List of power stations in Ohio

Last updated

Sources of Ohio utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2022 [1]

Contents

  Natural Gas (50.7%)
  Coal (31.8%)
  Nuclear (12.4%)
  Wind (2.3%)
  Petroleum (0.8%)
  Solar (0.7%)
  Biomass (0.4%)
  Hydroelectric (0.4%)
  Other (0.5%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Ohio , sorted by type and name. In 2021, Ohio had a total summer capacity of 29,283 MW and a net generation of 125,948 GWh. [2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 50.7% natural gas, 31.8% coal, 12.4% nuclear, 2.3% wind, 0.4% biomass, 0.4% hydroelectric, 0.7% solar, and 0.8% petroleum and petroleum coke. [1]

Natural gas

Name Location Capacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Guernsey Power Station Byesville 1875Caithness EnergyNatural Gas Combined CycleOpened in 2023
Hanging Rock Energy Facility Hanging Rock 1430DynegyNatural Gas Combined Cycle [3]
Lordstown Energy Center Lordstown 940Clean Energy Future, LLCNatural Gas Combined CycleOpened in 2018, Second Unit Planned [4]
Oregon Clean Energy Center Oregon 908Ares ManagementNatural Gas Combined CycleOpened in 2017
Rolling Hills Generating Station Wilkesville 865Rolling Hills Generating LLCNatural Gas Simple Cycle (5 units)
Waterford Energy Center Waterford 821Waterford Power, LLCNatural Gas Combined Cycle
Carroll County Energy Carrollton 700Advanced PowerNatural Gas Combined CycleOpened in 2018 [5]
Washington Energy Facility Beverly 620DynegyNatural Gas Combined Cycle
Darby Generating Station Mount Sterling 480Darby Power, LLCNatural Gas Simple Cycle
Middletown Energy Center Middletown 475NTE EnergyNatural Gas Combined CycleOpened in 2018
West Lorain Plant Lorain 545Starwood EnergyNatural Gas Simple Cycle
Robert P Mone Plant Convoy 510Buckeye PowerNatural Gas Simple Cycle
Fremont Energy Center Fremont 707American Municipal PowerNatural Gas Combined Cycle
Dresden Plant Dresden 580American Electric PowerNatural Gas Combined CycleOpened in 2012
Madison Peaking Station Trenton 677Duke EnergyNatural Gas Simple Cycle
Long Ridge Energy Terminal Hannibal 485Long Ridge EnergyHydrogen - Natural Gas BlendOpened in 2021 [6]

Coal

Name Location Capacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Bay Shore Oregon 150Walleye Energy LLCPetroleum Coke (1 unit)Opened in 1955. [7]
Cardinal Power Plant Brilliant 1800 American Electric Power (AEP)/Buckeye PowerCoal (3 units)To be converted to natural gas by 2030. [8]
Gavin Power Plant Cheshire 2640 Gavin Power, LLC Coal (2 units) [9] Only runs 60% of the time. Up to 50% of Gavin’s cash flow comes from being on standby for emergency power [10]
Kyger Creek Power Plant Cheshire 1086 Ohio Valley Electric Corporation Coal (5 units) [11] Subsidized by the controversial HB6 Bill until 2030 [12]
Miami Fort Power Station North Bend 1020 Vistra Corp Coal (2 units)Older units shut down in 2015. Planned retirement by year-end 2027 or earlier. [13] [14]
Toledo Refining Power Recovery Oregon 6.0Toledo Refining Co.Petroleum Coke (1 unit)Opened in 1986. [15]

Nuclear

Name Location Capacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Perry Nuclear Generating Station North Perry 1231Energy Harbor Nuclear boiling water reactor (1 unit)
Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station Oak Harbor 960Energy Harbor Nuclear Pressurized water reactor (1 unit)

Wind

Name Location Capacity (MW)TurbinesOwnerNotes and Links
AMP Wind Farm Wood County 7.2American Municipal Power [16]
Blue Creek Wind Farm Paulding and Van Wert Counties304160Iberdrola RenewablesOperational. [17]
Timber Road Wind Farm Paulding County 362.7158EDP RenewablesOperational. [17]
Hog Creek Hardin County 6630Operational. [17]
Northwest Ohio Paulding County 10042Operational. [17]
Scioto Ridge Hardin County & Logan County 249.875 Innogy Operational. [17]
Icebreaker Cuyahoga County 20.76Approved for Construction. [17]
Emerson Creek Hardin County & Erie County 297.771Approved for Construction. [17]

Solar

Name Location Capacity (MW)OwnerNotes and Links
Bowling Green Solar Facility Bowling Green 20NextEra [18]
Napoleon Solar Facility Napoleon 3.54American Municipal Power [18]
Wadsworth Rittman Rd. Facility Wadsworth 2.625American Municipal Power [18]
Wadsworth Seville Rd. FacilityWadsworth6.25American Municipal Power [18]
Wyandot Solar Facility Upper Sandusky 12 Public Service Enterprise Group Opened in 2010.
Hardin IHardin County150Operational. [19]
HillcrestBrown County200Operational. [19]
New MarketHighland County100Operational. [19]
Hardin IIHardin County170Under Construction. [19]
YellowbudPickaway & Ross County274Operational. [19]
Madison FieldsMadison County180Operational. [19]
Willowbrook IBrown County150Under Construction. [19]
NestlewoodBrown County80Under Construction. [19]
Big PlainMadison County196Under Construction. [19]
ArcheFulton County107Under Construction. [19]
Hardin IIIHardin County300Under Construction. [19]
AEUG UnionUnion County325Under Construction. [19]
HighlandHighland County300Under Construction. [19]
Fox SquirrelMadison County577Under Construction. [19]
Operational in Q4 2024. [20]
Atlanta FarmsPickaway County200Approved for Construction. [19]
VintonVinton County125Approved for Construction. [19]
AlamoPreble County69.9Approved for Construction. [19]
AngelinaPreble County80Approved for Construction. [19]
Powell CreekPutnam County150Approved for Construction. [19]
WheatsboroughErie County125Under Construction. [19]
Mark CenterDefiance County110Approved for Construction. [19]
ClearviewChampaign County144Approved for Construction. [19]
Ross CountyRoss County120Under Construction. [19]
CadenceUnion County275Approved for Construction. [19]
JulietWood County101Approved for Construction. [19]
Sycamore CreekCrawford County117Approved for Construction. [19]
Marion CountyMarion County100Approved for Construction. [19]
Union RidgeLicking County107.7Approved for Construction. [19]
TymochteeWyandot County120Approved for Construction. [19]
NottinghamHarrison County100Approved for Construction. [19]
Wild GrainsVan Wert County150Approved for Construction. [19]
Dodson CreekHighland County117Approved for Construction. [19]
Pleasant PrairieFranklin County250Approved for Construction. [19]
HarveyLicking County350Approved for Construction. [19]
SpringwaterFranklin and Madison County155Approved for Construction. [19]
Border BasinHancock County120Approved for Construction. [19]
South BranchHancock County130Approved for Construction. [19]
PalominoHancock County200Approved for Construction. [19]
BlossomMorrow and Marion County144Approved for Construction. [19]
Yellow WoodClinton County300Approved for Construction. [19]
Dixon RunJackson County140Approved for Construction. [19]
Oak RunMadison County800Approved for Construction. [19]

Hydroelectricity

Name Location Capacity (MW)OwnerNotes and Links
O'Shaughnessy Dam Dublin 5.2City of Columbus [21] Offline as of August 2018. It is unknown when or if it will be fixed.
Hamilton Hydro Hamilton 2City of Hamilton [21]
Auglaize Hydroelectric Plant Bryan 4.5City of Bryan [21]
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam Felicity 105American Municipal Power [21] Largest hydroelectric plant on the Ohio river and is located on Kentucky side of the Ohio River. The City of Hamilton retains 51.4% of the power generation [22]
Greenup Lock and Dam Franklin Furnace 70.2American Municipal Power [21]
Racine Lock and Dam Racine 20 AEP [21]
Belleville Lock and Dam Reedsville 42American Municipal Power [21] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Willow Island Lock and Dam Newport 44American Municipal Power [21] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Hannibal Locks and Dam Hannibal 19New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro [21] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.

Battery storage

Name Location Capacity (MW)OwnerNotes and Links
Battery Utility of Ohio Sunbury 4Battery Utility of Ohio [21]
AEP Bluffton NaS Bluffton 2Ohio Power Co [21]
HMV Minster Energy Storage System Minster 7Half Moon Ventures LLC [21]
Willey Battery Utility Hamilton 6Willey Battery Utility [21]
Clinton Battery Blanchester 10Clinton Battery Utility [21]
Beckjord Power Station New Richmond 4 Duke Energy [21]

Closed plants

Name Location Capacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Ashtabula Power Plant Ashtabula 244FirstEnergyCoalClosed in 2015 [23]
W.C. Beckjord Power Station New Richmond 1304 Duke Energy, DPL Inc., AEPCoal (6 units)Closed in 2014 [24] [25]
R.E. Burger Power Station Shadyside 568FirstEnergyCoalClosed in 2011
Conesville Power Plant Conesville 2005AEP, AES/DPL Inc. 6 units: coal & oilUnits 5-6 shut down in 2019 and Unit 4 closed in 2020. [3]
Eastlake Power Plant Eastlake 1257FirstEnergyCoal (units 1-5) / Natural Gas (unit 6)Units 4-5 closed 2012, Units 1-3 closed in 2015, Unit 6 closed 2021. [23]
O.H. Hutchings Station Miamisburg 414DPL Inc.CoalClosed in 2013 [26]
Richard H. Gorsuch Station Marietta 200American Municipal PowerCoalBuilt by Union Carbide in 1951 as Marietta Steam Plant, sold to American Municipal Power in 1988 and renamed to Richard H. Gorsuch, closed in 2012.
Killen Station Wrightsville 618AES/DPL Inc., DynegyCoal (1 unit)Sold to AES 2012 [3] Closed in 2018.
Lake Shore Power Plant Cleveland 245FirstEnergyCoalClosed in 2015 [23] and demolished in 2017. [27]
Muskingum River Power Plant Beverly 1375American Electric PowerCoal (5 units)Closed in 2015 [28]
Philo Power Plant Philo 510Ohio PowerCoalClosed in 1975; Philo Unit 6 was the first commercial supercritical steam-electric generating unit in the world, [29] and it could operate short-term at ultra-supercritical levels. [30]
Picway Power Plant Lockbourne 220AEPCoalClosed in 2015
E.M. Poston Power Plant Nelsonville AEPCoalClosed in 1987
Shelby Municipal Light Plant Shelby 37City of ShelbyCoal (4 units)Closed in 2013, power monitoring remains [31]
Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light Building Sidney City of SidneyHydroelectric (1 unit)Began generation in 1900 [32]
J.M. Stuart Station Aberdeen 2318AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy, and AEPCoal (4 units)Sold to AES 2012 [3] Closed in 2018.
Tait Power Station Dayton 586DPL Inc.Natural Gas/OilClosed 2013
Tidd PlantBrilliant220Ohio PowerCoalRetired in 1976. Was used as a demonstration for pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) for four years from 1991–1995.
Toronto Power Plant Toronto Ohio EdisonCoalClosed in 1993
Trash Burning Power Plant Columbus SWACO Waste-to-energy Closed in 1994
Avon Lake Power Station Avon Lake 680NRG EnergyCoalClosed in 2022. [33]
William H. Zimmer Power Station Moscow 1300 Vistra Corp CoalClosed in May 2022. [13]
W. H. Sammis Power Plant Stratton, Ohio 2,233 FirstEnergy CoalClosed May 3, 2023

See also

References

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