Power plants in United States of AmericaA directory of 10,938 power plants in United States of America with a combined installed capacity of 2,149,799 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.
Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
Across the 1,179 United States of America power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 757 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, Gavin Power LLC (coal), accounts for about 2% of that 1,179-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — Tennessee Valley Authority, Associated Electric Coop Inc, Monongahela Power Co — control roughly 7% of that 1,179-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a temperate Köppen climate zone.
CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Coulee | Hydro | 6,809 |
| 2 | Palo Verde nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 6,782 |
| 3 | Fermi America Project Matador power station | Gas | 6,000 |
| 4 | Comanche Peak nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 5,909 |
| 5 | Shearon Harris nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 5,895 |
| 6 | North Anna nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 5,615 |
| 7 | South Texas nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 5,416 |
| 8 | Chevron AI Data Center Project | Gas | 5,000 |
| 9 | GW Ranch Energy Center | Gas | 5,000 |
| 10 | Alvin W Vogtle nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 4,958 |
| 11 | Hartsville nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 4,876 |
| 12 | Bellefonte nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 4,746 |
| 13 | Alan R. Barton nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 4,636 |
| 14 | Atlantic nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 4,600 |
| 15 | Grand Gulf nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 4,270 |
| 16 | West County Energy Center | Gas | 4,263 |
| 17 | Palo Verde | Nuclear | 4,242 |
| 18 | Turkey Point nuclear power station | Nuclear | 4,158 |
| 19 | Fermi nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 4,034 |
| 20 | Callaway nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 3,995 |
Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — United States of America. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/united-states-of-america/
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There are 10,938 power plants in United States of America in this open dataset, with about 2,149,799 MW of total capacity.
Grand Coulee is the largest at about 6,809 MW (hydro).
The most common plant type in this dataset is solar (3283 plants), across 14 fuel types in total.
United States of America's grid carbon intensity is about 384 gCO₂/kWh, with 43.0% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
