List of power stations in Alabama
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Alabama, sorted by type and name. In 2021, Alabama had a total summer capacity of 28,911 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 144,967 GWh.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix in 2022 was 41.9% natural gas, 28.4% nuclear, 17.4% coal, 6.8% hydroelectric, 2.1% biomass, and 0.6% solar. The state is the second largest hydroelectric producer in the eastern U.S. (after New York), and its Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant is the nation's second largest nuclear generating facility.[1]
Sources of Alabama utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2022[1]
Nuclear plants
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Year Completed | Refs |
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Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant | Limestone County | 34°42′15″N 87°07′08″W | 3,774.4 | 1974 - Unit 1 1975 - Unit 2 1977 - Unit 3 | |
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station | Houston County | 31°13′23″N 85°06′42″W | 1,751.0 | 1977 - Unit 1 1981 - Unit 2 |
Fossil-fuel plants
Coal
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Coal Type | Year Completed | Operational/Closure Date | Refs |
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James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant (Plant Barry) | Mobile County | 31°0′21.2688″N 88°0′40.9782″W | 1,770.7 | Coal (Bituminous) | 1954 - Unit 1 1954 - Unit 2 1959 - Unit 3 1969 - Unit 4 1971 - Unit 5 | Operational - Units 4 & 5 2015 - Units 1 & 2 converted to Natural Gas Closed 2012 - Unit 3 | [3] |
E. C. Gaston Power Station (Plant Gaston) | Shelby County | 33°14′24″N 86°27′50.3994″W | 2,012.8 | Coal (Bituminous) | 1960 - Unit 1 1960 - Unit 2 1961 - Unit 3 1962 - Unit 4 1974 - Unit 5 | Operational - Unit 5 2015 - Units 1-4 converted to Natural Gas | [4] |
Charles R. Lowman Power Plant | Washington County | 31°29′23.3988″N 87°55′17.3994″W | 538.0 | Coal (Bituminous) | 1969 - Unit 1 1978 - Unit 2 1980 - Unit 3 | Operational | [5][6] |
James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant (Plant Miller) | Jefferson County | 33°38′44.2746″N 87°3′25.4478″W | 2,822.0 | Coal (Bituminous) | 1978 - Unit 1 1985 - Unit 2 1989 - Unit 3 1991 - Unit 4 | Operational | [7] |
Natural Gas
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Generation Type | Year Completed | Refs |
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AMEA Peaking | Talladega County | 33°09′58″N 86°16′57″W | 95.0 | Simple Cycle (x4) | 2004 | |
James M. Barry | Mobile County | 31°00′21″N 88°00′41″W | 1,288.4 | Steam Turbine (x2) 2x1 Combined Cycle (x2) | 1954/2015 (160.0MW) 2000 (1,128.4MW) | [3] |
Calhoun Energy Center | Calhoun County | 33°35′18″N 85°58′23″W | 632.0 | Simple Cycle (x4) | 2003 | |
Colbert | Colbert County | 34°44′38″N 87°50′55″W | 363.2 | Simple Cycle (x8) | 1972 | |
Decatur Energy Center | Morgan County | 34°37′45″N 87°01′17″W | 750.0 | 3x1 Combined Cycle | 2002 | |
E. B. Harris | Autauga County | 32°22′53″N 86°34′28″W | 1,314.8 | 2x1 Combined Cycle (x2) | 2003 | |
E. C. Gaston | Shelby County | 33°14′24″N 86°27′51″W | 1,020.0 | Steam Turbine (x4) | 1960/2015 | [4] |
Gadsden | Etowah County | 34°00′46″N 85°58′15″W | 130.0 | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1949 | |
Greene County | Greene County | 32°36′06″N 87°46′52″W | 1,256.1 | Steam Turbine (x2) Simple Cycle (x9) | 1965 (516.1MW) 1996 (740.0MW) | |
H. Allen Franklin | Lee County | 32°36′28″N 85°05′51″W | 1,879.6 | 2x1 Combined Cycle (x3) | 2002/2008 | |
Hillabee Energy Center | Tallapoosa County | 33°00′03″N 85°54′12″W | 765.0 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2010 | |
Hog Bayou Energy Center | Mobile County | 30°44′52″N 88°03′27″W | 230.0 | 1x1 Combined Cycle | 2001 | |
Int. Paper Riverdale Mill | Dallas County | 32°25′34″N 86°52′15″W | 55.2 | 1x1 Combined Cycle | 1994 | |
McIntosh | Washington County | 31°15′17″N 88°01′48″W | 578.0 | Simple Cycle (x4) | 1998/2010 | |
McWilliams | Covington County | 31°24′01″N 86°28′35″W | 564.0 | 4x3 Combined Cycle | 1959/1996/2002 | |
Morgan Energy Center | Morgan County | 34°38′23″N 87°03′50″W | 749.0 | 3x1 Combined Cycle | 2003 | |
Tenaska Central Alabama | Autauga County | 32°38′59″N 86°44′24″W | 917.0 | 3x1 Combined Cycle | 2003 | |
Tenaska Lyndsay Hill | Autauga County | 32°39′05″N 86°44′19″W | 848.0 | 3x1 Combined Cycle | 2002 | |
Theodore Cogen Facility | Mobile County | 30°31′31″N 88°07′43″W | 231.0 | 1x1 Combined Cycle | 2000 | |
Walton Discover Power | Lee County | 32°32′28″N 85°02′20″W | 100.0 | Simple Cycle (x2) | 1999 | |
Washington County Cogen | Washington County | 31°15′01″N 88°00′56″W | 100.0 | 1x1 Combined Cycle | 1999 |
Petroleum
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Generation Type | Year Completed | Refs |
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E. C. Gaston | Shelby County | 33°14′24″N 86°27′51″W | 16.0 | Simple Cycle | 1970 | [4] |
Renewable plants
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.[8]
Biomass
- Alabama Pine Pulp
- Alabama River Pulp
- Georgia-Pacific Brewton Mill
- Georgia-Pacific Naheola
- International Paper Pine Hill Mill
- International Paper Prattville Mill
- International Paper Riverdale Mill
- Mead Coated Board
- PCA Jackson Mill
- Sand Valley Power Station
- U.S. Alliance Coosa Mill
- Westervelt Moundville Cogen
- WestRock Demopolis Mill
Hydroelectric
- Millers Ferry Lock and Dam
- Weiss Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Henry Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Logan Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Lay Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Mitchell Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Jordan Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Bouldin Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Harris Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Yates Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Thurlow Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Smith Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Bankhead Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Holt Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Wilson Dam
- Guntersville Dam
- Wheeler Dam
Solar photovoltaic
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Year Completed | Refs |
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Lafayette Solar Farm | Chambers County | 32°52′35″N 85°23′18″W | 79.2 | 2017 | |
River Bend Solar | Lauderdale County | 34.8315°N 87.8422°W | 75.0 | 2016 |
Wind
Alabama had no utility-scale wind facilities in 2019.
Closed/Cancelled Facilities
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Energy Type | Operation Dates | Refs |
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Colbert County | Colbert Fossil Plant (Plant Colbert) | 34°44′27.5994″N 87°50′57.8004″W | 1,350.0 | Coal (Bituminous) | 1955-2016 | [9][10][11][12] |
William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant (Plant Gorgas) | Walker County | 33°38′42.1008″N 87°11′55.5″W | 1,416.7 | Coal (Bituminous) | 1951-2019 | [13][14] |
Widows Creek Fossil Plant | Jackson County | 34°53′28.8996″N 85°45′2.8002″W | 1,969.0 | Coal (Bituminous) | 1952-2015 | [15][16][17] |
Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station | Jackson County | 34°42′31″N 85°55′45″W | Unknown | Nuclear | Cancelled |
Utility companies
See also
References
- "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Alabama, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–22". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
- "Alabama Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- "Barry Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "Gaston Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "Lowman Power Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "Coal-fired power plant to close in Alabama". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "Miller Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- Energy Information Administration (15 September 2020). "Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)". eia.gov. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020.
- "Colbert Fossil Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "TVA - Colbert Fossil Plant". Tennessee Valley Authority. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "TVA - Colbert Fossil Plant (Fact Sheet)" (PDF). Tennessee Valley Authority. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "Colbert Fossil Plant Ends 61 Years of Electrical Generation". Tennessee Valley Authority. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "Gorgas Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "Another coal-fired power plant to close in Alabama".
- "Widows Creek Fossil Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- "Last load of coal delivered at TVA's Widows Creek plant". Times Free Press. September 19, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
- "Even Appalachia Is Walking Away From Coal". www.slate.com. The Slate Group. October 2, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2016.