List of power stations in Missouri

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Sources of Missouri utility-scale electricity generation in gigawatt-hours, full-year 2024: [1]
  1. Coal: 38,831 (57.2%)
  2. Nuclear: 10,526 (15.5%)
  3. Natural gas: 10,288 (15.1%)
  4. Wind: 6,810 (10.0%)
  5. Hydroelectric: [a] 1,019 (1.50%)
  6. Solar: 200 (0.29%)
  7. Petroleum: 146 (0.21%)
  8. Biomass: 100 (0.15%)

Nuclear power stations

PlantOwnerNet summer
capacity
(in MW)
Notes
Callaway (Callaway Nuclear Generating Station) Ameren Corporation 1,193Missouri's only nuclear power plant; began operations in 1984. [3]

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. [4]

Coal

According to the Sierra Club, as of 2016 there were a total of 16 coal-fired power plants in Missouri, a decrease from 2012, when there were 23. [5] A Missouri City coal-fired power plant operated by Independence Power & Light closed in 2015; the facility was aging (60 years old) and could not comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pollution regulations. [6] In January 2015, Kansas City Power & Light Co. announced plans to stop burning coal at three of its generating units at Montrose Station, one at Lake Road Station, and two at Sibley Station. Coal burning would cease in phases (two units ceasing at the end of 2016, two at the end of 2019, and two at the end of 2021). [7]

PlantOwnerNet summer
capacity
(in MW)
Notes
Labadie Ameren Corporation 2,371
Iatan Evergy 1,594
Rush IslandAmeren Corporation1,182
New Madrid Associated Electric Coop, Inc.1,154
Thomas HillAssociated Electric Coop, Inc.1,133
SiouxAmeren Corporation974
HawthornEvergy948
MeramecAmeren Corporation938Closed in December 2022. [8]
Sibley Generating StationEvergy524[ citation needed ]Closed in December 2018.
John Twitty Energy Center City Utilities of Springfield 603 [9]
Sikeston Power StationSikeston Board of Municipal Utilities.235 [10]

Natural gas

PlantOwnerNet summer
capacity
(in MW)
Notes
Dogwood Energy FacilityDogwood Power Management, LLC616
James River Power StationCity Utilities of Springfield362.5 [11] Formerly coal powered, converted to natural gas in 2015 [12]
NodawayAssociated Electric Coop, Inc207 [13]

Renewable power stations

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources reports that the state has nine pumped-storage hydroelectricity facilities and 20 conventional hydroelectric plants; the latter include the Bagnell Dam on the Osage River, which has a capacity of 176 MW, [14] and the Table Rock Dam on the White River, close to Branson. [15]

In 2014, Missouri's largest solar farm was located in Greene County, on a 57-acre plot owned by City Utilities, and is operated by Strata Solar. It generates a mean of 4.95 MW that contribute to City Utilities' transmission grid. [16] Since 2017, the largest solar farm in Missouri is the Nixa Solar Farm and is owned by Gardner Capital and operated by MC Power Companies. It is located on 72 acres and can generate up to 7.92 MW for Nixa Utilities. In 2018 it supplied Nixa with about 9% of its energy needs. [17]

See also

Notes

  1. Includes conventional hydroelectric and hydroelectric pumped storage.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Electricity Data Browser". www.eia.gov. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  2. "Missouri Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  3. Jacob Barker, Feds extend license for Ameren's Callaway nuclear plant, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (March 9, 2015).
  4. Table 2: Ten largest plants by generation capacity, 2014 in U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, Annual Electric Generator Report.
  5. Missouri Beyond Coal, Sierra Club (accessed September 14, 2016).
  6. Matthew Bandyk, Missouri City Gives Up on Coal, Closes Plant, SNL Financial (republished at Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis) (October 13, 2015).
  7. KCP&L Announces Plans to Cease Burning Coal at Three Power Plants (press release), Kansas City Power & Light Co. (January 20, 2015).
  8. "Ameren's oldest, smallest coal plant set to retire — raising questions about its afterlife". December 29, 2022.
  9. "John Twitty Energy Center - Springfield, MO (Address and Phone)". www.countyoffice.org. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  10. "Sikeston Power Station" . Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  11. "James River Power Station - Springfield, MO (Address and Phone)". www.countyoffice.org. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  12. "James River power station switches from coal to natural gas | City Utilities of Springfield MO". www.cityutilities.net. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  13. "Nodaway Gas Plant MO USA - GEO". globalenergyobservatory.org. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  14. Energy For Missouri: Today and Tomorrow - Educator's Guide , Missouri Department of Natural Resources, p. 26.
  15. Table Rock Lake: Dam and Lake Information, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  16. Thomas Gounley, Missouri's largest solar farm is producing power, Springfield News-Leader (July 19, 2014).
  17. "Nixa Solar Farm | Nixa, MO". www.nixa.com. Retrieved January 2, 2022.