Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant

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|name = Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant

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|location = Wilsonville, Alabama

| coordinates = {{coord|33.240072|-86.463839|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}}

|owner = Alabama Power Company

|status = O

|th_fuel_primary = Coal, natural gas

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|ps_electrical_capacity = 1,880

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Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant is a coal and natural gas-fired electrical generation facility near Wilsonville, Shelby County, Alabama.{{cite web |url=http://www.alabamapower.com/our-company/how-we-operate/generating-plants.html |title=Generating plants |publisher=Alabama Power |accessdate=June 3, 2017}}

Four of the five units in the plant were converted to use natural gas under plans to reduce costs.{{cite news |url=http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2012/05/alabama_power_to_connect_shelb.html |title=Alabama Power to connect Shelby plant to natural gas line |work=The Birmingham News |date=2012-05-12 |accessdate=2017-06-03 }} {{asof|2024}}, Unit 5 is testing a 10 MWh thermal storage at {{convert|600|C|F}}, made of concrete.{{cite web |title=Concrete elements exhibit energy storage, power output capacity |url=https://concreteproducts.com/index.php/2024/05/20/concrete-elements-exhibit-energy-storage-power-output-capacity/ |date=20 May 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://netl.doe.gov/sites/default/files/netl-file/21TPG_Hume_0.pdf | title=Concrete Thermal Energy Storage Enabling Flexible Operation without Coal Plant Cycling - 21TPG_Hume_0.pdf |date=11 May 2021 |author=Scott Hume |publisher=Electric Power Research Institute}}