List of power stations in Mississippi

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

Contents

  Natural Gas (75.9%)
  Nuclear (16%)
  Coal (5.5%)
  Biomass (1.8%)
  Solar (0.9%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Mississippi , sorted by type and name. In 2022, Mississippi had a total summer capacity of 14,724 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 67,781 GWh. [2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 75.9% natural gas, 16% nuclear, 5.5% coal, 1.8% biomass, and 0.9% solar. [1]

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Nuclear power plants

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)		OperatorYear
opened
Grand Gulf Nuclear Station Port Gibson 32°00′29″N91°02′52″W / 32.0081°N 91.0478°W / 32.0081; -91.0478 (Grand Gulf) 1,401Entergy1985

Fossil-fuel power plants

Coal

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)		OperatorYear
opened
Victor J. Daniel Electric Generating Plant Escatawpa 30°31′56″N88°33′19″W / 30.5322°N 88.5553°W / 30.5322; -88.5553 (Plant Daniel) 1,004 Mississippi Power, Gulf Power 1977
Red Hills Generation Facility Ackerman 33°22′34″N89°13′06″W / 33.3761°N 89.2183°W / 33.3761; -89.2183 (Red Hills Facility) 440SE Choctaw, LLC2001

Natural gas

NameLocationCapacity
(MW)		OperatorYear
opened
Ackerman Combined Cycle Plant Ackerman 710 Tennessee Valley Authority 2007
Gerald Andrus Power Plant Greenville 736 Entergy 1975
Attala Generating Station Sallis 455.3Entergy2001
CF Industries Yazoo City Complex Yazoo City 20CF Industries1984
Batesville Generation Facility Batesville 858Cooperative Energy2000
Caledonia Combined Cycle Plant Steens 765Tennessee Valley Authority2003
Chevron Cogenerating Plant Pascagoula 132Mississippi Power1968
Choctaw County Generating Station French Camp 781Entergy2003
Plant Daniel Escatawpa1,081Mississippi Power2001
Hinds Energy Facility Jackson 491Entergy2001
Kemper Combustion Turbine Plant De Kalb 293.2Tennessee Valley Authority2002
Magnolia Combined Cycle Plant Ashland 918Tennessee Valley Authority2003
Plant Ratcliffe De Kalb675.4Mississippi Power2014
Moselle Generating Station Moselle 477Cooperative Energy1970
Silver Creek Generating Plant Prentiss 225Cooperative Energy2003
Southaven Combined Cycle Plant Southaven 780Tennessee Valley Authority2003
Plant Sweatt Meridian 32Mississippi Power1951
Sylvarena Generating Plant Raleigh 129Cooperative Energy2003
Plant Jack Watson Gulfport 749Mississippi Power2015
LL Wilkins Power Plant Clarksdale 49.5Clarksdale Public Utilities1961
YazooYazoo City33.3Public Service Commission of Yazoo City1954

Renewable power plants

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. [3]

Biomass and municipal waste

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)		Fuel
type		OperatorYear
opened
Columbus MS Lowndes County 33°21′37″N88°27′36″W / 33.3602°N 88.4600°W / 33.3602; -88.4600 (Columbus MS) 128.6wood/wood waste International Paper 1982/1987/
1990
Georgia-Pacific Monticello Paper Lawrence County 31°37′43″N90°04′51″W / 31.6285°N 90.0809°W / 31.6285; -90.0809 (GP Monticello Paper) 81.5wood/wood waste Georgia-Pacific 1968
Intl. Paper Vicksburg Mill Warren County 32°31′45″N90°46′27″W / 32.5292°N 90.7742°W / 32.5292; -90.7742 (IP Vicksburg Mill) 38.5wood/wood wasteInternational Paper1967
Leaf River Cellulose Perry County 31°14′36″N89°02′44″W / 31.2434°N 89.0456°W / 31.2434; -89.0456 (Leaf River Cellulose) 52.2wood/wood wasteLeaf River LLC.1984
Prairie Bluff Chickasaw County 33°57′16″N88°59′33″W / 33.9544°N 88.9925°W / 33.9544; -88.9925 (Prairie Bluff) 1.6 landfill gas Waste Management2012

Solar

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)		Year
opened
Hattiesburg Solar Farm Forrest County 31°16′33″N89°18′04″W / 31.2758°N 89.3012°W / 31.2758; -89.3012 (Hattiesburg) 50.02017
Meridian Solar Farm (I&II) Lauderdale County 32°33′12″N88°34′49″W / 32.5533°N 88.5804°W / 32.5533; -88.5804 (Meridian) 57.52019
Sumrall Solar Farm (I&II) Lamar County 31°24′13″N89°29′51″W / 31.4035°N 89.4976°W / 31.4035; -89.4976 (Sumrall) 104.02017

Wind

NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)		Year
opened
Delta Wind [4] Tunica County 1842024

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Mississippi, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–23". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Mississippi Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  3. ↑ 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. ↑ "Mississippi just got its first utility-scale wind farm". Canary Media. 2024-06-18. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
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