List of power stations in Alabama
Sources of Alabama utility-scale electricity generation in gigawatt-hours, full-year 2024:[1]
- Natural gas: 64,557 (45.1%)
- Nuclear: 44,487 (31.1%)
- Coal: 20,936 (14.6%)
- Hydroelectric: 8,722 (6.09%)
- Biomass: 3,246 (2.27%)
- Solar: 1,257 (0.88%)
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Alabama, sorted by type and name. In 2023, Alabama had a total summer capacity of 31,097 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 139,435 GWh.[2] The electrical energy generation mix in 2024 was 45.1% natural gas, 31.1% nuclear, 14.6% coal, 6.1% hydroelectric, 2.3% biomass, and 0.9% solar.[1] 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.
Alabama electricity generation by type
Alabama power grid
Nuclear plants
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Year completed |
Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant | Limestone County | 34°42′15″N 87°07′08″W / 34.7042°N 87.1189°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 / 31.2231°N 85.1116°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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant (Plant Barry) | Mobile County | 31°0′21.2688″N 88°0′40.9782″W / 31.005908000°N 88.011382833°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, 2012 - Unit 3 closed |
[3] |
| E. C. Gaston Power Station (Plant Gaston) | Shelby County | 33°14′24″N 86°27′50.3994″W / 33.24000°N 86.463999833°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 / 31.489833000°N 87.921499833°W | 538.0 | Coal (bituminous) | 1969 - Unit 1 1978 - Unit 2 1980 - Unit 3 |
Closed - 2020, gas unit under construction |
[5][6] |
| James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant (Plant Miller) | Jefferson County | 33°38′44.2746″N 87°3′25.4478″W / 33.645631833°N 87.057068833°W | 2,822.0 | Coal (bituminous) | 1978 - Unit 1 1985 - Unit 2 1989 - Unit 3 1991 - Unit 4 |
Operational | [7] |
Natural gas
Petroleum
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Generation type |
Year completed |
Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. C. Gaston | Shelby County | 33°14′24″N 86°27′51″W / 33.24000°N 86.46417°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
- Bankhead Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Bouldin Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Guntersville Dam
- Harris Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Henry Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Holt Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Jordan Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Lay Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Logan Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Millers Ferry Lock and Dam
- Mitchell Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Smith Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Thurlow Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Weiss Hydroelectric Generating Plant
- Wheeler Dam
- Wilson Dam
- Yates Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Solar photovoltaic
| Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Year completed |
Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Solar Farm | Chambers County | 32°52′35″N 85°23′18″W / 32.8763°N 85.3882°W | 79.2 | 2017 | |
| Reynolds Landing Microgrid | Jefferson County | 34°14′31″N 86°31′19″W / 34.2419°N 86.5219°W | 1 | 2018 | [9] |
| River Bend Solar | Lauderdale County | 34°49′53″N 87°50′32″W / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station | Jackson County | 34°42′31″N 85°55′45″W / 34.70861°N 85.92917°W | Unknown | Nuclear | Cancelled | |
| Colbert County | Colbert Fossil Plant (Plant Colbert) | 34°44′27.5994″N 87°50′57.8004″W / 34.740999833°N 87.849389000°W | 1,350.0 | Coal (bituminous) | 1955-2016 | [10][11][12][13] |
| Widows Creek Fossil Plant | Jackson County | 34°53′28.8996″N 85°45′2.8002″W / 34.891361000°N 85.750777833°W | 1,969.0 | Coal (bituminous) | 1952-2015 | [14][15][16] |
| William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant (Plant Gorgas) | Walker County | 33°38′42.1008″N 87°11′55.5″W / 33.645028000°N 87.198750°W | 1,416.7 | Coal (bituminous) | 1951-2019 | [17][18] |
Utility companies
See also
- List of power stations in the United States
- List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority
- List of coal-fired power stations in the United States
References
- ^ a b "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Alabama, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–24". www.eia.gov. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
- ^ "Alabama Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
- ^ a b "Barry Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Gaston Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Lowman Power Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Coal-fired power plant to close in Alabama". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Miller Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ Energy Information Administration (September 15, 2020). "Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)". eia.gov. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Alabama Power unveils innovative power system in Reynolds Landing 'smart neighborhood'". Hoover Sun. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ "Colbert Fossil Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "TVA - Colbert Fossil Plant". Tennessee Valley Authority. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "TVA - Colbert Fossil Plant (Fact Sheet)" (PDF). Tennessee Valley Authority. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Colbert Fossil Plant Ends 61 Years of Electrical Generation". Tennessee Valley Authority. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Widows Creek Fossil Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Gorgas Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- ^ "Another coal-fired power plant to close in Alabama".