List of power stations in Ohio
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Sources of Ohio utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2023[1]
Natural Gas (58.8%)
Coal (23.8%)
Nuclear (12.3%)
Wind (2.1%)
Solar (1%)
Petroleum (0.8%)
Other Gases (0.5%)
Hydroelectric (0.4%)
Biomass (0.2%)
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Ohio, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Ohio had a total summer capacity of 27,447 MW and a net generation of 135,810 GWh.[2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 58.8% natural gas, 23.8% coal, 12.3% nuclear, 2.1% wind, 1% solar, 0.8% petroleum and petroleum coke, 0.5% other gases, 0.4% hydroelectric, and 0.2% biomass.[1]
Natural gas
[edit]Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Owner | Type | Notes and Links |
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Guernsey Power Station | Byesville | 1875 | Caithness Energy | Natural Gas Combined Cycle | Opened in 2023 |
Hanging Rock Energy Facility | Hanging Rock | 1430 | Dynegy | Natural Gas Combined Cycle | [3] |
Lordstown Energy Center | Lordstown | 940 | Clean Energy Future, LLC | Natural Gas Combined Cycle | Opened in 2018, Second Unit Planned[4] |
Oregon Clean Energy Center | Oregon | 908 | Ares Management | Natural Gas Combined Cycle | Opened in 2017 |
Rolling Hills Generating Station | Wilkesville | 865 | Rolling Hills Generating LLC | Natural Gas Simple Cycle (5 units) | |
Waterford Energy Center | Waterford | 821 | Waterford Power, LLC | Natural Gas Combined Cycle | |
Carroll County Energy | Carrollton | 700 | Advanced Power | Natural Gas Combined Cycle | Opened in 2018[5] |
Washington Energy Facility | Beverly | 620 | Dynegy | Natural Gas Combined Cycle | |
Darby Generating Station | Mount Sterling | 480 | Darby Power, LLC | Natural Gas Simple Cycle | |
Middletown Energy Center | Middletown | 475 | NTE Energy | Natural Gas Combined Cycle | Opened in 2018 |
West Lorain Plant | Lorain | 545 | Starwood Energy | Natural Gas Simple Cycle | |
Robert P Mone Plant | Convoy | 510 | Buckeye Power | Natural Gas Simple Cycle | |
Fremont Energy Center | Fremont | 707 | American Municipal Power | Natural Gas Combined Cycle | |
Dresden Plant | Dresden | 580 | American Electric Power | Natural Gas Combined Cycle | Opened in 2012 |
Madison Peaking Station | Trenton | 677 | Duke Energy | Natural Gas Simple Cycle | |
Long Ridge Energy Terminal | Hannibal | 485 | Long Ridge Energy | Hydrogen - Natural Gas Blend | Opened in 2021 [6] |
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Coal
[edit]Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Owner | Type | Notes and Links |
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Bay Shore | Oregon | 150 | Walleye Energy LLC | Petroleum Coke (1 unit) | Opened in 1955.[7] |
Cardinal Power Plant | Brilliant | 1800 | American Electric Power (AEP)/Buckeye Power | Coal (3 units) | To be converted to natural gas by 2030.[8] |
Gavin Power Plant | Cheshire | 2640 | Gavin Power, LLC | Coal (2 units) | [9] Only runs 60% of the time. Up to 50% of Gavin’s cash flow comes from being on standby for emergency power[10] |
Kyger Creek Power Plant | Cheshire | 1086 | Ohio Valley Electric Corporation | Coal (5 units) | [11] Subsidized by the controversial HB6 Bill until 2030 [12] |
Miami Fort Power Station | North Bend | 1020 | Vistra Corp | Coal (2 units) | Older units shut down in 2015. Planned retirement by year-end 2027 or earlier.[13][14] |
Toledo Refining Power Recovery | Oregon | 6.0 | Toledo Refining Co. | Petroleum Coke (1 unit) | Opened in 1986.[15] |
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Nuclear
[edit]Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Owner | Type | Notes and Links |
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Perry Nuclear Generating Station | North Perry | 1231 | Energy Harbor | Nuclear boiling water reactor (1 unit) | |
Davis–Besse Nuclear Power Station | Oak Harbor | 960 | Energy Harbor | Nuclear Pressurized water reactor (1 unit) |
Wind
[edit]Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Turbines | Owner | Notes and Links |
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AMP Wind Farm | Wood County | 7.2 | American Municipal Power[16] | ||
Blue Creek Wind Farm | Paulding and Van Wert Counties | 304 | 160 | Iberdrola Renewables | Operational.[17] |
Timber Road Wind Farm | Paulding County | 362.7 | 158 | EDP Renewables | Operational.[17] |
Hog Creek | Hardin County | 66 | 30 | Operational.[17] | |
Northwest Ohio | Paulding County | 100 | 42 | Operational.[17] | |
Scioto Ridge | Hardin County & Logan County | 249.8 | 75 | Innogy | Operational.[17] |
Icebreaker | Cuyahoga County | 20.7 | 6 | Approved for Construction.[17] | |
Emerson Creek | Hardin County & Erie County | 297.7 | 71 | Approved for Construction.[17] |
Solar
[edit]Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Owner | Notes and Links |
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Bowling Green Solar Facility | Bowling Green | 20 | NextEra | [18] |
Napoleon Solar Facility | Napoleon | 3.54 | American Municipal Power | [18] |
Wadsworth Rittman Rd. Facility | Wadsworth | 2.625 | American Municipal Power | [18] |
Wadsworth Seville Rd. Facility | Wadsworth | 6.25 | American Municipal Power | [18] |
Wyandot Solar Facility | Upper Sandusky | 12 | Public Service Enterprise Group | Opened in 2010. |
Hardin I | Hardin County | 150 | Operational.[19] | |
Hillcrest | Brown County | 200 | Operational.[19] | |
New Market | Highland County | 100 | Operational.[19] | |
Hardin II | Hardin County | 170 | Under Construction.[19] | |
Yellowbud | Pickaway & Ross County | 274 | Operational.[19] | |
Madison Fields | Madison County | 180 | Operational.[19] | |
Willowbrook I | Brown County | 150 | Under Construction.[19] | |
Nestlewood | Brown County | 80 | Under Construction.[19] | |
Big Plain | Madison County | 196 | Under Construction.[19] | |
Arche | Fulton County | 107 | Under Construction.[19] | |
Hardin III | Hardin County | 300 | Under Construction.[19] | |
AEUG Union | Union County | 325 | Under Construction.[19] | |
Highland | Highland County | 300 | Under Construction.[19] | |
Fox Squirrel | Madison County | 577 | Under Construction.[19] Operational in Q4 2024.[20] | |
Atlanta Farms | Pickaway County | 200 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Vinton | Vinton County | 125 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Alamo | Preble County | 69.9 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Angelina | Preble County | 80 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Powell Creek | Putnam County | 150 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Wheatsborough | Erie County | 125 | Under Construction.[19] | |
Mark Center | Defiance County | 110 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Clearview | Champaign County | 144 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Ross County | Ross County | 120 | Under Construction.[19] | |
Cadence | Union County | 275 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Juliet | Wood County | 101 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Sycamore Creek | Crawford County | 117 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Marion County | Marion County | 100 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Union Ridge | Licking County | 107.7 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Tymochtee | Wyandot County | 120 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Nottingham | Harrison County | 100 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Wild Grains | Van Wert County | 150 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Dodson Creek | Highland County | 117 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Pleasant Prairie | Franklin County | 250 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Harvey | Licking County | 350 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Springwater | Franklin and Madison County | 155 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Border Basin | Hancock County | 120 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
South Branch | Hancock County | 130 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Palomino | Hancock County | 200 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Blossom | Morrow and Marion County | 144 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Yellow Wood | Clinton County | 300 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Dixon Run | Jackson County | 140 | Approved for Construction.[19] | |
Oak Run | Madison County | 800 | Approved for Construction.[19] |
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Hydroelectricity
[edit]Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Owner | Notes and Links |
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O'Shaughnessy Dam | Dublin | 5.2 | City of Columbus | [21] Offline as of August 2018. It is unknown when or if it will be fixed. |
Hamilton Hydro | Hamilton | 2 | City of Hamilton | [21] |
Auglaize Hydroelectric Plant | Bryan | 4.5 | City of Bryan | [21] |
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam | Felicity | 105 | American Municipal Power | [21] Largest hydroelectric plant on the Ohio river and is located on Kentucky side of the Ohio River. The City of Hamilton retains 51.4% of the power generation[22] |
Greenup Lock and Dam | Franklin Furnace | 70.2 | American Municipal Power | [21] |
Racine Lock and Dam | Racine | 20 | AEP | [21] |
Belleville Lock and Dam | Reedsville | 42 | American Municipal Power | [21] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River. |
Willow Island Lock and Dam | Newport | 44 | American Municipal Power | [21] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River. |
Hannibal Locks and Dam | Hannibal | 19 | New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro | [21] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River. |
Battery storage
[edit]Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Owner | Notes and Links |
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Battery Utility of Ohio | Sunbury | 4 | Battery Utility of Ohio | [21] |
AEP Bluffton NaS | Bluffton | 2 | Ohio Power Co | [21] |
HMV Minster Energy Storage System | Minster | 7 | Half Moon Ventures LLC | [21] |
Willey Battery Utility | Hamilton | 6 | Willey Battery Utility | [21] |
Clinton Battery | Blanchester | 10 | Clinton Battery Utility | [21] |
Beckjord Power Station | New Richmond | 4 | Duke Energy | [21] |
Closed plants
[edit]Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Owner | Type | Notes and Links |
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Ashtabula Power Plant | Ashtabula | 244 | FirstEnergy | Coal | Closed in 2015[23] |
W.C. Beckjord Power Station | New Richmond | 1304 | Duke Energy, DPL Inc., AEP | Coal (6 units) | Closed in 2014[24][25] |
R.E. Burger Power Station | Shadyside | 568 | FirstEnergy | Coal | Closed in 2011 |
Conesville Power Plant | Conesville | 2005 | AEP, AES/DPL Inc. | 6 units: coal & oil | Units 5-6 shut down in 2019 and Unit 4 closed in 2020.[3] |
Eastlake Power Plant | Eastlake | 1257 | FirstEnergy | Coal (units 1-5) / Natural Gas (unit 6) | Units 4-5 closed 2012, Units 1-3 closed in 2015, Unit 6 closed 2021.[23] |
O.H. Hutchings Station | Miamisburg | 414 | DPL Inc. | Coal | Closed in 2013[26] |
Richard H. Gorsuch Station | Marietta | 200 | American Municipal Power | Coal | Built by Union Carbide in 1951 as Marietta Steam Plant, sold to American Municipal Power in 1988 and renamed to Richard H. Gorsuch, closed in 2012. |
Killen Station | Wrightsville | 618 | AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy | Coal (1 unit) | Sold to AES 2012[3] Closed in 2018. |
Lake Shore Power Plant | Cleveland | 245 | FirstEnergy | Coal | Closed in 2015[23]and demolished in 2017.[27] |
Muskingum River Power Plant | Beverly | 1375 | American Electric Power | Coal (5 units) | Closed in 2015[28] |
Philo Power Plant | Philo | 510 | Ohio Power | Coal | Closed in 1975; Philo Unit 6 was the first commercial supercritical steam-electric generating unit in the world,[29] and it could operate short-term at ultra-supercritical levels.[30] |
Picway Power Plant | Lockbourne | 220 | AEP | Coal | Closed in 2015 |
E.M. Poston Power Plant | Nelsonville | AEP | Coal | Closed in 1987 | |
Shelby Municipal Light Plant | Shelby | 37 | City of Shelby | Coal (4 units) | Closed in 2013, power monitoring remains[31] |
Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light Building | Sidney | City of Sidney | Hydroelectric (1 unit) | Began generation in 1900[32] | |
J.M. Stuart Station | Aberdeen | 2318 | AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy, and AEP | Coal (4 units) | Sold to AES 2012[3] Closed in 2018. |
Tait Power Station | Dayton | 586 | DPL Inc. | Natural Gas/Oil | Closed 2013 |
Tidd Plant | Brilliant | 220 | Ohio Power | Coal | Retired in 1976. Was used as a demonstration for pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) for four years from 1991–1995. |
Toronto Power Plant | Toronto | Ohio Edison | Coal | Closed in 1993 | |
Trash Burning Power Plant | Columbus | SWACO | Waste-to-energy | Closed in 1994 | |
Avon Lake Power Station | Avon Lake | 680 | NRG Energy | Coal | Closed in 2022.[33] |
William H. Zimmer Power Station | Moscow | 1300 | Vistra Corp | Coal | Closed in May 2022.[13] |
W. H. Sammis Power Plant | Stratton, Ohio | 2,233 | FirstEnergy | Coal | Closed May 3, 2023 |
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See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Lordstown Energy Center". Retrieved 2019-04-25.
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- ^ "Long Ridge Energy Terminal". Long Ridge Energy.
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- ^ "Buckeye Power - Ohio Rural Electric Cooperative - About Us 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
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- ^ a b c "FirstEnergy closes 104-year-old coal power plant, electric rates to rise (interactive map)". 15 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "W C Beckjord Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy". Duke Energy. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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- ^ Levingston, Chelsey (March 8, 2014). "Potential for six power plants to operate in Butler County". Journal-News. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ Funk, John (23 February 2017). "Lake Shore Plant's final demolition was overnight (vintage photos)". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 27 April 2022 – via Cleveland.com.
- ^ "AEP Muskingum River plant closure hitting 62 jobs - Columbus - Columbus Business First". Archived from the original on 2015-05-24.
- ^ "Philo 6 Steam-Electric Generating Unit". ASME. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "First U.S. Ultrasupercritical Power Plant in Operation". POWER Magazine. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
- ^ Graphics, Lantz Star. "Electricity & Communication Department". shelbycity.oh.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1275.
- ^ "Sale to developer pulls plug on Avon Lake Power Plant". 19 July 2021.