This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Alabama, sorted by type and name. In 2021, Alabama had a total summer capacity of 28,911 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 144,967 GWh. [2] The electrical energy generation mix in 2023 was 43.7% natural gas, 32.5% nuclear, 13.7% coal, 7.1% hydroelectric, 2.2% biomass, and 0.8% solar. [1] 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.
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Year Completed |
Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant | Limestone County | 34°42′15″N 87°07′08″W / 34.7042°N 87.1189°W | 3,774.4 | 1974 - Unit 1 1975 - Unit 2 1977 - Unit 3 |
|
Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station | Houston County | 31°13′23″N 85°06′42″W / 31.2231°N 85.1116°W | 1,751.0 | 1977 - Unit 1 1981 - Unit 2 |
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Coal Type | Year Completed |
Operational/Closure Date | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James M. Barry Electric Generating Plant (Plant Barry) | Mobile County | 31°0′21.2688″N 88°0′40.9782″W / 31.005908000°N 88.011382833°W | 1,770.7 | Coal (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] |
E. C. Gaston Power Station (Plant Gaston) | Shelby County | 33°14′24″N 86°27′50.3994″W / 33.24000°N 86.463999833°W | 2,012.8 | Coal (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 |
[4] |
Charles R. Lowman Power Plant | Washington County | 31°29′23.3988″N 87°55′17.3994″W / 31.489833000°N 87.921499833°W | 538.0 | Coal (Bituminous) | 1969 - Unit 1 1978 - Unit 2 1980 - Unit 3 |
Closed - 2020 Gas unit under construction |
[5] [6] |
James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant (Plant Miller) | Jefferson County | 33°38′44.2746″N 87°3′25.4478″W / 33.645631833°N 87.057068833°W | 2,822.0 | Coal (Bituminous) | 1978 - Unit 1 1985 - Unit 2 1989 - Unit 3 1991 - Unit 4 |
Operational | [7] |
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Generation Type |
Year Completed |
Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. C. Gaston | Shelby County | 33°14′24″N 86°27′51″W / 33.24000°N 86.46417°W | 16.0 | Simple Cycle | 1970 | [4] |
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. [8]
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Year Completed |
Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lafayette Solar Farm | Chambers County | 32°52′35″N 85°23′18″W / 32.8763°N 85.3882°W | 79.2 | 2017 | |
River Bend Solar | Lauderdale County | 34°49′53″N 87°50′32″W / 34.8315°N 87.8422°W | 75.0 | 2016 |
Alabama had no utility-scale wind facilities in 2019.
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Energy Type | Operation Dates | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colbert County | Colbert Fossil Plant (Plant Colbert) | 34°44′27.5994″N 87°50′57.8004″W / 34.740999833°N 87.849389000°W | 1,350.0 | Coal ( Bituminous) | 1955-2016 | [9] [10] [11] [12] |
William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant (Plant Gorgas) | Walker County | 33°38′42.1008″N 87°11′55.5″W / 33.645028000°N 87.198750°W | 1,416.7 | Coal (Bituminous) | 1951-2019 | [13] [14] |
Widows Creek Fossil Plant | Jackson County | 34°53′28.8996″N 85°45′2.8002″W / 34.891361000°N 85.750777833°W | 1,969.0 | Coal (Bituminous) | 1952-2015 | [15] [16] [17] |
Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station | Jackson County | 34°42′31″N 85°55′45″W / 34.70861°N 85.92917°W | Unknown | Nuclear | Cancelled |