List of power stations in Alabama

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Alabama, sorted by type and name. In 2018, Alabama had a total summer capacity of 30,118 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 145,058 GWh.[2] Alabama's electrical energy generation mix in 2020 was 11% coal, 39% natural gas, 37% nuclear, 10% hydroelectric and 3% renewables. The state is the second largest hydroelectric producer in the eastern U.S. (after New York), and its Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant is the nation's second largest nuclear generating facility.[1]

Sources of Alabama electricity generation: May 2020 [1]

  Coal (11%)
  Natural Gas (39%)
  Hydroelectric (10%)
  Other Renewables (3%)
  Nuclear (37%)

Coal
NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity
(MW)		Coal TypeYear
Completed		Operational/Closure DateRefs
James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant (Plant Barry)Mobile County31°0′21.2688″N 88°0′40.9782″W1,770.7Coal (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
Closed
2012 - Unit 3		[3]
Colbert Fossil Plant (Plant Colbert)Colbert County34°44′27.5994″N 87°50′57.8004″W1,350Coal (Bituminous)1955 - Unit 1
1955 - Unit 2
1955 - Unit 3
1955 - Unit 4
1965 - Unit 5		Closed
2016 - Units 1-4
2013 - Unit 5		[4][5][6][7]
E. C. Gaston Power Station (Plant Gaston)Shelby County33°14′24″N 86°27′50.3994″W2,012.8Coal (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		[8]
William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant (Plant Gorgas)Walker County33°38′42.1008″N 87°11′55.5″W1,416.7Coal (Bituminous)1951 - Unit 6
1952 - Unit 7
1956 - Unit 8
1958 - Unit 9
1972 - Unit 10		Closed
2015 - Units 6 & 7
2019 - Units 8-10		[9][10]
Charles R. Lowman Power PlantWashington County31°29′23.3988″N 87°55′17.3994″W538.0Coal (Bituminous)1969 - Unit 1
1978 - Unit 2
1980 - Unit 3		Operational[11][12]
James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant (Plant Miller)Jefferson County33°38′44.2746″N 87°3′25.4478″W2,822.0Coal (Bituminous)1978 - Unit 1
1985 - Unit 2
1989 - Unit 3
1991 - Unit 4		Operational[13]
Widows Creek Fossil PlantJackson County34°53′28.8996″N 85°45′2.8002″W1,969Coal (Bituminous)1952 - Unit 1
1952 - Unit 2
1952 - Unit 3
1953 - Unit 4
1954 - Unit 5
1954 - Unit 6
1961 - Unit 7
1965 - Unit 8		Closed
2012-2013 - Units 1-6
2014 - Unit 8
2015 - Unit 7		[14][15][16]

Oil-fired peaking stations
  • Greene County Electric Generating Plant

Natural Gas
  • James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant
  • Ernest C. Gaston Power Station
  • Gadsden Electric Generating Plant
  • Lowndes County Cogeneration Facility
  • Greene County Electric Generating Plant

Hydroelectric dams

Solar thermal plants
Main article: Solar power in Alabama

Nuclear plants

Utility companies

See also

References
  1. "Alabama - State Energy Profile Overview - EIA". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  2. Alabama Electricity Profile, U.S. Energy Information Administration, August 29, 2020
  3. "Barry Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  4. "Colbert Fossil Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  5. "TVA - Colbert Fossil Plant". Tennessee Valley Authority. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  6. "TVA - Colbert Fossil Plant (Fact Sheet)" (PDF). Tennessee Valley Authority. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  7. "Colbert Fossil Plant Ends 61 Years of Electrical Generation". Tennessee Valley Authority. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  8. "Gaston Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  9. "Gorgas Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  10. "Another coal-fired power plant to close in Alabama".
  11. "Lowman Power Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  12. "Coal-fired power plant to close in Alabama". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  13. "Miller Steam Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  14. "Widows Creek Fossil Plant". Global Energy Monitor. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  15. "Last load of coal delivered at TVA's Widows Creek plant". Times Free Press. September 19, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  16. "Even Appalachia Is Walking Away From Coal". www.slate.com. The Slate Group. October 2, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
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