List of power stations in Ohio

The following page lists power stations in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2019 the net capacity of all utility and independent power producers in Ohio was 28,464 megawatts.[2]

Figures for May 2020[1]

  Natural Gas (46.58%)
  Coal (28.94%)
  Nuclear (20.54%)
  Nonhydroelectric Renewables (3.63%)
  Petroleum-Fired (0.0%)
  Hydroelectric (0.31%)

Natural Gas

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Hanging Rock Energy FacilityHanging Rock1430DynegyNatural Gas Combined Cycle[3]
Lordstown Energy CenterLordstown940Clean Energy Future, LLCNatural Gas Combined CycleOpened in 2018, Second Unit Planned[4]
Oregon Clean Energy CenterOregon908Ares ManagementNatural Gas Combined CycleOpened in 2017
Rolling Hills Generating StationWilkesville865Rolling Hills Generating LLCNatural Gas Simple Cycle (5 units)
Waterford Energy CenterWaterford821Waterford Power, LLCNatural Gas Combined Cycle
Carroll County EnergyCarrollton700Advanced PowerNatural Gas Combined CycleOpened in 2018[5]
Washington Energy FacilityBeverly620DynegyNatural Gas Combined Cycle
Darby Generating StationMount Sterling480Darby Power, LLCNatural Gas Simple Cycle
Middletown Energy CenterMiddletown475NTE EnergyNatural Gas Combined CycleOpened in 2018
West Lorain PlantLorain545Starwood EnergyNatural 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
Madison Peaking StationTrenton677DynegyNatural Gas Simple Cycle

Coal

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Avon Lake Power Station (unit 9)Avon Lake680NRG EnergyCoal (1 unit)Unit 7 from 1949 era unit shut down
Gavin Power PlantCheshire2640Gavin Power, LLCCoal (2 units)[6]
Eastlake Power PlantEastlake24FirstEnergyCoal (unit 6)Scheduled to close on June 1, 2021
W. H. Sammis Power PlantStratton2233FirstEnergyCoal (7 units)Units 1-4 shut down in May 2020.[7] Units 5-7 are to be closed by June 1, 2022.
Cardinal Power PlantBrilliant1800American Electric Power (AEP)/Buckeye PowerCoal (3 units)[8]
William H. Zimmer Power StationMoscow1300DynegyCoal (1 unit)Largest single unit power plant in the United States.[3] Planned retirement by year-end 2027 or earlier.[9]
Miami Fort Power StationNorth Bend1020DynegyCoal (2 units)Older units shut down in 2015. Planned retirement by year-end 2027 or earlier.[9][10]
Kyger Creek Power PlantCheshire1086Ohio Valley Electric CorporationCoal (5 units)

Nuclear

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Perry Nuclear Generating StationNorth Perry1231FirstEnergyNuclear boiling water reactor (1 unit)
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power StationOak Harbor889FirstEnergyNuclear Pressurized water reactor (1 unit)

Wind

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
AMP Wind Farm Wood County 7.2 American Municipal Power[11] Wind power
Blue Creek Wind Farm Paulding and Van Wert Counties 304 Iberdrola Renewables 152 Wind Turbines Operational.[12]
Timber Road Wind Farm Paulding County 324.9 EDP Renewables 140 Wind Turbines Operational.[12]
Hog Creek Hardin County 66 30 Wind Turbines Operational.[12]
Northwest Ohio Paulding County 100 42 Wind Turbines Operational.[12]
Greenwich Huron County 60 25 Wind Turbines Under Construction.[12]
Scioto Ridge Hardin County & Logan County 249.8 75 Wind Turbines Under Construction.[12]

Solar

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Bowling Green Solar FacilityBowling Green20NextEraSolar photovoltaic (85,680 panels)[13] Currently the largest solar plant in Ohio.
Napoleon Solar FacilityNapoleon3.54American Municipal PowerSolar photovoltaic[13]
Wadsworth Rittman Rd. Facility Wadsworth 2.625 American Municipal Power Solar photovoltaic [13]
Wadsworth Seville Rd. Facility Wadsworth 6.25 American Municipal Power Solar photovoltaic [13]
Wyandot Solar Facility Upper Sandusky 12 Public Service Enterprise Group Solar photovoltaic (160,000 panels) Opened in 2010
Hardin Hardin County 150 Solar photovoltaic Under Construction. [14]
Hardin II Hardin County 170 Solar photovoltaic Under Construction. [14]
Hillcrest Brown County 200 Solar photovoltaic Under Construction. [14]

Hydroelectricity

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
O'Shaughnessy DamDublin5.2City of ColumbusHydroelectricity[15]Offline as of August 2018. It is unknown when or if it will be fixed.
Hamilton HydroHamilton2City of HamiltonHydroelectricity[15]
Auglaize Hydroelectric PlantBryan4.5City of BryanHydroelectricity[15]
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and DamFelicity105American Municipal PowerHydroelectricity[15]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[16]
Greenup Lock and DamFranklin Furnace70.2American Municipal PowerHydroelectricity[15]
Racine Lock and DamRacine20AEPHydroelectricity[15]
Belleville Lock and DamReedsville42American Municipal PowerHydroelectricity[15] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Willow Island Lock and DamNewport44American Municipal PowerHydroelectricity[15] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Hannibal Locks and DamHannibal19New Martinsville Hannibal HydroHydroelectricity[15]Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.

Battery Storage

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Battery Utility of OhioSunbury4Battery Utility of OhioBattery[15]
AEP Bluffton NaSBluffton2Ohio Power CoBattery[15]
HMV Minster Energy Storage SystemMinster7Half Moon Ventures LLCBattery[15]
Willey Battery UtilityHamilton6Willey Battery UtilityBattery[15]
Clinton BatteryBlanchester10Clinton Battery UtilityBattery[15]
Beckjord Power StationNew Richmond4Duke EnergyBattery[15]

Closed plants

NameLocationCapacity (MW)OwnerTypeNotes and Links
Ashtabula Power PlantAshtabula244FirstEnergyCoalClosed in 2015[17]
W.C. Beckjord Power StationNew Richmond1304Duke Energy, DPL Inc., AEPCoal (6 units)Closed in 2014[18][19]
R.E. Burger Power StationShadyside568FirstEnergyCoalClosed in 2011
Conesville Power PlantConesville2005AEP, AES/DPL Inc.6 units: coal & oilUnits 5-6 shut down in 2019 and Unit 4 closed in 2020.[3]
Eastlake Power PlantEastlake1257FirstEnergyCoal (units 1-5) / Natural Gas (unit 6)Closed in 2015[17]
O.H. Hutchings StationMiamisburg414DPL Inc.CoalClosed in 2013[20]
Richard H. Gorsuch StationMarietta200American Municipal PowerCoalBuilt 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 StationWrightsville618AES/DPL Inc., DynegyCoal (1 unit)Sold to AES 2012[3] Closed in 2018.
Lake Shore Power PlantCleveland245FirstEnergyCoalClosed in 2015[17]
Muskingum River Power PlantBeverly1375American Electric PowerCoal (5 units)Closed in 2015[21]
Philo Power PlantPhilo510Ohio PowerCoalClosed in 1975; Philo Unit 6 was the first commercial supercritical steam-electric generating unit in the world,[22] and it could operate short-term at ultra-supercritical levels.[23]
Picway Power PlantLockbourne220AEPCoalClosed in 2015
E.M. Poston Power PlantNelsonvilleAEPCoalClosed in 1987
Shelby Municipal Light Plant Shelby 37 City of Shelby Coal (4 units) Closed in 2013, power monitoring remains[24]
Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light BuildingSidneyCity of SidneyHydroelectric (1 unit)Began generation in 1900[25]
J.M. Stuart StationAberdeen2318AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy, and AEPCoal (4 units)Sold to AES 2012[3] Closed in 2018.
Tait Power StationDayton586DPL Inc.Natural Gas/OilClosed 2013
Tidd PlantBrilliant220Ohio PowerCoalRetired in 1976. Was used as a demonstration for pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) for four years from 1991–1995.
Toronto Power PlantTorontoOhio EdisonCoalClosed in 1993
Trash Burning Power PlantColumbusSWACOWaste-to-energyClosed in 1994

See also

References

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  2. State Electricity Profiles 2019, U.S. Department of Energy DOE/EIA-0348(01)/2 https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/ohio/
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  4. Power, Advanced. "Carroll County Energy Begins Commercial Operations". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
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  11. "Solar Power". www.amppartners.org. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  12. "Solar Status as of 12/10/2020" (PDF). Ohio Power Siting Board. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  13. "Ohio - State Energy Profile Overview - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  14. "Meldahl Hydro Project". www.amppartners.org. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  15. "FirstEnergy closes 104-year-old coal power plant, electric rates to rise (interactive map)". Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  16. "W C Beckjord Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy". Duke Energy. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-07-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. Levingston, Chelsey (March 8, 2014). "Potential for six power plants to operate in Butler County". Journal-News. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  19. "Philo 6 Steam-Electric Generating Unit". ASME. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
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