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Power plants in North America

12,797 power plants across 14 countries in North America. Browse by country.

12,797power plants
2,453,853MW
14Country
868Mt CO₂/yr with asset-level data

Fuel — North America

Solar: 3,493 plants3kSolarGas: 2,436 plants2kGasHydro: 2,158 plants2kHydroWind: 1,406 plants1kWindOil: 1,014 plants1kOilCoal: 843 plants843CoalWaste: 556 plants556WasteBiomass: 384 plants384Biomass

Backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ from measured US EPA/EU ETS and Climate TRACE where available.

Countries

Countrypower plantsMW
United States of America10,9382,149,799
Canada1,211174,597
Mexico36697,855
Guatemala773,968
Honduras473,168
Dominican Republic305,844
Costa Rica271,928
Cuba226,551
Panama212,846
El Salvador191,891
Nicaragua191,271
Jamaica132,028
Trinidad and Tobago62,103
Saint Lucia13

power plants — North America

#PlantFuelCountryMW
1Grand CouleeHydroUnited States of America6,809
2Palo Verde nuclear power plantNuclearUnited States of America6,782
3Fermi America Project Matador power stationGasUnited States of America6,000
4Comanche Peak nuclear power plantNuclearUnited States of America5,909
5Shearon Harris nuclear power plantNuclearUnited States of America5,895
6Robert-BourassaHydroCanada5,616
7North Anna nuclear power plantNuclearUnited States of America5,615
8Churchill FallsHydroCanada5,428
9South Texas nuclear power plantNuclearUnited States of America5,416
10Chevron AI Data Center ProjectGasUnited States of America5,000
11GW Ranch Energy CenterGasUnited States of America5,000
12Alvin W Vogtle nuclear power plantNuclearUnited States of America4,958
13Hartsville nuclear power plantNuclearUnited States of America4,876
14Bellefonte nuclear power plantNuclearUnited States of America4,746
15Alan R. Barton nuclear power plantNuclearUnited States of America4,636
16Atlantic nuclear power plantNuclearUnited States of America4,600
17Grand Gulf nuclear power plantNuclearUnited States of America4,270
18West County Energy CenterGasUnited States of America4,263
19Palo VerdeNuclearUnited States of America4,242
20Turkey Point nuclear power stationNuclearUnited States of America4,158

CO₂ — North America

#PlantFuelCountryMt CO₂/yr
1Gavin Power LLCCoalUnited States of America13.5
2Oak Grove (TX)CoalUnited States of America12.3
3Monroe (MI)CoalUnited States of America11.4
4FirstEnergy Harrison Power StationCoalUnited States of America11.2
5Laramie River StationCoalUnited States of America11.0
6GhentCoalUnited States of America9.7
7Cumberland (TN)CoalUnited States of America9.5
8Crystal RiverGasUnited States of America8.4
9Manuel Álvarez Moreno (Manzanillo)OilMexico8.4
10Fayette Power ProjectCoalUnited States of America7.2
11Mill Creek (KY)CoalUnited States of America7.2
12Gerald GentlemanCoalUnited States of America7.2
13Four CornersCoalUnited States of America7.2
14SpringervilleCoalUnited States of America7.0
15Comanche (CO)CoalUnited States of America7.0