# List of power stations in Kentucky

Sources of Kentucky utility-scale electricity generation, full-year 2023:
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state/commonwealth 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. 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 |
| D B Wilson Station | Ohio County | Coal | 417 | 1984 | Operational |
| E.W. Brown Generating Station | Harrodsburg | Coal | 464 | 1971 | Operational |
| East Bend Generating Station | Rabbit Hash | Coal | 648 | 1981 | Operational |
| Elmer Smith Power Plant | Owensboro | Coal | 425 | 1964/1974 | Closed in 2020 |
| Ghent Generating Station | Ghent | Coal | 1,932 | 1974/1977/ 1981/1984 | Operational |
| Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station | Maysville | Bituminous coal | 1,371 | 1977/1981/ 2005/2009 | Operational |
| John Sherman Cooper Power Station | Somerset | Bituminous coal | 341 | 1965/1969 | Operational |
| Kenneth C Coleman | Hancock County | Coal | 443 | 1969/1970/ 1971 | Operational |
| Mill Creek Generating Station | Louisville | Bituminous coal | 1,465 | 1972/1974/ 1978/1982 | Operational |
| Paradise Fossil Plant | Muhlenberg County | Coal | 971 | 1970 | Converted to natural gas |
| R D Green | Webster County | Coal | 454 | 1979/1981 | Operational, planned conversion to natural gas by June 2022 |
| Robert Reid Power Station | Webster County | Bituminous coal | 96 | 1966 | Operational |
| Shawnee Fossil Plant | Paducah | Coal | 1,750 | 1953/1954/1955 | Operational |
| Trimble County Generating Station | Bedford | Coal | 1,274 | 1990/2011 | Operational |
| Tyrone Generating Station | Versailles | Bituminous coal | 135 | 1947 | Retired & demolished |
| William C. Dale Power Station | Winchester | Bituminous coal | 196 | 1954 | Demolished |
$^A$ Spurlock Station also supplements coal with up to 10% by-weight tire-derived fuel.

### Natural gas

| Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Year opened | Status |
| Big Sandy Power Plant | Louisa | Natural gas | 300 | 1963 | Operational |
| Bluegrass Generating Station | Oldham County | Natural gas | 501 | 2002 | Operational |
| Cane Run Generating Station | Louisville | Natural gas | 640 | 2015 | Operational |
| E W Brown | Mercer County | Natural gas | 980 | 1994-2001 | Operational |
| J K Smith | Clark County | Natural gas | 1055 | 1991-2010 | Operational |
| Marshall Energy Facility | Marshall County | Natural gas | 581 | 2002 | Operational |
| Paddy's Run | Jefferson County | Natural gas | 182 | 1968/2001 | Operational |
| Paradise Combined Cycle Plant | Drakesboro | Natural gas | 1,100 | 2017 | Operational |
| PPS Power Plant | McCracken County | Natural gas | 110 | 2010 | Operational |
| Riverside Generating | Lawrence County | Natural gas | 805 | 2001/2002 | Operational |
| Trimble County | Trimble County | Natural gas | 954 | 2002/2004 | Operational |

### Petroleum

| Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Year opened | Status | Ref |
| Paris | Bourbon County | Petroleum | 11.9 | 1934-1974 | Operational | |

## Renewable power stations

Lists include data from U.S. Energy Information Administration

### Biomass

| Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Year opened | Status |
| Bavarian LFGTE | Boone County | Landfill gas | 4.7 | 2003/2016 | Operational |
| Blue Ridge Generating | Estill County | Landfill gas | 1.2 | 2013 | Operational |
| Cox Waste to Energy | Taylor County | Wood/wood waste | 3.3 | 1995/2002 | Operational |
| Glasgow LFGTE | Barren County | Landfill gas | 1.0 | 2015 | Operational |
| Green City Recovery | Scott County | Landfill gas | 2.0 | 2016/2019 | Operational |
| Green Valley LFGTE | Greenup County | Landfill gas | 2.4 | 2003 | Operational |
| Hardin County LFGTE | Hardin County | Landfill gas | 2.4 | 2006 | Operational |
| Kentucky Mills | Hancock County | Wood/wood waste | 49.0 | 2001 | Operational |
| Laurel Ridge LFGTE | Laurel County | Landfill gas | 4.0 | 2003/2006 | Operational |
| Morehead Generating Facility | Rowan County | Landfill gas | 1.4 | 2019 | Operational |
| Pendleton County LFGTE | Pendleton County | Landfill gas | 3.2 | 2007 | Operational |

### Hydroelectric

| Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Year opened | Status |
| Barkley Hydro | Lyon County | Hydroelectric | 148.0 | 1966 | Operational |
| Cannelton Hydro | Hancock County | Hydroelectric | 87.9 | 2016 | Operational |
| Dix Dam | Mercer County | Hydroelectric | 31.5 | 1925 | Operational |
| Kentucky Dam | Marshall County | Hydroelectric | 222.5 | 1944/1945/ 1948 | Operational |
| Laurel Dam | Laurel County | Hydroelectric | 61.0 | 1977 | Operational |
| Meldahl Hydroelectric Facility | Foster | Hydroelectric | 105 | 2016 | Operational |
| Mother Ann Lee | Mercer County | Hydroelectric | 2.1 | 2007/2008 | Operational |
| Ohio Falls Station | Louisville | Hydroelectric | 80 | 1928 | Operational |
| Smithland Hydroelectric Plant | Lyon County | Hydroelectric | 75.9 | 2017 | Operational |
| Wolf Creek | Russell County | Hydroelectric | 312 | 1951/1952 | Operational |

### Solar

| Name | Location | Fuel | Capacity [MW] | Year opened | Status |
| Cooperative Solar One | Clark County | Photovoltaic | 8.5 | 2017 | Operational |
| Crittenden Solar Facility | Grant County | Photovoltaic | 2.7 | 2017 | Operational |
| E W Brown | Mercer County | Photovoltaic | 10.0 | 2016 | Operational |
| L'Oreal Solar - Florence | Boone County | Photovoltaic | 0.9 | 2017 | Operational |
| Walton Solar Facility (I&II) | Kenton County | Photovoltaic | 2.0 | 2017 | Operational |

### Wind

Kentucky had no utility-scale wind farms in 2019.