List of power stations in Kentucky

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

Contents

  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 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

NameLocationFuelCapacity [ MW ]Year
Opened		StatusRef
D B Wilson Station Ohio County Coal 4171984Operational
East Bend Generating Station Rabbit Hash Coal 6481981Operational [4]
Elmer Smith Power Plant Owensboro Coal 4251964/1974Closed in 2020 [5]
E.W. Brown Generating Station Harrodsburg Coal 4641971Operational [6]
Ghent Generating Station Ghent Coal 1,9321974/1977/
1981/1984		Operational [7]
Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station Maysville Bituminous Coal [A] 1,3711977/1981/
2005/2009		Operational
John Sherman Cooper Power Station Somerset Bituminous Coal 3411965/1969Operational
Kenneth C Coleman Hancock County Coal 4431969/1970/
1971		Operational
Mill Creek Generating Station Louisville Bituminous coal 1,4651972/1974/
1978/1982		Operational
Paradise Fossil Plant Muhlenberg County Coal 9711970Converted to natural gas [8] [9]
R D Green Webster County Coal 4541979/1981Operational
Planned conversion to natural gas by June 2022. [10]
Robert Reid Power Station Webster County Bituminous Coal 961966Operational
Shawnee Fossil Plant Paducah Coal 1,7501953/1954/1955Operational
Trimble County Generating Station Bedford Coal 1,2741990/2011Operational [11]
Tyrone Generating Station Versailles Bituminous Coal 1351947Retired & Demolished [12]
William C. Dale Power Station Winchester Bituminous Coal 1961954Demolished

A Spurlock Station also supplements coal with up to 10% by-weight tire-derived fuel. [13]

Natural gas

NameLocationFuelCapacity [ MW ]Year
Opened		StatusRef
Big Sandy Power Plant Louisa Natural Gas 3001963Operational
Bluegrass Generating Station Oldham County Natural Gas 5012002Operational
Cane Run Generating Station Louisville Natural Gas 6402015Operational
E W Brown Mercer County Natural Gas 9801994-2001Operational
J K Smith Clark County Natural Gas 10551991-2010Operational
Marshall Energy Facility Marshall County Natural Gas 5812002Operational
Paddy's Run Jefferson County Natural Gas 1821968/2001Operational
Paradise Combined Cycle Plant Drakesboro Natural Gas 1,1002017Operational [8]
PPS Power Plant McCracken County Natural Gas 1102010Operational
Riverside Generating Lawrence County Natural Gas 8052001/2002Operational
Trimble County Trimble County Natural Gas 9542002/2004Operational

Petroleum

NameLocationFuelCapacity [ MW ]Year
Opened		StatusRef
Paris Bourbon County Petroleum 11.91934-1974Operational

Renewable power stations

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

Biomass

NameLocationFuelCapacity [ MW ]Year
Opened		StatusRef
Bavarian LFGTE Boone County landfill gas 4.72003/2016Operational
Blue Ridge Generating Estill County landfill gas1.22013Operational
Cox Waste to Energy Taylor County wood/wood waste3.31995/2002Operational
Blue Ridge Generating Estill County landfill gas1.22013Operational
Glasgow LFGTE Barren County landfill gas1.02015Operational
Green City Recovery Scott County landfill gas2.02016/2019Operational
Green Valley LFGTE Greenup County landfill gas2.42003Operational
Hardin County LFGTE Hardin County landfill gas2.42006Operational
Kentucky Mills Hancock County wood/wood waste49.02001Operational
Laurel Ridge LFGTE Laurel County landfill gas4.02003/2006Operational
Morehead Generating Facility Rowan County landfill gas1.42019Operational
Pendleton County LFGTE Pendleton County landfill gas3.22007Operational

Hydroelectric

NameLocationFuelCapacity [ MW ]Year
Opened		StatusRef
Barkley Hydro Lyon County Hydroelectric 148.01966Operational
Cannelton Hydro Hancock County Hydroelectric 87.92016Operational
Dix Dam Mercer County Hydroelectric 31.51925Operational
Kentucky Dam Marshall County Hydroelectric 222.51944/1945/
1948		Operational
Laurel Dam Laurel County Hydroelectric 61.01977Operational
Meldahl Hydroelectric Facility Foster Hydroelectric1052016Operational [14] [15]
Mother Ann Lee Mercer County Hydroelectric 2.12007/2008Operational
Ohio Falls Station Louisville Hydroelectric 801928Operational [16]
Smithland Hydroelectric Plant Lyon County Hydroelectric 75.92017Operational
Wolf Creek Russell County Hydroelectric 3121951/1952Operational

Solar

NameLocationFuelCapacity [ MW ]Year
Opened		StatusRef
Cooperative Solar One Clark County Photovoltaic 8.52017Operational
Crittenden Solar Facility Grant County Photovoltaic 2.72017Operational
E W Brown Mercer County Photovoltaic 10.02016Operational
L'Oreal Solar - Florence Boone County Photovoltaic 0.92017Operational
Walton Solar Facility (I&II) Kenton County Photovoltaic 2.02017Operational

Wind

Kentucky had no utility-scale wind farms in 2019.

See also

Notes

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hydroelectric power in the United States</span>

Hydroelectricity is, as of 2019, the second-largest renewable source of energy in both generation and nominal capacity in the United States. In 2021, hydroelectric power produced 31.5% of the total renewable electricity, and 6.3% of the total U.S. electricity.

Ohio Falls Station is a hydroelectric power station owned by Louisville Gas & Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU) which is located three miles west of Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The generating station is located on Shippingport Island at the site of the McAlpine Dam and locks along the Ohio River in Kentucky. The plant was built in 1923 by Byllesby Engineering and Management Corporation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The plant featured eight 10.4 MW units operating at roughly 13,500 hp per unit. Each unit was composed of Allis-Chalmers turbines and General Electric generators. The plant is located inside the Ohio Natural Wildlife Conservation Area and is considered a large impoundment hydro power plant. The station was built after a canal and dam within the Ohio river in an attempt to allow boats to navigate the 8 ft vertical drop among the falls that spanned 2 miles wide. Production of the canal and dam began in 1825. It was not until a repair on the dam was needed that Louisville engineers had the idea of building a hydroelectric station to harvest the power of the falls.

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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. ↑ "East Bend Station - Power Plants". Duke Energy.
  5. ↑ "OMU Electric | OMU". omu.org.
  6. ↑ "E.W. Brown Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
  7. ↑ "Ghent Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
  8. 1 2 "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.
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