List of power stations in Ohio

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Sources of Ohio utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2020[1]

  Coal (37.2%)
  Natural Gas (43.5%)
  Hydroelectric (0.3%)
  Wind (1.8%)
  Nuclear (15.0%)
  Biomass (0.6%)
  Solar (0.4%)
  Petroleum (0.8%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Ohio, sorted by type and name. In 2019, Ohio had a total summer capacity of 28,464 GW and a net generation of 120,001 GWh.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 43.3% natural gas, 39.6% coal and petroleum coke, 14.3% nuclear, 1.7% wind, 0.6% biomass, 0.3% hydroelectric, 0.1% solar, and 0.1% petroleum.[1]

Natural Gas[]

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Hanging Rock Energy Facility Hanging Rock 1430 Dynegy Natural Gas Combined Cycle [3]
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
Wilkesville 865 Rolling Hills Generating LLC Natural Gas Simple Cycle (5 units)
Waterford 821 Waterford Power, LLC Natural Gas Combined Cycle
Carroll County Energy Carrollton 700 Advanced Power Natural Gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2018[5]
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
Lorain 545 Starwood Energy Natural Gas Simple Cycle
Convoy 510 Buckeye Power Natural Gas Simple Cycle
Fremont 707 American Municipal Power Natural Gas Combined Cycle
Dresden Plant Dresden 580 American Electric Power Natural Gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2012
Trenton 677 Dynegy Natural Gas Simple Cycle
Hannibal 485 Long Ridge Energy Hydrogen - Natural Gas Blend Opened in 2021 [6]

Coal[]

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Avon Lake Power Station (unit 9) Avon Lake 680 NRG Energy Coal (1 unit) Unit 7 from 1949 era unit shut down, Unit 9 to shut down early April 2022.[7]
Bay Shore Oregon 150 Walleye Energy LLC Petroleum Coke (1 unit) Opened in 1955.[8]
Cardinal Power Plant Brilliant 1800 American Electric Power (AEP)/Buckeye Power Coal (3 units) To be converted to natural gas by 2030.[9]
Gavin Power Plant Cheshire 2640 Coal (2 units) [10] Only runs 60% of the time. Up to 50% of Gavin’s cash flow comes from being on standby for emergency power[11]
Kyger Creek Power Plant Cheshire 1086 Ohio Valley Electric Corporation Coal (5 units) [12] Subsidized by the controversial HB6 Bill until 2030 [13]
Miami Fort Power Station North Bend 1020 Dynegy Coal (2 units) Older units shut down in 2015. Planned retirement by year-end 2027 or earlier.[14][15]
Toledo Refining Power Recovery Oregon 6.0 Toledo Refining Co. Petroleum Coke (1 unit) Opened in 1986.[16]
W. H. Sammis Power Plant Stratton 1500 Energy Harbor Coal (3 units) Units 1-4 shut down in May 2020.[17] Units 5-7 are to be closed by Dec 31, 2028.[18]
William H. Zimmer Power Station Moscow 1300 Dynegy Coal (1 unit) Largest single unit power plant in the United States.[3] Planned retirement by mid 2022.[14]

Nuclear[]

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Perry Nuclear Generating Station North Perry 1231 Energy Harbor Nuclear boiling water reactor (1 unit)
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Oak Harbor 960 Energy Harbor Nuclear Pressurized water reactor (1 unit)

Wind[]

See also: Wind power in Ohio
Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Wood County 7.2 American Municipal Power[19] Wind power
Blue Creek Wind Farm Paulding and Van Wert Counties 304 Iberdrola Renewables 160 Wind Turbines Operational.[20]
Paulding County 362.7 EDP Renewables 158 Wind Turbines Operational.[20]
Hog Creek Hardin County 66 30 Wind Turbines Operational.[20]
Northwest Ohio Paulding County 100 42 Wind Turbines Operational.[20]
Scioto Ridge Hardin County & Logan County 249.8 Innogy 75 Wind Turbines Operational.[20]
Icebreaker Cuyahoga County 20.7 6 Wind Turbines Approved for Construction.[20]
Emerson Creek Hardin County & Erie County 297.7 71 Wind Turbines Approved for Construction.[20]

Solar[]

See also: Solar power in Ohio
Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Bowling Green Solar Facility Bowling Green 20 NextEra Solar photovoltaic (85,680 panels) [21] Currently the largest solar plant in Ohio.
Napoleon Solar Facility Napoleon 3.54 American Municipal Power Solar photovoltaic [21]
Wadsworth Rittman Rd. Facility Wadsworth 2.625 American Municipal Power Solar photovoltaic [21]
Wadsworth Seville Rd. Facility Wadsworth 6.25 American Municipal Power Solar photovoltaic [21]
Wyandot Solar Facility Upper Sandusky 12 Public Service Enterprise Group Solar photovoltaic (160,000 panels) Opened in 2010.
Hardin I Hardin County 150 Solar photovoltaic Operational.[22]
Hillcrest Brown County 200 Solar photovoltaic Operational.[22]
Hardin II Hardin County 170 Solar photovoltaic Under Construction.[22]
Yellowbud Pickaway & Ross County 274 Solar photovoltaic Under Construction.[22]
New Market Highland County 65 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Vinton Vinton County 125 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Willowbrook I Brown County 150 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Highland Highland County 300 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Nestlewood Brown County 80 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Atlanta Farms Pickaway County 200 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Madison Fields Madison County 180 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Madison Madison County 196 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Arche Fulton County 107 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Alamo Preble County 69.9 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Angelina Preble County 80 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Powell Creek Putnam County 150 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Fox Squirrel Madison County 577 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Wheatsborough Erie County 125 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Mark Center Defiance County 110 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Hardin III Hardin County 300 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Clearview Champaign County 144 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Ross County Ross County 120 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Cadence Union County 275 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Juliet Wood County 101 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Sycamore Creek Crawford County 117 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]
Marion County Marion County 100 Solar photovoltaic Approved for Construction.[22]

Hydroelectricity[]

See also: List of dams and reservoirs in Ohio
Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
O'Shaughnessy Dam Dublin 5.2 City of Columbus Hydroelectricity [23] Offline as of August 2018. It is unknown when or if it will be fixed.
Hamilton Hydro Hamilton 2 City of Hamilton Hydroelectricity [23]
Auglaize Hydroelectric Plant Bryan 4.5 City of Bryan Hydroelectricity [23]
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam Felicity 105 American Municipal Power Hydroelectricity [23] Largest hydroelectric plant on the Ohio river and is located on Kentucky side of the Ohio River. The City of Hamilton retains 51.4% of the power generation[24]
Greenup Lock and Dam Franklin Furnace 70.2 American Municipal Power Hydroelectricity [23]
Racine Lock and Dam Racine 20 AEP Hydroelectricity [23]
Belleville Lock and Dam Reedsville 42 American Municipal Power Hydroelectricity [23] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Willow Island Lock and Dam Newport 44 American Municipal Power Hydroelectricity [23] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Hannibal Locks and Dam Hannibal 19 New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro Hydroelectricity [23] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.

Battery Storage[]

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Battery Utility of Ohio Sunbury 4 Battery Utility of Ohio Battery [23]
AEP Bluffton NaS Bluffton 2 Ohio Power Co Battery [23]
HMV Minster Energy Storage System Minster 7 Half Moon Ventures LLC Battery [23]
Willey Battery Utility Hamilton 6 Willey Battery Utility Battery [23]
Clinton Battery Blanchester 10 Clinton Battery Utility Battery [23]
Beckjord Power Station New Richmond 4 Duke Energy Battery [23]

Closed plants[]

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Ashtabula 244 FirstEnergy Coal Closed in 2015[25]
W.C. Beckjord Power Station New Richmond 1304 Duke Energy, DPL Inc., AEP Coal (6 units) Closed in 2014[26][27]
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 1257 FirstEnergy Coal (units 1-5) / Natural Gas (unit 6) Units 4-5 closed 2012, Units 1-3 closed in 2015, Unit 6 closed 2020.[25]
O.H. Hutchings Station Miamisburg 414 DPL Inc. Coal Closed in 2013[28]
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.
Cleveland 245 FirstEnergy Coal Closed in 2015[25]
Muskingum River Power Plant Beverly 1375 American Electric Power Coal (5 units) Closed in 2015[29]
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,[30] and it could operate short-term at ultra-supercritical levels.[31]
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[32]
Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light Building Sidney City of Sidney Hydroelectric (1 unit) Began generation in 1900[33]
J.M. Stuart Station Aberdeen 2318 AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy, and AEP Coal (4 units) Sold to AES 2012[3] Closed in 2018.
Dayton 586 DPL Inc. Natural Gas/Oil Closed 2013
Tidd Plant Brilliant 220 Ohio Power Coal Retired in 1976. Was used as a demonstration for pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) for four years from 1991–1995.
Toronto Power Plant Toronto Ohio Edison Coal Closed in 1993
Trash Burning Power Plant Columbus SWACO Waste-to-energy Closed in 1994

See also[]

References[]

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