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East Bend — United States of America

Coal power plant in Indiana, United States of America. Approximate location 38.9036, -84.8514.

CoalIndianaUnited States of AmericaAnnounced

East Bend is a 772 MW coal power station in Indiana, United States of America. It ranks #818 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 16.3% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

772MW installed capacity

1981Announced

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0006018.

Data status

Known data

FacilityEast Bend WRI

CountryUnited States of America · Indiana WRI

Coordinates38.9036, -84.8514 WRI

FuelCoal WRI

MW installed capacity772 MW GEM · 2026 · L100000103938; part of a generating complex

Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified

OwnerDuke Energy Kentucky Inc WRI

Commissioned1981 WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#818 / 10884 calculated

Fuel-specific rank in country#301 / 802 calculated

Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.38× · 558 MW · n=802 calculated

Climate12.1°C · HDD 2,636 derived from coordinates

Environmental severityC2 · 34/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

TechnologyNot available not in dataset

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 669 MW for East Bend Generating Station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000103938; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 772 MW, East Bend is well above the median coal plant in United States of America (558 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #301 largest coal power plant of 802 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 802 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 621,194 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

East Bend Generating Station · Coal · 669.3 MW · Kentucky
Markland · Hydro · 78 MW · Kentucky
Bavarian LFGTE · Waste · 4.8 MW · Kentucky
Tanners Creek · Coal · 1,100.1 MW · Indiana
Lawrenceburg Power LLC · Gas · 1,232 MW · Indiana
L'Oreal Solar - Florence · Solar · 1.1 MW · Kentucky

Location

Coordinates 38.9036, -84.8514 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is East Bend?

East Bend is a 772 MW coal power plant in Indiana, United States of America, Announced 1981.

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