List of power stations in Kentucky

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

  Coal (68.4%)
  Natural gas (23.1%)
  Hydroelectric (7.4%)
  Biomass (0.7%)
  Solar (0.3%)
  Petroleum (0.1%)
  Other (0.1%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state/commonwealth of Kentucky, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Kentucky had a total summer capacity of 17,633 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 69,147 GWh.[2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 68.4% coal, 23.1% natural gas, 7.4% hydroelectric, 0.7% biomass, 0.3% solar, 0.1% petroleum, and 0.1% other.[1]

Fossil-fuel power stations

Lists include data from U.S. Energy Information Administration[3]

Coal

Name Location Fuel Capacity [MW] Year
opened		 Status Ref
D B Wilson Station Ohio County Coal 417 1984 Operational
E.W. Brown Generating Station Harrodsburg Coal 464 1971 Operational [4]
East Bend Generating Station Rabbit Hash Coal 648 1981 Operational [5]
Elmer Smith Power Plant Owensboro Coal 425 1964/1974 Closed in 2020 [6]
Ghent Generating Station Ghent Coal 1,932 1974/1977/
1981/1984		 Operational [7]
Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station Maysville Bituminous coal[A] 1,371 1977/1981/
2005/2009		 Operational
John Sherman Cooper Power Station Somerset Bituminous coal 341 1965/1969 Operational
Kenneth C Coleman Hancock County Coal 443 1969/1970/
1971		 Operational
Mill Creek Generating Station Louisville Bituminous coal 1,465 1972/1974/
1978/1982		 Operational
Paradise Fossil Plant Muhlenberg County Coal 971 1970 Converted to natural gas [8][9]
R D Green Webster County Coal 454 1979/1981 Operational,
planned conversion to natural gas by June 2022[10]
Robert Reid Power Station Webster County Bituminous coal 96 1966 Operational
Shawnee Fossil Plant Paducah Coal 1,750 1953/1954/1955 Operational
Trimble County Generating Station Bedford Coal 1,274 1990/2011 Operational [11]
Tyrone Generating Station Versailles Bituminous coal 135 1947 Retired & demolished [12]
William C. Dale Power Station Winchester Bituminous coal 196 1954 Demolished

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
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
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
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
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

See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky
Name Location Fuel Capacity [MW] Year
opened		 Status Ref
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

See also: Solar power in Kentucky
Name Location Fuel Capacity [MW] Year
opened		 Status Ref
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

See also: Wind power in Kentucky

Kentucky had no utility-scale wind farms in 2019.

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Kentucky, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–23". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. ^ "Kentucky Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "E.W. Brown Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
  5. ^ "East Bend Station - Power Plants". Duke Energy.
  6. ^ "OMU Electric | OMU". omu.org.
  7. ^ "Ghent Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
  8. ^ a b "Paradise Fossil Plant". TVA.com.
  9. ^ Walton, Rod (February 3, 2020). "TVA flips breaker to disconnect 50-year-old coal-fired Paradise Unit 3". Power Engineering. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  10. ^ "Another KY Coal Plant to Retire, but the Pollution Remains". July 2021.
  11. ^ "Trimble County Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
  12. ^ "Tyrone Generating Station (retired) | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
  13. ^ "Co-op's power plant uses waste tires for fuel, disposing of about 2.4M tires a year". The Lane Report. 2019-03-25.
  14. ^ "Meldahl Hydroelectric Facility".
  15. ^ "Ohio - State Energy Profile Overview - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". eia.gov. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Ohio Falls Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.