List of power stations in Kentucky
This is an incomplete list of power stations in Kentucky by method of power generation.
Coal-fired power stations
Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ghent Generating Station[1] | Ghent | Coal | 1,932 | Operational |
Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station | Maysville | Bituminous Coal | 1,371 | Operational |
East Bend Generating Station[2] | Rabbit Hash | Coal | 648 | Operational |
E.W. Brown Generating Station[3] | Harrodsburg | Coal | 464 | Operational |
John Sherman Cooper Power Station | Somerset | Bituminous Coal | 341 | Operational |
William C. Dale Power Station | Winchester | Bituminous Coal | 196 | Retired |
Tyrone Generating Station[4] | Versailles | Bituminous Coal | 135 | Retired & Demolished |
Natural Gas power stations
Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paradise Combined Cycle Plant[5] | Drakesboro | Natural Gas | 2,175 | Operational |
Big Sandy Power Plant | Louisa | Natural Gas | 300 | Operational |
Hydroelectric power stations
Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ohio Falls Station[6] | Louisville | Hydroelectric | 80 | Operational |
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam | Foster | Hydroelectric | 105[7] | Operational |
Notes
- E.W. Brown also uses Hydroelectric, Natural Gas, and Solar Energy.
See also
References
- "Ghent Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
- "East Bend Station - Power Plants". Duke Energy.
- "E.W. Brown Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
- "Tyrone Generating Station (retired) | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
- "Paradise Fossil Plant". TVA.com.
- "Ohio Falls Generating Station | LG&E and KU". lge-ku.com.
- "Ohio - State Energy Profile Overview - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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