Winyah — United States of America

Winyah is a 1,260 MW coal power station in South Carolina, United States of America. It ranks #432 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).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0006249.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000104182; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

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.

How it compares & nearby plants

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.

Nearby power plants

• Winyah Generating Station · Coal · 1,260 MW · South Carolina
• International Paper Georgetown Mill · Waste · 95.6 MW · South Carolina
• Georgetown LFGTE · Waste · 1.1 MW · South Carolina
• Cherry Blossom Solar LLC · Solar · 10 MW · South Carolina
• St Stephen · Hydro · 84 MW · South Carolina
• Bell Bay Solar Farm · Solar · 1.6 MW · South Carolina

Location

Coordinates 33.3318, -79.3572 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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