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Power plants in United States of America

A directory of 9,833 power plants in United States of America with a combined installed capacity of 1,204,638 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

9,833power plants
1,204,638MW total capacity
14fuel types
1401with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (United States of America)

Solar: 3,283 plants3kSolarGas: 1,818 plants2kGasHydro: 1,449 plants1kHydroWind: 1,139 plants1kWindOil: 876 plants876OilWaste: 541 plants541WasteCoal: 286 plants286CoalBiomass: 153 plants153Biomass

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

United States of America electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

384gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
43.0%low-carbon electricity
25.6%renewables
57.0%fossil fuels
Gas: 40 % of electricity40GasNuclear: 17 % of electricity17NuclearCoal: 16 % of electricity16CoalWind: 10 % of electricity10WindSolar: 9 % of electricity9SolarHydro: 5 % of electricity5HydroBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1BioenergyOil: 1 % of electricity1Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in United States of America

#PlantFuelMW
1Grand CouleeHydro6,809
2West County Energy CenterGas4,263
3Palo VerdeNuclear4,210
4W A ParishCoal4,008
5SchererCoal3,564
6BowenCoal3,499
7Browns FerryNuclear3,494
8Crystal RiverGas3,449
9GibsonCoal3,340
10Monroe (MI)Coal3,293
11ManateeOil2,951
12John E AmosCoal2,933
13Peach BottomNuclear2,876
14Bath CountyHydro2,862
15Turkey PointNuclear2,861
16Jack McDonoughGas2,848
17James H Miller JrCoal2,822
18South Texas ProjectNuclear2,709
19Fort MyersGas2,681
20OconeeNuclear2,667

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Solar (3283)Gas (1818)Hydro (1449)Wind (1139)Oil (876)Waste (541)Coal (286)Biomass (153)Storage (104)Geothermal (65)Nuclear (58)Cogeneration (34)Other (16)Petcoke (11)