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Kentucky Utilities Co — power plant portfolio

Kentucky Utilities Co operates 7 power plants across 2 countries, with a combined installed capacity of 5,663 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 11,441,845 t CO₂/yr.

7power plants
5,663MW total capacity
2countries
11,441,845t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Gas: 3 plants3GasCoal: 3 plants3CoalHydro: 1 plants1Hydro

Fleet interpretation

Kentucky Utilities Co is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 2 countries; the largest concentration is United States of America (7), United States (0).

The fuel mix by asset count is gas (3), coal (3), hydro (1). The largest listed asset is Ghent in United States of America (2,226 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 847 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 4 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 3 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 7 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
GhentCoalUnited States of America2,2269,677,872
Mitchell (WV)CoalUnited States of America1,633
E W BrownGasUnited States of America1,4581,062,999
Big SandyGasUnited States of America280640,818
Green RiverCoalUnited States of America264
HaeflingGasUnited States of America4160,156
Dix DamHydroUnited States of America28

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Kentucky Utilities Co operate?

Kentucky Utilities Co operates 7 power plants across 2 countries, with about 5,663 MW of total capacity.

What is Kentucky Utilities Co's largest power plant?

Ghent in United States of America is its largest at about 2,226 MW.

What types of power plants does Kentucky Utilities Co run?

Its fleet is mostly gas (3), coal (3), hydro (1).

How much CO₂ do Kentucky Utilities Co's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 11,441,845 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology