Coal power plant in South Carolina, United States of America. Approximate location 33.3318, -79.3572.
CoalSouth CarolinaUnited States of AmericaAnnounced
Winyah is a 1,260 MW coal power station in South Carolina, United States of America. It ranks #484 of 10,938 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).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0006249.
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capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000104182; fuel: WRI GPPD
At 1,260 MW, Winyah 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.
The #185 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.
Coordinates 33.3318, -79.3572 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Winyah is a 1,260 MW coal power plant in South Carolina, United States of America, Announced 1978.
