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Jeffrey Energy Center — United States of America

Coal power plant in Kansas, United States of America. Approximate location 39.2865, -96.1172.

CoalKansasUnited States of AmericaSteamAnnounced

Jeffrey Energy Center is a 2,160 MW coal power station in Kansas, United States of America. It ranks #153 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).

2,160MW installed capacity

1980Announced

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0006068.

Data status

Known data

FacilityJeffrey Energy Center WRI

CountryUnited States of America · Kansas WRI

Coordinates39.2865, -96.1172 WRI

FuelCoal WRI

MW installed capacity2,160 MW GEM · 2026 · L100000103922; operating plant capacity

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

OwnerEvergy Kansas Central Inc WRI

Commissioned1980 WRI

TechnologySteam WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#153 / 10884 calculated

Fuel-specific rank in country#49 / 802 calculated

Capacity vs country/fuel peers3.87× · 558 MW · n=802 calculated

Climate12.3°C · HDD 2,739 derived from coordinates

Environmental severityC2 · 36/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

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.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000103922; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 2,160 MW, Jeffrey Energy Center is well above the median coal plant in United States of America (558 MW). Technically it is described as Steam. 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 #49 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

Jeffrey Energy Center · Coal · 2,160 MW · Kansas
Wamego · Gas · 15.2 MW · Kansas
Waste Management Rolling Meadows LFGTE · Waste · 5.6 MW · Kansas
Holton · Oil · 21.5 MW · Kansas
Marshall Wind Farm · Wind · 73.8 MW · Kansas
Tecumseh Energy Center · Coal · 290 MW · Kansas

Location

Coordinates 39.2865, -96.1172 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Jeffrey Energy Center?

Jeffrey Energy Center is a 2,160 MW coal power plant in Kansas, United States of America, Announced 1980.

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