List of power stations in Pennsylvania
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Pennsylvania, sorted by type and name.
Coal power stations
| Name | Location (County) | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunner Island Steam Electric Station | York | 40°05′44″N 76°41′49″W | 1,567 |
| Cheswick Generating Station | Allegheny | 40°32′18″N 79°47′29″W | 635 |
| Conemaugh Generating Station | Indiana | 40°23′05″N 79°03′49″W | 1,872 |
| Homer City Generating Station | Indiana | 40°30′39″N 79°11′37″W | 2,022 |
| Keystone Generating Station | Armstrong | 40°39′36″N 79°20′27″W | 1,872 |
| Montour Power Plant | Montour | 41°04′13″N 76°39′52″W | 1,624 |
| Wheelabrator Frackville | Schuylkill | 40°48′06″N 76°10′30″W | 48 |
Natural Gas power stations
The Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station reservoir. Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River can be seen on the left.
| Name | Location (County) | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panda Hummel[1] | Snyder | 1,125 | |
| Hamilton Liberty | Bradford | 829 | |
| Hamilton Patriot | Lycoming | 829 | |
| Tenaska Westmoreland[2] | Smithton | 40°10′53.8″N 79°42′29.6″W | 940 |
Hydroelectric power stations
| Name | Location (County) | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegheny Hydro Partners (Freeport) | Armstrong | 6 | |
| Allegheny Hydro Partners No. 6 | Armstrong | 8 | |
| Allegheny Hydro Partners No. 8 | Armstrong | 13.6 | |
| Allegheny Hydro Partners No. 9 | Armstrong | 17.8 | |
| Beaver Valley- Patterson | Beaver | 1.2 | |
| Conemaugh Dam | Indiana and Westmoreland | 40°28′05.04″N 79°21′58.44″W | 14 |
| Holtwood Dam | Lancaster and York | 39°49′37″N 76°20′07″W | 109 |
| Mahoning Creek | Armstrong | 6.6 | |
| Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility | Lancaster | 39°48′29″N 76°17′53″W | 1,071 |
| Piney Hydroelectric | Clarion | 27 | |
| PPL HW Wallenpaupack | Pike and Wayne | 44 | |
| Safe Harbor Dam | Lancaster and York | 39°55′14″N 76°23′33″W | 422.5 |
| Seneca Pumped Storage Generating Station | Warren | 41°50′21″N 79°00′13″W | 435 |
| Townsend Hydro | Beaver | 4.2 | |
| Warrior Ridge Hydro | Huntingdon | 2.8 | |
| William F. Matson | Huntingdon | 40°26′01″N 78°00′24″W | 21 |
| York Haven Dam | Dauphin, Lancaster and York | 40°07′03″N 76°42′55″W | 20 |
| Yough Hydro Power | Fayette & Somerset | 12.2 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration[3]
Nuclear power stations
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View of former Three Mile Island NPP along the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
| Name | Location (County) | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station | Beaver | 40°37′23″N 80°25′50″W | 1,835 |
| Limerick Nuclear Power Plant | Montgomery | 40°13′35″N 75°35′14″W | 2,296 |
| Peach Bottom Nuclear Generating Station | York | 39°45′30″N 76°16′5″W | 2,251 |
| Susquehanna Steam Electric Station | Luzerne | 41°5′19″N 76°8′56″W | 2,520 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (MW Totals as of August 2014)
Wind power stations
| Name | Location (County) | Number of Wind mills | Capacity (MW) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia Mountain Wind | Bradford & Tioga | 71 | 100.5 |
| Laurel Hill Wind | Lycoming | 31 | 69 |
| Locust Ridge | Schuylkill | 12 | 26 |
| Locust Ridge II | Schuylkill | 25 | 102 |
| Mehoopany Wind Energy | Wyoming | 86 | 142.6 |
| Sandy Ridge Wind Farm | Blair & Centre | 25 | 48.2 |
| Waymart Wind | Wayne | 43 | 64.5 |
| Wind Park- Bear Creek | Luzerne | 12 | 24 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Former
| Name | Type | Location (County) | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Decommissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Power Plant | Natural Gas/Diesel | Armstrong | 40°55′45″N 79°27′59″W | 600 | N/A |
| Chester Waterside Station[4] | Coal, natural gas | Delaware | 39°49′45″N 75°23′2″W | 1,242 | 1981 |
| Hatfield's Ferry Power Station | Coal | Greene | 39°51′20″N 79°55′39″W | 1,700 | 2013 |
| Mitchell Power Station | Coal, oil | Washington | 40°13′16″N 79°58′6″W | 370 | 2014 |
| Frank R. Phillips Power Station | Coal | Beaver | 40°34′8″N 80°13′43″W | 1990s | |
| George F. Weaton Power Station | Coal | Beaver | 40°40′2″N 80°20′46″W | 110 | 2012 |
| Bruce Mansfield Power Plant | Coal | Beaver | 40°38′06″N 80°24′55″W | 2,490 | 2019 |
| Cromby Generating Station[5] | Coal | Chester | 40°9′11″N 75°31′44″W | 118 | 2011 |
| Sunbury Generation Plant[6] | Coal | Snyder | 400 | 2014 | |
| Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station | Nuclear | Dauphin | 40°09′14″N 76°43′29″W | 805 | 2019 |
References
- https://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/panda-hummel-power-plant-operating-smoothly/article_85c33949-ef1c-5a6f-8d72-47cbbde24fee.html
- http://www.tenaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Westmoreland.pdf
- http://www.eia.gov/state/maps.cfm
- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/master/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa3600/pa3680/data/pa3680data.pdf
- https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Cromby_Generating_Station
- https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/09/landmark_former_coal-fired_gen.html
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