List of power stations in Alabama

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/alabama/ |title=Alabama Electricity Profile |publisher=U.S. Energy Information Administration |accessdate=2025-03-02}} 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. 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.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

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Nuclear plants

class="wikitable sortable"
NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)
Year
completed
Refs
Browns Ferry Nuclear Power PlantLimestone County{{coord|34.7042|N|87.1189|Wformat=dms|name = Browns Ferry }}align="center" | 3,774.4align="center" | 1974 - Unit 1
1975 - Unit 2
1977 - Unit 3
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating StationHouston County{{coord|31.2231|N|85.1116|Wformat=dms|name = Joseph M. Farley }}align="center" | 1,751.0align="center" | 1977 - Unit 1
1981 - Unit 2

Fossil-fuel plants

=Coal=

class="wikitable sortable"
NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)
Coal typeYear
completed
Operational/closure dateRefs
James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant (Plant Barry)Mobile County{{coord|31|0|21.2688|N|88|0|40.9782|Wformat=dms|name = Plant Barry }}align="center" | 1,770.7Coal (bituminous)align="center" | 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
{{cite web |title=Barry Steam Plant |url=https://www.gem.wiki/Barry_Steam_Plant |accessdate=2020-02-06 |publisher=Global Energy Monitor}}
E. C. Gaston Power Station (Plant Gaston)Shelby County{{coord|33|14|24|N|86|27|50.3994|Wname = Plant Gaston }}align="center" | 2,012.8Coal (bituminous)align="center" | 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
{{cite web |title=Gaston Steam Plant |url=https://www.gem.wiki/Gaston_Steam_Plant |accessdate=2020-02-06 |publisher=Global Energy Monitor}}
Charles R. Lowman Power PlantWashington County{{coord|31|29|23.3988|N|87|55|17.3994|Wname = Lowman Power Plant }}align="center" | 538.0Coal (bituminous)align="center" | 1969 - Unit 1
1978 - Unit 2
1980 - Unit 3
Closed - 2020,
gas unit under construction
{{cite web |title=Lowman Power Plant |url=https://www.gem.wiki/Charles_R._Lowman_Power_Plant |accessdate=2020-02-06 |publisher=Global Energy Monitor}}{{cite web |title=Coal-fired power plant to close in Alabama |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2019/02/19/coal-fired-power-plant-to-close-in-alabama.html |accessdate=2020-02-06 |publisher=Birmingham Business Journal}}
James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant (Plant Miller)Jefferson County{{coord|33|38|44.2746|N|87|3|25.4478|Wname = Plant Miller }}align="center" | 2,822.0Coal (bituminous)align="center" | 1978 - Unit 1
1985 - Unit 2
1989 - Unit 3
1991 - Unit 4
Operational{{cite web |title=Miller Steam Plant |url=https://www.gem.wiki/Miller_Steam_Plant |accessdate=2020-02-06 |publisher=Global Energy Monitor}}

=Natural gas=

class="wikitable sortable"
NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)
Generation
type
Year
completed
Refs
AMEA PeakingTalladega County{{coord|33.1661|N|86.2825|Wformat=dms|name = AMEA Peaking}}align="center" | 95.0Simple cycle (x4)align="center" | 2004
Calhoun Energy CenterCalhoun County{{coord|33.5883|N|85.9731|Wformat=dms|name = Calhoun}}align="center" | 632.0Simple cycle (x4)align="center" | 2003
ColbertColbert County{{coord|34.7439|N|87.8486|Wformat=dms|name = Colbert}}align="center" | 363.2Simple cycle (x8)align="center" | 1972
Decatur Energy CenterMorgan County{{coord|34.6292|N|87.0214|Wformat=dms|name = Decatur EC }}align="center" | 750.03x1 combined cyclealign="center" | 2002
E. B. HarrisAutauga County{{coord|32.3814|N|86.5744|Wformat=dms|name = EB Harris }}align="center" | 1,314.82x1 combined cycle (x2)align="center" | 2003
E. C. GastonShelby County{{coord|33|14|24|N|86|27|51|Wname = Plant Gaston }}align="center" | 1,020.0Steam turbine (x4)align="center" | 1960/2015
GadsdenEtowah County{{coord|34.0128|N|85.9708|Wformat=dms|name = Plant Gadsden }}align="center" | 130.0Steam turbine (x2)align="center" | 1949
Greene CountyGreene County{{coord|32.6017|N|87.7811|Wformat=dms|name = Greene County }}align="center" | 1,256.1Steam turbine (x2),
simple cycle (x9)
align="center" | 1965 (516.1MW)
1996 (740.0MW)
H. Allen FranklinLee County{{coord|32.6078|N|85.0975|Wformat=dms|name = H. Allen Franklin }}align="center" | 1,879.62x1 combined cycle (x3)align="center" | 2002/2008
Hillabee Energy CenterTallapoosa County{{coord|33.0007|N|85.9033|Wformat=dms|name = Hillabee EC }}align="center" | 765.02x1 combined cyclealign="center" | 2010
Hog Bayou Energy CenterMobile County{{coord|30.7478|N|88.0575|Wformat=dms|name = Hog Bayou }}align="center" | 230.01x1 combined cyclealign="center" | 2001
Int. Paper Riverdale MillDallas County{{coord|32.4260|N|86.8709|Wformat=dms|name = IP Riverdale Mill }}align="center" | 55.21x1 combined cyclealign="center" | 1994
James M. BarryMobile County{{coord|31|00|21|N|88|00|41|Wformat=dms|name = Plant Barry }}align="center" | 1,288.4Steam turbine (x2),
2x1 combined cycle (x2)
align="center" | 1954/2015 (160.0MW)
2000 (1,128.4MW)
McIntoshWashington County{{coord|31.2546|N|88.0299|Wformat=dms|name = McIntosh}}align="center" | 578.0Simple cycle (x4)align="center" | 1998/2010
McWilliamsCovington County{{coord|31.4003|N|86.4764|Wformat=dms|name = McWilliams }}align="center" | 564.04x3 combined cyclealign="center" | 1959/1996/2002
Morgan Energy CenterMorgan County{{coord|34.6397|N|87.0639|Wformat=dms|name = Morgan EC }}align="center" | 749.03x1 combined cyclealign="center" | 2003
Tenaska Central AlabamaAutauga County{{coord|32.6497|N|86.7400|Wformat=dms|name = Tenaska Central Alabama }}align="center" | 917.03x1 combined cyclealign="center" | 2003
Tenaska Lyndsay HillAutauga County{{coord|32.6514|N|86.7386|Wformat=dms|name = Tenaska Lyndsay Hill }}align="center" | 848.03x1 combined cyclealign="center" | 2002
Theodore Cogen FacilityMobile County{{coord|30.5254|N|88.1285|Wformat=dms|name = Theodore}}align="center" | 231.01x1 combined cyclealign="center" | 2000
Walton Discover PowerLee County{{coord|32.5410|N|85.0389|Wformat=dms|name = Walton Discover Power}}align="center" | 100.0Simple cycle (x2)align="center" | 1999
Washington County CogenWashington County{{coord|31.2504|N|88.0156|Wformat=dms|name = Washington County}}align="center" | 100.01x1 combined cyclealign="center" | 1999

=Petroleum=

class="wikitable sortable"
NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)
Generation
type
Year
completed
Refs
E. C. GastonShelby County{{coord|33|14|24|N|86|27|51|Wname = Plant Gaston }}align="center" | 16.0Simple cyclealign="center" | 1970

Renewable plants

=Biomass=

{{incomplete list|date=August 2021}}

  • 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=

=Solar photovoltaic=

{{main|Solar power in Alabama}}

{{incomplete list|date=August 2021}}

class="wikitable sortable"
NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)
Year
completed
Refs
Lafayette Solar FarmChambers County{{coord|32.8763|N|85.3882|Wformat=dms|name = Lafayette }}align="center" | 79.2align="center" | 2017
Reynolds Landing MicrogridJefferson County{{coord|34.2419|N|86.5219|Wformat=dms|name = Reynold's Landing }}align="center" | 1align="center" | 2018{{cite web |title=Alabama Power unveils innovative power system in Reynolds Landing 'smart neighborhood' |url=https://hooversun.com/news/alabama-power-unveils-innovative-power-system-in-reynolds-la/ |accessdate=2024-05-17 |publisher=Hoover Sun}}
River Bend SolarLauderdale County{{coord|34.8315|N|87.8422|Wname = River Bend }}align="center" | 75.0align="center" | 2016

=Wind=

Alabama had no utility-scale wind facilities in 2019.

Closed/cancelled facilities

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Location

!Coordinates

!Capacity
(MW)

!Energy type

!Operation dates

!Refs

Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station

|Jackson County

|{{coord|34|42|31|N|85|55|45|W

format=dms|name = Bellefonte }}

|Unknown

|Nuclear

|Cancelled

|

Colbert County

|Colbert Fossil Plant (Plant Colbert)

{{coord|34|44|27.5994|N|87|50|57.8004|Wname =Colbert Fossil Plant }}align="center" | 1,350.0Coal (bituminous)align="center" | 1955-2016{{cite web |title=Colbert Fossil Plant |url=https://www.gem.wiki/Colbert_Fossil_Plant |accessdate=2020-02-06 |publisher=Global Energy Monitor}}{{cite web |title=TVA - Colbert Fossil Plant |url=https://www.tva.gov/Energy/Our-Power-System/Coal/Colbert-Fossil-Plant |accessdate=2020-02-06 |publisher=Tennessee Valley Authority}}{{cite web |title=TVA - Colbert Fossil Plant (Fact Sheet) |url=https://www.tva.gov/file_source/TVA/Site%20Content/Environment/Environmental%20Stewardship/Coal%20Combustion%20Residuals/Groundwater%20Fact%20Sheets/groundwater_facts_cof.pdf |accessdate=2020-02-06 |publisher=Tennessee Valley Authority}}{{cite web |title=Colbert Fossil Plant Ends 61 Years of Electrical Generation |url=https://www.tva.com/Newsroom/Colbert-Fossil-Plant-Ends-61-Years-of-Electrical-Generation |accessdate=2020-02-06 |publisher=Tennessee Valley Authority}}
Widows Creek Fossil Plant

|Jackson County

|{{coord|34|53|28.8996|N|85|45|2.8002|W

name = Widows Creek Fossil Plant }}

|1,969.0

|Coal (bituminous)

|1952-2015

|{{cite web |title=Widows Creek Fossil Plant |url=https://www.gem.wiki/Widows_Creek_Fossil_Plant |accessdate=2020-02-06 |publisher=Global Energy Monitor}}{{cite web |date=September 19, 2015 |title=Last load of coal delivered at TVA's Widows Creek plant |url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2015/sep/19/last-load-coal-delivered-tvas-widows-creek-pl/325986/ |access-date=May 11, 2016 |newspaper=Times Free Press}}{{cite web |date=October 2, 2015 |title=Even Appalachia Is Walking Away From Coal |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_juice/2015/10/the_tennessee_valley_authority_is_closing_coal_plants_and_that_s_huge.html |access-date=May 11, 2016 |website=www.slate.com |publisher=The Slate Group}}

William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant (Plant Gorgas)

|Walker County

|{{coord|33|38|42.1008|N|87|11|55.5|W

name = Plant Gorgas }}

|1,416.7

|Coal (bituminous)

|1951-2019

|{{cite web |title=Gorgas Steam Plant |url=https://www.gem.wiki/Gorgas_Steam_Plant |accessdate=2020-02-06 |publisher=Global Energy Monitor}}{{Cite web |title=Another coal-fired power plant to close in Alabama |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/news/2019/02/20/another-coal-fired-power-plant-to-close-in-alabama.html?iana=hpmvp_birm_news_headline}}

Utility companies

See also

References

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{{cite web

|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/

|date=15 September 2020

|title=Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)

|author=Energy Information Administration

|website=eia.gov

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918022441/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/

|archive-date=18 September 2020

|url-status=live

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