List of power stations in Kentucky explained

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.^[1] 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.

Fossil-fuel power stations

Lists include data from U.S. Energy Information Administration

Coal

Name	Location	Fuel	Capacity [MW]	Year Opened	Status	Ref
D B Wilson Station			417	1984	Operational
			648	1981	Operational	^[2]
			425	1964/1974	Closed in 2020	^[3]
			464	1971	Operational	^[4]
			1,932	1974/1977/ 1981/1984	Operational	^[5]
			1,371	1977/1981/ 2005/2009	Operational
			341	1965/1969	Operational
Kenneth C Coleman			443	1969/1970/ 1971	Operational
			1,465	1972/1974/ 1978/1982	Operational
			971	1970	Converted to natural gas	^[6] ^[7]
R D Green			454	1979/1981	Operational Planned conversion to natural gas by June 2022. ^[8]
			96	1966	Operational
			1,750	1953/1954/1955	Operational
			1,274	1990/2011	Operational	^[9]
			135	1947	Retired & Demolished	^[10]
			196	1954	Demolished

Spurlock Station also supplements coal with up to 10% by-weight tire-derived fuel.^[11]

Natural gas

Name	Location	Fuel	Capacity [MW]	Year Opened	Status	Ref
			300	1963	Operational
Bluegrass Generating Station			501	2002	Operational
			640	2015	Operational
E W Brown			980	1994-2001	Operational
J K Smith			1055	1991-2010	Operational
Marshall Energy Facility			581	2002	Operational
Paddy's Run			182	1968/2001	Operational
			1,100	2017	Operational
PPS Power Plant			110	2010	Operational
Riverside Generating			805	2001/2002	Operational
Trimble County			954	2002/2004	Operational

Petroleum

Renewable power stations

Lists include data from U.S. Energy Information Administration

Biomass

Name	Location	Fuel	Capacity [MW]	Year Opened	Status	Ref
Bavarian LFGTE			4.7	2003/2016	Operational
Blue Ridge Generating		landfill gas	1.2	2013	Operational
Cox Waste to Energy		wood/wood waste	3.3	1995/2002	Operational
Blue Ridge Generating		landfill gas	1.2	2013	Operational
Glasgow LFGTE		landfill gas	1.0	2015	Operational
Green City Recovery		landfill gas	2.0	2016/2019	Operational
Green Valley LFGTE		landfill gas	2.4	2003	Operational
Hardin County LFGTE		landfill gas	2.4	2006	Operational
Kentucky Mills		wood/wood waste	49.0	2001	Operational
Laurel Ridge LFGTE		landfill gas	4.0	2003/2006	Operational
Morehead Generating Facility		landfill gas	1.4	2019	Operational
Pendleton County LFGTE		landfill gas	3.2	2007	Operational

Hydroelectric

See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Kentucky.

Name	Location	Fuel	Capacity [MW]	Year Opened	Status	Ref
Barkley Hydro			148.0	1966	Operational
Cannelton Hydro			87.9	2016	Operational
Dix Dam			31.5	1925	Operational
Kentucky Dam			222.5	1944/1945/ 1948	Operational
Laurel Dam			61.0	1977	Operational
Meldahl Hydroelectric Facility		Hydroelectric	105	2016	Operational	^[12] ^[13]
Mother Ann Lee			2.1	2007/2008	Operational
			80	1928	Operational	^[14]
Smithland Hydroelectric Plant			75.9	2017	Operational
Wolf Creek			312	1951/1952	Operational

Solar

See also: Solar power in Kentucky.

Name	Location	Fuel	Capacity [MW]	Year Opened	Status	Ref
Cooperative Solar One			8.5	2017	Operational
Crittenden Solar Facility			2.7	2017	Operational
E W Brown			10.0	2016	Operational
L'Oreal Solar - Florence			0.9	2017	Operational
Walton Solar Facility (I&II)			2.0	2017	Operational

Wind

See also: Wind power in Kentucky. Kentucky had no utility-scale wind farms in 2019.

See also

• List of power stations in the United States
• List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority

Notes

• E.W. Brown also uses Hydroelectric, Natural Gas, and Solar Energy.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kentucky Electricity Profile . U.S. Energy Information Administration . 2024-04-16.
2. Web site: East Bend Station - Power Plants. Duke Energy.
3. Web site: OMU Electric | OMU. omu.org.
4. Web site: E.W. Brown Generating Station | LG&E and KU. lge-ku.com.
5. Web site: Ghent Generating Station | LG&E and KU. lge-ku.com.
6. Web site: Paradise Fossil Plant. TVA.com.
7. Web site: TVA flips breaker to disconnect 50-year-old coal-fired Paradise Unit 3. Walton. Rod. Power Engineering. February 3, 2020. February 3, 2020.
8. Web site: Another KY Coal Plant to Retire, but the Pollution Remains . July 2021 .
9. Web site: Trimble County Generating Station | LG&E and KU. lge-ku.com.
10. Web site: Tyrone Generating Station (retired) | LG&E and KU. lge-ku.com.
11. Web site: Co-op's power plant uses waste tires for fuel, disposing of about 2.4M tires a year . 2019-03-25 . The Lane Report.
12. Web site: Meldahl Hydroelectric Facility.
13. Web site: Ohio - State Energy Profile Overview - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) . eia.gov . 3 June 2020.
14. Web site: Ohio Falls Generating Station | LG&E and KU. lge-ku.com.