List of power stations in Ohio

The following page lists power stations in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010 the net capacity of all utility and independent power producers in Ohio was 33,071 megawatts.[1]

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Avon Lake Power Station (unit 9) Avon Lake, Ohio 680 NRG Energy Coal (1 unit) Unit 7 from 1949 era unit shut down
Bowling Green Solar Facility Bowling Green, Ohio 20 NextEra Solar photovotaic (85,680 panels) http://www.amppartners.org/generation/solar-power
Napoleon Solar Facility Napoleon, Ohio 3.54 American Municipal Power Solar ac http://www.amppartners.org/generation/solar-power
Gavin Power PlantCheshire2640Gavin Power, LLCCoal (2 units)[2]
W. H. Sammis Power PlantStratton2233FirstEnergyCoal (7 units)Units 1-4 schedule to shut down in 2020.[3]
Cardinal Power PlantBrilliant1800American Electric Power (AEP)/Buckeye PowerCoal (3 units)[4]
Conesville Power PlantConesville1590AEP, AES/DPL Inc.3 units: coal & oilUnits 5-6 scheduled to shut down in 2019 and Unit 4 in 2020.[5]
William H. Zimmer Power StationMoscow1300DynegyCoal (1 unit)Largest single unit power plant in the United States[5]
Hanging Rock Energy FacilityHanging Rock1430DynegyNatural gas Combined Cycle[5]
Perry Nuclear Generating StationNorth Perry1231FirstEnergyNuclear boiling water reactor (1 unit)Scheduled to close in 2021
Miami Fort Power StationNorth Bend1020DynegyCoal (2 units)Older units shut down in 2015[6]
Kyger Creek Power PlantCheshire1086Ohio Valley Electric CorporationCoal (5 units)
Oregon Clean Energy Center Oregon 908 Ares Management Natural Gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2017
Rolling Hills Generating StationWilkesville865Rolling Hills Generating LLCNatural gas Simple Cycle (5 units)
Waterford Energy CenterWaterford821Waterford Power, LLCNatural gas Combined Cycle
Carrol County Energy Carrolton 700 Advanced Power Natural gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2018[7]
Washington Energy FacilityBeverly620DynegyNatural Gas Combined Cycle
Darby Electric Generating StationMount Sterling480Darby Power, LLCNatural Gas Simple Cycle
Middletown Energy Center Middletown 475 NTE Energy Natural Gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2018
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power StationOak Harbor889FirstEnergyNuclear Pressurized water reactor (1 unit)Scheduled to close in 2020
West Lorain PlantLorain545FirstEnergyNatural gas Simple Cycle
Robert P Mone PlantConvoy510Buckeye PowerNatural gas Simple Cycle
Fremont Energy CenterFremont707American Municipal PowerNatural gas Combined Cycle
Dresden PlantDresden580American Electric PowerNatural gas Combined CycleOpened in 2012
Wyandot Solar FacilityUpper Sandusky12Public Service Enterprise GroupSolar photovoltaic (160,000 panels)Opened in 2010
Madison Peaking StationTrenton677DynegyNatural gas Simple Cycle
Blue Creek Wind FarmPaulding and Van Wert Counties350Iberdrola RenewablesWind power
Timber Road Wind FarmPaulding County99EDP RenewablesWind power
O'Shaughnessy DamDublin5City of ColumbusHydroelectricity

Closed plants

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Ashtabula Power PlantAshtabula244FirstEnergyCoalClosed in 2015[8]
W.C. Beckjord Power StationNew Richmond1304Duke Energy, DPL Inc., AEPCoal (6 units)Closed in 2014[9][10]
R.E. Burger Power StationShadyside568FirstEnergyCoalClosed in 2011
Eastlake Power PlantEastlake1257FirstEnergyCoal (units 1-5) / Natural gas (unit 6)Closed in 2015[8]
O.H. Hutchings StationMiamisburg414DPL Inc.CoalClosed in 2013[11]
Killen StationWrightsville618AES/DPL Inc., DynegyCoal (1 unit)Sold to AES 2012[5] Closed in 2018.
Lake Shore Power PlantCleveland245FirstEnergyCoalClosed in 2015[8]
Muskingum River Power PlantBeverly1375American Electric PowerCoal (5 units)Closed in 2015[12]
Philo Power PlantPhiloOhio PowerCoalClosed in 1979; Philo Unit 6 was the first commercial supercritical steam-electric generating unit in the world,[13] and it could operate short-term at ultra-supercritical levels.[14]
Picway Power PlantLockbourne220AEPCoalClosed in 2015
E.M. Poston Power PlantNelsonvilleAEPCoalClosed in 1987
Shelby Municipal Light Plant Shelby, Ohio 37 City of Shelby Coal (4 units) Closed in 2013, power monitoring remains[15]
Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light BuildingSidneyCity of SidneyHydroelectric (1 unit)Began generation in 1900[16]
J.M. Stuart StationAberdeen2318AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy, and AEPCoal (4 units)Sold to AES 2012[5] Closed in 2018.
Tait Power StationDayton586DPL Inc.Natural gas/oilClosed 2013
Toronto Power PlantTorontoOhio EdisonCoalClosed in 1993
Trash Burning Power PlantColumbusSWACOWaste-to-energyClosed in 1994

See also

References

  1. State Electricity Profiles 2010, U.S. Department of Energy DOE/EIA-0348(01)/2 http://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/pdf/sep2010.pdf
  2. "Page Not Found". www.firstenergycorp.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
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  5. "Locations". dynegy.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  6. Power, Advanced. "Carroll County Energy Begins Commercial Operations". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  7. 1 2 3 "FirstEnergy closes 104-year-old coal power plant, electric rates to rise (interactive map)". Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. "W C Beckjord Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy". Duke Energy. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  10. Levingston, Chelsey (March 8, 2014). "Potential for six power plants to operate in Butler County". Journal-News. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  11. "Philo 6 Steam-Electric Generating Unit". ASME. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  12. "First U.S. Ultrasupercritical Power Plant in Operation". POWER Magazine. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  13. Graphics, Lantz Star. "Electric and Telecommunications". shelbycity.oh.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  14. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1275.
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