Sources of Ohio utility-scale electricity generation in gigawatt-hours, full-year 2024:
[1] - Natural gas: 85,417 (59.8%)
- Coal: 30,180 (21.1%)
- Nuclear: 17,947 (12.6%)
- Solar: 4,021 (2.81%)
- Wind: 2,865 (2.01%)
- Petroleum: 976 (0.68%)
- Other gases: 682 (0.48%)
- Hydroelectric: 504 (0.35%)
- Biomass: 279 (0.20%)
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Ohio, sorted by type and name. In 2023, Ohio had a total summer capacity of 29,104 MW and a net generation of 133,223 GWh.[2] In 2024, the electrical energy generation mix was 59.8% natural gas, 21.1% coal, 12.6% nuclear, 2.8% solar, 2% wind, 0.7% petroleum and petroleum coke, 0.5% other gases, 0.4% hydroelectric, and 0.2% biomass.[1]
Ohio electricity generation by type
Natural gas
Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Owner | Type | Notes and links |
Guernsey Power Station | Byesville | 1875 | Caithness Energy | Natural gas combined cycle | Opened in 2023 |
Hanging Rock Energy Facility | Hanging Rock | 1430 | Dynegy | Natural gas combined cycle | [3] |
Lordstown Energy Center | Lordstown | 940 | Clean Energy Future, LLC | Natural gas combined cycle | Opened in 2018, second unit planned[4] |
Oregon Clean Energy Center | Oregon | 908 | Ares Management | Natural gas combined cycle | Opened in 2017 |
Rolling Hills Generating Station | Wilkesville | 865 | Rolling Hills Generating LLC | Natural gas simple cycle (5 units) | |
Tait Electric Generating Station | Moraine | 681 | Kimura Power, LLC | Natural gas combined cycle | Opened in 1967[5] |
Waterford Energy Center | Waterford | 821 | Waterford Power, LLC | Natural gas combined cycle | |
Carroll County Energy | Carrollton | 700 | Advanced Power | Natural Gas combined cycle | Opened in 2018[6] |
Washington Energy Facility | Beverly | 620 | Dynegy | Natural gas combined cycle | |
Darby Generating Station | Mount Sterling | 480 | Darby Power, LLC | Natural gas simple cycle | |
Middletown Energy Center | Middletown | 475 | NTE Energy | Natural gas combined cycle | Opened in 2018 |
West Lorain Plant | Lorain | 545 | Starwood Energy | Natural gas simple cycle | |
Robert P Mone Plant | Convoy | 510 | Buckeye Power | Natural gas simple cycle | |
Fremont Energy Center | Fremont | 707 | American Municipal Power | Natural gas combined cycle | |
Dresden Plant | Dresden | 580 | American Electric Power | Natural gas combined cycle | Opened in 2012 |
Madison Peaking Station | Trenton | 677 | Duke Energy | Natural gas simple cycle | |
Long Ridge Energy Terminal | Hannibal | 485 | Long Ridge Energy | Hydrogen - natural gas blend | Opened in 2021 [7] |
Coal
Nuclear
Wind
Solar
Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Owner | Notes and links |
Bowling Green Solar Facility | Bowling Green | 20 | NextEra | [19] |
Napoleon Solar Facility | Napoleon | 3.54 | American Municipal Power | [19] |
Wadsworth Rittman Rd. Facility | Wadsworth | 2.625 | American Municipal Power | [19] |
Wadsworth Seville Rd. Facility | Wadsworth | 6.25 | American Municipal Power | [19] |
Wyandot Solar Facility | Upper Sandusky | 12 | Public Service Enterprise Group | Opened in 2010. |
Hardin I | Hardin County | 150 | | Operational.[20] |
Hillcrest | Brown County | 200 | | Operational.[20] |
New Market | Highland County | 100 | | Operational.[20] |
Hardin II | Hardin County | 170 | | Operational.[20] |
Yellowbud | Pickaway & Ross County | 274 | | Operational.[20] |
Madison Fields | Madison County | 180 | | Operational.[20] |
Willowbrook I | Brown County | 150 | | Operational.[20] |
Nestlewood | Brown County | 80 | | Operational.[20] |
Big Plain | Madison County | 196 | | Operational.[20] |
Arche | Fulton County | 107 | | Operational.[20] |
Hardin III | Hardin County | 300 | | Operational.[20] |
AEUG Union | Union County | 325 | | Operational.[20] |
Highland | Highland County | 300 | | Operational.[20] |
Fox Squirrel | Madison County | 577 | | Operational.[20] |
Atlanta Farms | Pickaway County | 200 | | Operational.[20] |
Vinton | Vinton County | 125 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Alamo | Preble County | 69.9 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Angelina | Preble County | 80 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Powell Creek | Putnam County | 150 | | Operational.[20] |
Wheatsborough | Erie County | 125 | | Under construction.[20] |
Mark Center | Defiance County | 110 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Clearview | Champaign County | 144 | | Operational.[20] |
Ross County | Ross County | 120 | | Operational.[20] |
Cadence | Union County | 275 | | Under construction.[20] |
Juliet | Wood County | 101 | | Under construction.[20] |
Sycamore Creek | Crawford County | 117 | | Under construction.[20] |
Marion County | Marion County | 100 | | Under construction.[20] |
Union Ridge | Licking County | 107.7 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Tymochtee | Wyandot County | 120 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Nottingham | Harrison County | 100 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Wild Grains | Van Wert County | 150 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Dodson Creek | Highland County | 117 | | Under construction.[20] |
Pleasant Prairie | Franklin County | 250 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Harvey | Licking County | 350 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Springwater | Franklin and Madison County | 155 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Border Basin | Hancock County | 120 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
South Branch | Hancock County | 130 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Palomino | Hancock County | 200 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Blossom | Morrow and Marion County | 144 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Yellow Wood | Clinton County | 300 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Dixon Run | Jackson County | 140 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Oak Run | Madison County | 800 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Fountain Point | Logan County | 280 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Mink | Defiance & Paulding County | 140 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Clear Mountain | Clermont County | 152.2 | | Approved for construction.[20] |
Hydroelectricity
Battery storage
Closed plants
Name | Location | Capacity (MW) | Owner | Type | Notes and links |
Ashtabula Power Plant | Ashtabula | 244 | FirstEnergy | Coal | Closed in 2015[23] |
W.C. Beckjord Power Station | New Richmond | 1304 | Duke Energy, DPL Inc., AEP | Coal (6 units) | Closed in 2014[24][25] |
R.E. Burger Power Station | Shadyside | 568 | FirstEnergy | Coal | Closed in 2011 |
Conesville Power Plant | Conesville | 2005 | AEP, AES/DPL Inc. | 6 units: coal & oil | Units 5-6 shut down in 2019 and Unit 4 closed in 2020.[3] |
Eastlake Power Plant | Eastlake | 1257 | FirstEnergy | Coal (units 1-5) / natural gas (unit 6) | Units 4-5 closed 2012, Units 1-3 closed in 2015, Unit 6 closed 2021.[23] |
O.H. Hutchings Station | Miamisburg | 414 | DPL Inc. | Coal | Closed in 2013[26] |
Richard H. Gorsuch Station | Marietta | 200 | American Municipal Power | Coal | Built 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 Station | Wrightsville | 618 | AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy | Coal (1 unit) | Sold to AES 2012.[3] Closed in 2018. |
Lake Shore Power Plant | Cleveland | 245 | FirstEnergy | Coal | Closed in 2015[23] and demolished in 2017.[27] |
Muskingum River Power Plant | Beverly | 1375 | American Electric Power | Coal (5 units) | Closed in 2015[28] |
Philo Power Plant | Philo | 510 | Ohio Power | Coal | Closed in 1975; Philo Unit 6 was the first commercial supercritical steam-electric generating unit in the world,[29] and it could operate short-term at ultra-supercritical levels.[30] |
Picway Power Plant | Lockbourne | 220 | AEP | Coal | Closed in 2015 |
E.M. Poston Power Plant | Nelsonville | | AEP | Coal | Closed in 1987 |
Shelby Municipal Light Plant | Shelby | 37 | City of Shelby | Coal (4 units) | Closed in 2013, power monitoring remains[31] |
Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light Building | Sidney | | City of Sidney | Hydroelectric (1 unit) | Began generation in 1900[32] |
J.M. Stuart Station | Aberdeen | 2318 | AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy, and AEP | Coal (4 units) | Sold to AES 2012[3] Closed in 2018. |
Tidd Plant | Brilliant | 220 | Ohio Power | Coal | Retired in 1976. Was used as a demonstration for pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) for four years, 1991–1995. |
Toronto Power Plant | Toronto | | Ohio Edison | Coal | Closed in 1993 |
Trash Burning Power Plant | Columbus | | SWACO | Waste-to-energy | Closed in 1994 |
Avon Lake Power Station | Avon Lake | 680 | NRG Energy | Coal | Built in 1925–1926; closed in 2021; imploded in 2024[33] |
William H. Zimmer Power Station | Moscow | 1300 | Vistra Corp | Coal | Closed in May 2022.[14] |
W. H. Sammis Power Plant | Stratton, Ohio | 2,233 | FirstEnergy | Coal | Closed May 3, 2023 |
See also
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