7439°N 87.8486°W / 34.7439; -87.8486 (Colbert) 363.2 Simple cycle (x8) 1972
Decatur Energy Center Morgan County 34°37′45″N 87°01′17″W / 34.6292°N 87.0214°W / 34.6292; -87.0214 (Decatur EC) 750.0 3x1 combined cycle 2002
E. B. Harris Autauga County 32°22′53″N 86°34′28″W / 32.3814°N 86.5744°W / 32.3814; -86.5744 (EB Harris) 1,314.8 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2003
E. C. Gaston Shelby County 33°14′24″N 86°27′51″W / 33.24000°N 86.46417°W / 33.24000; -86.46417 (Plant Gaston) 1,020.0 Steam turbine (x4) 1960/2015 [4]
Gadsden Etowah County 34°00′46″N 85°58′15″W / 34.0128°N 85.9708°W / 34.0128; -85.9708 (Plant Gadsden) 130.0 Steam turbine (x2) 1949
Greene County Greene County 32°36′06″N 87°46′52″W / 32.6017°N 87.7811°W / 32.6017; -87.7811 (Greene County) 1,256.1 Steam turbine (x2),
simple cycle (x9)		 1965 (516.1MW)
1996 (740.0MW)
H. Allen Franklin Lee County 32°36′28″N 85°05′51″W / 32.6078°N 85.0975°W / 32.6078; -85.0975 (H. Allen Franklin) 1,879.6 2x1 combined cycle (x3) 2002/2008
Hillabee Energy Center Tallapoosa County 33°00′03″N 85°54′12″W / 33.0007°N 85.9033°W / 33.0007; -85.9033 (Hillabee EC) 765.0 2x1 combined cycle 2010
Hog Bayou Energy Center Mobile County 30°44′52″N 88°03′27″W / 30.7478°N 88.0575°W / 30.7478; -88.0575 (Hog Bayou) 230.0 1x1 combined cycle 2001
Int. Paper Riverdale Mill Dallas County 32°25′34″N 86°52′15″W / 32.4260°N 86.8709°W / 32.4260; -86.8709 (IP Riverdale Mill) 55.2 1x1 combined cycle 1994
James M. Barry Mobile County 31°00′21″N 88°00′41″W / 31.00583°N 88.01139°W / 31.00583; -88.01139 (Plant Barry) 1,288.4 Steam turbine (x2),
2x1 combined cycle (x2)		 1954/2015 (160.0MW)
2000 (1,128.4MW)		 [3]
McIntosh Washington County 31°15′17″N 88°01′48″W / 31.2546°N 88.0299°W / 31.2546; -88.0299 (McIntosh) 578.0 Simple cycle (x4) 1998/2010
McWilliams Covington County 31°24′01″N 86°28′35″W / 31.4003°N 86.4764°W / 31.4003; -86.4764 (McWilliams) 564.0 4x3 combined cycle 1959/1996/2002
Morgan Energy Center Morgan County 34°38′23″N 87°03′50″W / 34.6397°N 87.0639°W / 34.6397; -87.0639 (Morgan EC) 749.0 3x1 combined cycle 2003
Tenaska Central Alabama Autauga County 32°38′59″N 86°44′24″W / 32.6497°N 86.7400°W / 32.6497; -86.7400 (Tenaska Central Alabama) 917.0 3x1 combined cycle 2003
Tenaska Lyndsay Hill Autauga County 32°39′05″N 86°44′19″W / 32.6514°N 86.7386°W / 32.6514; -86.7386 (Tenaska Lyndsay Hill) 848.0 3x1 combined cycle 2002
Theodore Cogen Facility Mobile County 30°31′31″N 88°07′43″W / 30.5254°N 88.1285°W / 30.5254; -88.1285 (Theodore) 231.0 1x1 combined cycle 2000
Walton Discover Power Lee County 32°32′28″N 85°02′20″W / 32.5410°N 85.0389°W / 32.5410; -85.0389 (Walton Discover Power) 100.0 Simple cycle (x2) 1999
Washington County Cogen Washington County 31°15′01″N 88°00′56″W / 31.2504°N 88.0156°W / 31.2504; -88.0156 (Washington County) 100.0 1x1 combined cycle 1999

Petroleum

Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Generation
type		 Year
completed		 Refs
E. C. Gaston Shelby County 33°14′24″N 86°27′51″W / 33.24000°N 86.46417°W / 33.24000; -86.46417 (Plant Gaston) 16.0 Simple cycle 1970 [4]

Renewable plants

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.[8]

Biomass

  • Alabama Pine Pulp
  • Alabama River Pulp
  • Georgia-Pacific Brewton Mill
  • Georgia-Pacific Naheola
  • International Paper Pine Hill Mill
  • International Paper Prattville Mill
  • International Paper Riverdale Mill
  • Mead Coated Board
  • PCA Jackson Mill
  • Sand Valley Power Station
  • U.S. Alliance Coosa Mill
  • Westervelt Moundville Cogen
  • WestRock Demopolis Mill

Hydroelectric

See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Alabama

Solar photovoltaic

Main article: Solar power in Alabama
Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW)		 Year
completed		 Refs
Lafayette Solar Farm Chambers County 32°52′35″N 85°23′18″W / 32.8763°N 85.3882°W / 32.8763; -85.3882 (Lafayette) 79.2 2017
Reynolds Landing Microgrid Jefferson County 34°14′31″N 86°31′19″W / 34.2419°N 86.5219°W / 34.2419; -86.5219 (Reynold's Landing) 1 2018 [9]
River Bend Solar Lauderdale County 34°49′53″N 87°50′32″W / 34.8315°N 87.8422°W / 34.8315; -87.8422 (River Bend) 75.0 2016

Wind

Alabama had no utility-scale wind facilities in 2019.

Closed/cancelled facilities

Name Location Coordinates Capacity
(MW) 		Energy type Operation dates Refs
Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station Jackson County 34°42′31″N 85°55′45″W / 34.70861°N 85.92917°W / 34.70861; -85.92917 (Bellefonte) Unknown Nuclear Cancelled
Colbert County Colbert Fossil Plant (Plant Colbert) 34°44′27.5994″N 87°50′57.8004″W / 34.740999833°N 87.849389000°W / 34.740999833; -87.849389000 (Colbert Fossil Plant) 1,350.0 Coal (bituminous) 1955-2016 [10][11][12][13]
Widows Creek Fossil Plant Jackson County 34°53′28.8996″N 85°45′2.8002″W / 34.891361000°N 85.750777833°W / 34.891361000; -85.750777833 (Widows Creek Fossil Plant) 1,969.0 Coal (bituminous) 1952-2015 [14][15][16]
William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant (Plant Gorgas) Walker County 33°38′42.1008″N 87°11′55.5″W / 33.645028000°N 87.198750°W / 33.645028000; -87.198750 (Plant Gorgas) 1,416.7 Coal (bituminous) 1951-2019 [17][18]

Utility companies

See also

References

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