List of power stations in Kansas explained

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Kansas, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Kansas had a total summer capacity of 18,427 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 62,197 GWh.^[1] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 46.3% wind, 27.5% coal, 17.4% nuclear, 8.4% natural gas, 0.1% solar, 0.1% biomass, and 0.1% petroleum. Distributed small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 129 GWh to the state's electricity grid in 2023. This compares as about 50 percent more than the 81 GWh (0.1% share) generated by Kansas's utility-scale solar facilities.

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration

Coal

Plant Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Generation Type	Year Completed	Scheduled Retirement	Refs
Holcomb		37.9308°N -100.9725°W	348.7		1983	TBD	^[3] ^[4]
		39.2865°N -96.1172°W	2,160	Steam Turbine (x3)	1978 (Unit 1- 720MW) 1980 (Unit 2- 720MW) 1983 (Unit 3- 720MW)	TBD (Unit 1) TBD (Unit 2) 2030 (Unit 3)	^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
Lawrence Energy Center		39.0072°N -95.2692°W	517	Steam Turbine (x2)	1938 (Unit 1) 1952 (Unit 2- 38MW) 1955 (Unit 3- 49MW) 1960 (Unit 4- 114MW) 1971 (Unit 5- 403MW)	19?? (Unit 1- closed) 2000 (Unit 2- closed) 2015 (Unit 3- closed) 2028 (Unit 4) 2028 (Unit 5 will change to gas fired)	^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
La Cygne		38.3481°N -94.6456°W	1,599	Steam Turbine (x2)	1973 (Unit 1- 873MW) 1977 (Unit 2- 726MW)	TBD (Unit 1) TBD (Unit 2)	^[11]
Nearman Creek		39.1681°N -94.6975°W	261	Steam Turbine	1981	TBD	^[12]

Natural gas

Plant Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Generation Type	Year Completed	Refs
Anthony		37.1517°N -98.0311°W	11.1	Reciprocating Engine (x3)	1972/1976/1981
Arkalon Ethanol LLC		37.1106°N -100.8036°W	3.0		2008
Ashland	Clark County	37.1938°N -99.7631°W	1.3	Reciprocating Engine (x2)	1953/1974
Augusta Electric Plant No 1	Butler County	37.6785°N -96.9719°W	8.5	Reciprocating Engine (x5)	1949-1964
Augusta Electric Plant No 2	Butler County	37.6861°N -96.965°W	20.7	Reciprocating Engine (x4)	1968-2005
Bonanza BioEnergy LLC	Finney County	37.9586°N -100.8361°W	2.0	Steam Turbine	2008
Burlingame	Osage County	38.7551°N -95.8368°W	4.0	Reciprocating Engine (x4)	1963-1980
Burlington	Coffey County	38.1934°N -95.75°W	5.8	Reciprocating Engine (x2)	1955/1983
CML&P Generating Facility No. 2		37.093°N -95.5852°W	56.1	Reciprocating Engine (x3)	2017
Chanute 2	Neosho County	37.6953°N -95.4586°W	64.0		1965 (4MW) 2002 (60MW)
Chanute 3	Neosho County	37.6376°N -95.4704°W	20.7	Reciprocating Engine (x3)	1985/1986
Cimarron River	Seward County	37.1611°N -100.7619°W	65.0	Steam Turbine Simple Cycle	1963 (50MW) 1968 (15MW)
Clay Center	Clay County	39.374°N -97.1272°W	29.7	Steam Turbine (x2) Reciprocating Engine (x6)	1948/1961 (8.0MW) 1958-2005 (21.7MW)
Clifton	Washington County	39.6125°N -97.2778°W	68.0	Simple Cycle	1974
Coffeyville		37.0373°N -95.6127°W	30	Steam Turbine	1973
Colby		39.403°N -101.0382°W	16.0	Simple Cycle	1970
East 12th Street	Cowley County	37.2367°N -96.9625°W	25.8	Steam Turbine	1970
El Dorado Refinery	Butler County	37.7928°N -96.8772°W	38.9	Simple Cycle	1996
Emporia Energy Center	Lyon County	38.4459°N -96.0653°W	730.2	Simple Cycle (x7)	2008/2009
Fort Dodge		37.7328°N -99.9497°W	146.7	Steam Turbine	1969
Garden City	Finney County	37.9703°N -100.8956°W	256.3	Simple Cycle (x3) Steam Turbine	1968-1979 (158.4MW) 1973 (97.9MW)
Gardner Energy Center	Johnson County	38.8308°N -94.8903°W	39.2	Simple Cycle (x2)	1990
Girard	Crawford County	37.5077°N -94.8393°W	10.8	Reciprocating Engine (x4)	1955/1962/1997
Goodland	Sherman County	39.3416°N -101.7052°W	15.4	Reciprocating Engine (x7)	1962-1999
Goodman Energy Center		38.9303°N -99.3617°W	103.5	Reciprocating Engine (x12)	2008/2016
Gordon Evans Energy Center	Sedgwick County	37.7903°N -97.5217°W	288.9	Simple Cycle (x3)	2000/2001
Great Bend - Sunflower	Barton County	38.41°N -98.8689°W	81.6	Steam Turbine	1963
Hill City		39.3582°N -99.8417°W	6.9	Reciprocating Engine (x6)	1962/1967/1974
Holton	Jackson County	39.4735°N -95.7316°W	6.0	Reciprocating Engine (x2)	2001
Hoisington	Barton County	38.513°N -98.7747°W	13.0	Reciprocating Engine (x3)	1961/1966/1981
Hugoton 2	Stanton County	37.1642°N -101.3401°W	0.5	Reciprocating Engine	1998
Hutchinson Energy Center		38.0906°N -97.8747°W	165.2	Simple Cycle (x3)	1974
Iola	Allen County, Kansas	Allen County	37.9231°N -95.4256°W	10.0	Reciprocating Engine (x2)	1998/2000
Jameson Energy Center	Finney County	37.9547°N -100.8306°W	27.6	Reciprocating Engine (x3)	2014
Kaw	Wyandotte County	39.0867°N -94.6514°W	165.7	Steam Turbine (x3)	1955/1957/1972
Kingman Municipal		37.3831°N -98.0704°W	1.4	Reciprocating Engine (x6)	1962-1993
McPherson 2		38.3634°N -97.6836°W	102.5	Simple Cycle (x2)	1973/1979
McPherson 3	McPherson County	38.3893°N -97.6111°W	115.6	Simple Cycle	1998
Meade		37.2852°N -100.3324°W	5.1	Reciprocating Engine (x4)	1951-1972
Minneapolis, City of	Ottawa County	39.1194°N -97.7086°W	6.2	Reciprocating Engine (x4)	1955-1972
Nearman Creek	Wyandotte County	39.1681°N -94.6975°W	76.0	Simple Cycle	2006
Osage City	Osage County	38.6332°N -95.8277°W	10.1	Reciprocating Engine (x7)	1955/2011
Osawatomie	Miami County	38.5322°N -94.9026°W	102.0	Simple Cycle	2003
Osborne	Osborne County	39.442°N -98.6903°W	1.7	Reciprocating Engine (x3)	1992/1994
Ottawa		38.6156°N -95.2797°W	30.7	Reciprocating Engine (x4) Simple Cycle	1958-1981 (19.2MW) 1967 (11.5MW)
Prairie Horizon Agri Energy		39.7611°N -99.3058°W	1.7	Steam Turbine	2006
Pratt		37.6359°N -98.7433°W	13.0	Steam Turbine	1965
Pratt 2	Pratt County	37.6356°N -98.745°W	15.2	Reciprocating Engine (x2)	1994/2004
Riverton	Cherokee County	37.0726°N -94.6987°W	300.2	1x1 Combined Cycle Simple Cycle (x2)	2007/2016 (267.6MW) 1988 (32.6MW)
Rubart	Grant County	37.5586°N -101.0994°W	120.0	Reciprocating Engine (x12)	2014
Russell Downtown	Russell County	38.8933°N -98.8569°W	9.4	Reciprocating Engine (x3)	1971/1994
Russell Energy Center	Russell County	38.8997°N -98.8394°W	15.0	Simple Cycle (x2)	2002
Sabetha Power Plant	Nemaha County	39.9049°N -95.8034°W	4.1	Reciprocating Engine	2001
Sharon Springs, City of	Wallace County	38.8906°N -101.7515°W	3.0	Reciprocating Engine (x4)	1951-1970
Stockton		39.4362°N -99.2779°W	5.0	Reciprocating Engine (x5)	1951-1971
Wamego	Pottawatomie County	39.1992°N -96.3086°W	15.2	Reciprocating Engine (x9)	1956-2016
Wellington 1	Sumner County	37.2614°N -97.4057°W	19.5	Steam Turbine	1972
Wellington 2	Sumner County	37.2678°N -97.3497°W	21.0	Simple Cycle	1989
West 14th Street	Cowley County	37.2354°N -97.011°W	11.0	Simple Cycle	1962
West Gardner	Osborne County	38.7875°N -94.9861°W	408.0	Simple Cycle (x4)	2003
Wichita Plant	Sedgwick County	37.5813°N -97.4241°W	43.7	Simple Cycle	1982

Petroleum

Plant Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Year Completed	Refs
Ashland		37.1938°N -99.7631°W	3.6	Petroleum Liquids	1963/1971/2014
Augusta Electric Plant No 1		37.6785°N -96.9719°W	3	Petroleum Liquids	1929/1939/2016
Baldwin City Plant No 1		38.7745°N -95.1867°W	4.2	Petroleum Liquids	1965/1970
Baldwin City Plant No 2	Douglas County	38.7649°N -95.1929°W	6.4	Petroleum Liquids	2004
Belleville		39.8328°N -97.632°W	14.3	Petroleum Liquids	1955-2007
Beloit		39.4578°N -98.1122°W	16.6	Petroleum Liquids	1950-1980
Bird City		39.7581°N -101.5319°W	4	Petroleum Liquids	1965/1966
Burlington	Coffey County	38.1934°N -95.75°W	5.6	Petroleum Liquids	1962/2003/2005
Chanute 3	Neosho County	37.6376°N -95.4704°W	11.4	Petroleum Liquids	1991
Clifton		39.6125°N -97.2778°W	2.5	Petroleum Liquids	1974
Coffeyville		37.0373°N -95.6127°W	2.5	Petroleum Liquids	2007
Colby, City of		39.3944°N -101.0584°W	14.7	Petroleum Liquids	1958-2019
Erie		37.5668°N -95.2375°W	4.3	Petroleum Liquids	1958/2005
Erie Energy Center	Neosho County	37.5742°N -95.2372°W	20	Petroleum Liquids	1999
Ellinwood		38.3545°N -98.5834°W	7.2	Petroleum Liquids	1948-1971
East 12th Street	Cowley County	37.2367°N -96.9625°W	1.6	Petroleum Liquids	2002
Garnett Municipal		38.2697°N -95.2447°W	11.7	Petroleum Liquids	1930-2000
Goodland		39.3416°N -101.7052°W	0.7	Petroleum Liquids	1939
Gordon Evans Energy Center		37.7903°N -97.5217°W	3	Petroleum Liquids	1969
Herington		38.6658°N -96.9492°W	1.6	Petroleum Liquids	2001
Hoisington	Barton County	38.513°N -98.7747°W	1.1	Petroleum Liquids	1996
Holton		39.4735°N -95.7316°W	13.4	Petroleum Liquids	1958-1994
Hugoton 2		37.1642°N -101.3401°W	16.8	Petroleum Liquids	1964-1997
Hutchinson Energy Center		38.0906°N -97.8747°W	61.4	Petroleum Liquids	1975/1983
Iola		37.9231°N -95.4256°W	14.5	Petroleum Liquids	1969-1981
Jetmore		38.0803°N -99.8936°W	2.5	Petroleum Liquids	2015
Johnson		37.5669°N -101.7511°W	20	Petroleum Liquids	2017
La Crosse		38.5317°N -99.3083°W	5.5	Petroleum Liquids	1962-1975
Larned		38.1762°N -99.1°W	16.0	Petroleum Liquids	1976/2004
Lincoln		39.0372°N -98.153°W	10	Petroleum Liquids	1958-2017
McPherson 2		38.3634°N -97.6834°W	102.5	Petroleum Liquids	1976
Meade		37.2852°N -100.3324°W	1.5	Petroleum Liquids	1965
Minneapolis, City of		39.1194°N -97.7086°W	1.8	Petroleum Liquids	1989
Mulvane 2	Sedgwick County	37.4908°N -97.2216°W	8.6	Petroleum Liquids	2003
Oberlin		39.8217°N -100.5289°W	5.2	Petroleum Liquids	1954-1973
Osawatomie City of		38.5017°N -94.9601°W	6.6	Petroleum Liquids	1950-1966
Osawatomie Power Plant North Sub	Miami County	38.5013°N -94.9569°W	6	Petroleum Liquids	2018
Osawatomie Power Plant South Sub	Miami County	38.4956°N -94.9526°W	6	Petroleum Liquids	2017
Osborne		39.442°N -98.6903°W	3.2	Petroleum Liquids	1957/1963/1967
Osage City	Osage County	38.6332°N -95.8277°W	1.4	Petroleum Liquids	2001
Oxford		37.2758°N -97.1636°W	4.8	Petroleum Liquids	1999/2007
Pratt		37.6359°N -98.7433°W	1.5	Petroleum Liquids	1958
Quindaro	Wyandotte County	39.1492°N -94.6381°W	131.4	Petroleum Liquids	1974/1977
Russell Downtown		38.8933°N -98.8569°W	5	Petroleum Liquids	1978/1981
St Francis	Cheyenne County	39.7709°N -101.8101°W	5.1	Petroleum Liquids	1953/1964/1972
St John		37.9953°N -98.7602°W	5.0	Petroleum Liquids	1965/1982/2002
Sabetha Power Plant		39.9049°N -95.8034°W	14.6	Petroleum Liquids	1947-1992
Sharpe		38.275°N -95.6839°W	20	Petroleum Liquids	2002
Stafford	Stafford County	37.9561°N -98.5993°W	2.5	Petroleum Liquids	1973/1983
Sterling		38.2143°N -98.2071°W	10.3	Petroleum Liquids	1950/2002
Thunderbird Generator (Tbird)		38.4689°N -96.2536°W	1.0	Petroleum Liquids	2019
Washington	Washington County	39.7306°N -96.9795°W	8.9	Petroleum Liquids	1953-1986
Waste Water Plant Generator		37.2278°N -96.9897°W	1.6	Petroleum Liquids	1993
Wellington 1	Sumner County	37.2614°N -97.4057°W	4	Petroleum Liquids	2004

Multi-fuel plant, listed is "Total Net Summer Capacity" by source.

Renewable power stations

Data reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration

Biomass

Plant Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Fuel	Generation Type	Year Opened	Refs
Oak Grove Power Producers		37.6297°N -94.6414°W	3.6		Reciprocating Engine (x2)	2010/2013	^[13]
Waste Management Rolling Meadows LFGTE		39.1746°N -95.7311°W	5.6	Landfill gas	Reciprocating Engine (x7)	2010	^[14]
East Kansas Agri-Energy	Anderson County	38.2725°N -95.2403°W	2.0		Steam Turbine	2005	^[15]

Geothermal

There were no utility-scale geothermal power facilities in the state of Kansas in 2019.

Hydroelectric

See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Kansas.

Solar

See also: Solar power in Kansas.

Plant	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MWAC)	Year Opened	Technology	Refs
BEC Leonardville Solar Farm	Riley County	39.3619°N -96.9266°W	0.750	2023
BEC St. George Solar Farm	Pottawatomie County	39.2339°N -96.4555°W	1.0	2023
BPU Solar Farm	Wyandotte County	39.1664°N -94.6969°W	1.0	2017
City of Pratt Solar	Pratt County	37.7106°N -98.7209°W	6.0	2019	Photovoltaic	^[17] ^[18]
Midwest Energy Community Solar Array	Thomas County	39.4069°N -101.0394°W	1.0	2015	Photovoltaic
Prairie Sky Solar Farm	Butler County	37.7517°N -97.0745°W	1.0	2017	Photovoltaic
Johnson Corner Solar 1	Stanton County	37.549°N -101.796°W	20.0	2020	Photovoltaic	^[19]
Westar Cities Solar	Reno County	38.0194°N -97.9753°W	1.2	2017	Photovoltaic	^[20]

Wind

See also: Wind power in Kansas.

Additional data reported by the United States Wind Turbine Database^[21]

Plant	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Number of Turbines	Year Opened	Refs
Alexander Wind Farm	Rush County	38.4247°N -99.5075°W	50.7	21	2015
Buckeye Wind Energy Center	Ellis County	39.0039°N -99.4142°W	205.7	112	2015
Buffalo Dunes Wind Project	Thomas County	37.6208°N -101.0761°W	249.8	135	2013
	Ford County	37.4863°N -99.9247°W	178.2	54	2017
Caney River Wind Project	Elk County	37.46°N -96.42°W	200.0	111	2011
Cedar Bluff Wind		38.6976°N -99.7293°W	198.6	111	2015
Central Plains Wind Farm	Wichita County	38.5032°N -101.1615°W	99.0	33	2009
Cimarron Bend Wind Farm (I, II & III)	Clark County	37.355°N -99.991°W	599.0	274	2016/2017/ 2020
Cimarron Wind (I&II)	Gray County	37.8739°N -100.2803°W	296.6	129	2012
Cloud County Wind Farm	Cloud County	39.4375°N -97.6644°W	201.0	67	2008
Diamond Vista Wind Project	Marion County	38.5656°N -97.0406°W	299.3	95	2019	^[22]
	Butler County	37.5797°N -96.5503°W	150.0	100	2005
Ensign Wind	Gray County	37.6145°N -100.2787°W	98.9	43	2012
Flat Ridge Wind Farm (I&II)	Barber County Kingman County	37.3665°N -98.2611°W	570.1	344	2009/2012
Fort Hays State University Wind Farm	Ellis County	38.8743°N -99.4052°W	4.0	2	2013
	Gray County	37.6133°N -100.3782°W	112.0	170	2001
Greensburg		37.5499°N -99.3444°W	12.5	10	2010
Ironwood Wind	Ford County	37.8183°N -99.7754°W	167.9	73	2012
Kingman Wind	Pratt County	37.5867°N -98.5793°W	214.8	120	2016
Marshall Wind Farm	Marshall County	39.7011°N -96.3608°W	73.8	36	2016
Ninnescah Wind Energy	Pratt County	37.5867°N -98.5793°W	208.3	121	2016
Post Rock Wind Power Project	Ellsworth County	38.8417°N -98.2994°W	201.0	134	2012
Prairie Queen Wind Farm	Allen County	37.9788°N -95.2244°W	199.3	75	2019	^[23]
Pratt Wind	Pratt County	37.55°N -98.8°W	243.5	88	2018	^[24]
Shooting Star	Kiowa County	37.5189°N -99.4464°W	104.0	65	2012
Spearville (I, II & III)	Ford County	37.8641°N -99.7528°W	256.5	162	2006/2010/ 2012
Slate Creek Wind Project	Sumner County	37.1146°N -97.2376°W	150.0	75	2015
Smoky Hills Wind Farm (I&II)	Lincoln County	38.8799°N -98.1602°W	249.3	155	2008
Solomon Forks Wind Project	Thomas County	39.306°N -101.0744°W	275.6	105	2019	^[25]
Waverly Wind Farm	Coffey County	38.2569°N -95.8142°W	199.0	95	2016
Western Plains Wind Farm	Ford County	37.8548°N -99.6798°W	280.6	122	2017	^[26]

Storage power stations

Data reported by U.S. Energy Information Administration

Battery storage

There were no utility-scale battery storage facilities in the state of Kansas in 2019.

Pumped storage

There were no utility-scale pumped storage facilities in the state of Kansas in 2019.

See also

• List of power stations in the United States
• List of wind farms in the United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kansas Electricity Profile . U.S. Energy Information Administration . 2024-04-15.
2. Web site: Wolf Creek . Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation . 2021-04-10.
3. Web site: Holcomb Station . Sunflower Electric Power Corporation . 2021-04-10.
4. Web site: Holcomb Station . Global Energy Monitor . 2021-04-10.
5. Web site: Topeka Group Visits Westar’s Jeffrey Energy Center . Sierra Club - Kansas Chapter . 2013-01-12.
6. Web site: Jeffrey Energy Center . Global Energy Monitor . 2021-04-10.
7. Web site: Evergy to close coal plant near Lawrence as part of its plan to cut carbon emissions . . 2021-04-30. 2021-04-30.
8. Web site: Lawrence Energy Center - PRB Plant of the Year 2006 . Westar Energy . 2007-07-24.
9. Web site: Lawrence Energy Center . Global Energy Monitor . 2021-04-10.
10. Web site: Evergy updates long-term plan for meeting customer energy needs . Evergy . 2023-06-15.
11. Web site: La Cygne Generating Station . Global Energy Monitor . 2021-04-10.
12. Web site: Nearman Creek Power Station . Global Energy Monitor . 2021-04-10.
13. Web site: Group opens landfill gas-to-energy plant . Matthew Clark . The Morning Sun . 2010-04-24.
14. Web site: Rolling Meadows Landfill Gas-to-Energy Facility . Bartlett & West . 2021-04-11.
15. Web site: Producing Energy Efficiently . Feed&Grain Magazine . 2008-09-30.
16. Web site: Bowersock Mills Project, Kansas . Low Impact Hydropower Institute . 2021-04-11.
17. Web site: Power Plant . City of Pratt . 2021-04-11.
18. Web site: Inovateus Solar announces 6-MW project for Pratt, Kansas . Solar Power World . Kelsey Misbrener . 2018-06-06.
19. Web site: Johnson Corner Solar Project . Sunflower Solar . 2021-03-19.
20. Web site: Westar First Community Solar project . Hormel Foods . 2017-07-18.
21. Web site: The U.S. Wind Turbine Database . U.S. Geological Survey . 2021-03-07.
22. Web site: EGP Powers the Kansas Economy with the Diamond Vista Wind Farm . Enel Green Power . 2019-01-24.
23. Web site: Prairie Queen Wind Farm . EDP Renewables . 2021-04-11.
24. Web site: Wind turbines making electricity at new wind farm in Pratt County . Pratt Tribune . 2019-02-08 . Jennifer Stultz.
25. Web site: Solomon Forks . Engie . 2021-04-11.
26. Web site: Westar’s Western Plains Wind Farm Comes To Life In Kansas . Betsy Lillian . North American Windpower . 2017-03-02.