| # | Plant | Fuel | Country | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plaquemines LNG Terminal power station | Gas | United States of America | 2,860 |
| 2 | Nine Mile Point | Gas | United States of America | 2,439.7 |
| 3 | Willow Glen | Gas | United States of America | 2,178 |
| 4 | Big Cajun 2 | Coal | United States of America | 1,902.9 |
| 5 | Big Cajun II Power Plant | Coal | United States of America | 1,902.9 |
| 6 | Brame Energy power station | Gas | United States of America | 1,707.5 |
| 7 | Brame Energy Center | Petcoke | United States of America | 1,707.3 |
| 8 | R S Nelson | Coal | United States of America | 1,433.6 |
| 9 | Acadia Energy Center | Gas | United States of America | 1,390 |
| 10 | Waterford 3 | Nuclear | United States of America | 1,250 |
| 11 | Sabine Pass LNG Terminal power station | Gas | United States of America | 1,249.2 |
| 12 | Plaquemine Cogeneration Plant | Gas | United States of America | 1,084.8 |
| 13 | River Bend | Nuclear | United States of America | 1,016 |
| 14 | Little Gypsy | Gas | United States of America | 1,002.9 |
| 15 | St. Charles Power Station (LA) | Gas | United States of America | 1,000 |
| 16 | Michoud | Gas | United States of America | 959.2 |
| 17 | Waterford 1 & 2 | Gas | United States of America | 932 |
| 18 | Coughlin Power Station | Gas | United States of America | 922.8 |
| 19 | Ouachita | Gas | United States of America | 903 |
| 20 | Taft Cogeneration Facility | Gas | United States of America | 894.2 |
| 21 | Perryville Power Station | Gas | United States of America | 824.1 |
| 22 | Dolet Hills | Coal | United States of America | 720.7 |
| 23 | Dolet Hills power station | Coal | United States of America | 720.7 |
| 24 | Calcasieu Pass LNG Terminal power station | Gas | United States of America | 720 |
| 25 | J Lamar Stall Unit | Gas | United States of America | 624 |
| 26 | Roy S. Nelson Generating Plant | Coal | United States of America | 614.6 |
| 27 | Carville Energy LLC | Gas | United States of America | 555 |
| 28 | Big Cajun I | Gas | United States of America | 494 |
| 29 | RS Cogen | Gas | United States of America | 493 |
| 30 | Big Cajun 1 | Gas | United States of America | 492.8 |
| 31 | LaO Energy Systems | Gas | United States of America | 464.5 |
| 32 | Louisiana 1 | Gas | United States of America | 450.9 |
| 33 | Bayou Cove Peaking Power | Gas | United States of America | 416 |
| 34 | Washington Parish energy center | Gas | United States of America | 400 |
| 35 | Teche | Gas | United States of America | 390.7 |
| 36 | New Orleans Power | Gas | United States of America | 381.6 |
| 37 | Calcasieu | Gas | United States of America | 358.8 |
| 38 | PPG Powerhouse C | Gas | United States of America | 357 |
| 39 | Louis Doc Bonin | Gas | United States of America | 340.9 |
| 40 | Dow St Charles Operations | Gas | United States of America | 323.6 |
| 41 | Westlake Plaquemine | Gas | United States of America | 306 |
| 42 | G2 Net-Zero power plant | Gas | United States of America | 300 |
| 43 | Lieberman | Gas | United States of America | 228 |
| 44 | NRG Sterlington Power | Gas | United States of America | 208.5 |
| 45 | Sidney A Murray Jr Hydroelectric | Hydro | United States of America | 192 |
| 46 | Mansfield Mill | Biomass | United States of America | 172 |
| 47 | PPG Riverside | Other | United States of America | 162 |
| 48 | Arsenal Hill | Gas | United States of America | 125 |
| 49 | Formosa Plastics | Gas | United States of America | 100.8 |
| 50 | Hargis-Hebert Electric Generating | Gas | United States of America | 100 |
| 51 | T J Labbe Electric Generating | Gas | United States of America | 100 |
| 52 | Gaylord Container Bogalusa | Waste | United States of America | 99.5 |
| 53 | ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Turbine Generator | Gas | United States of America | 85.3 |
| 54 | Gramercy Holdings LLC | Gas | United States of America | 85.3 |
| 55 | Plant 31 Paper Mill | Biomass | United States of America | 84.2 |
| 56 | Geismar | Gas | United States of America | 84.1 |
| 57 | Geismar Cogen | Gas | United States of America | 83.9 |
| 58 | Toledo Bend | Hydro | United States of America | 81 |
| 59 | Shell Chemical | Gas | United States of America | 80 |
| 60 | Houma | Gas | United States of America | 78.9 |
| 61 | International Paper Red River Mill | Biomass | United States of America | 78.8 |
| 62 | CITGO Refinery Powerhouse | Gas | United States of America | 75 |
| 63 | LEPA Unit No. 1 | Gas | United States of America | 74.1 |
| 64 | Westrock Hodge (LA) | Biomass | United States of America | 66.4 |
| 65 | D G Hunter | Gas | United States of America | 65.1 |
| 66 | DeRidder Mill | Biomass | United States of America | 61.5 |
| 67 | Georgia-Pacific Port Hudson | Gas | United States of America | 60 |
| 68 | Sterlington | Gas | United States of America | 59.3 |
| 69 | St. Mary Clean Energy Center | Cogeneration | United States of America | 58.2 |
| 70 | PPG Powerhouse A | Other | United States of America | 52.5 |
| 71 | CII Carbon LLC | Cogeneration | United States of America | 46 |
| 72 | Lake Charles Plant | Cogeneration | United States of America | 36.4 |
| 73 | Lake Charles Polymers | Gas | United States of America | 31.1 |
| 74 | Ivanhoe Generation Facility | Other | United States of America | 31 |
| 75 | Mosaic Phosphates Uncle Sam | Cogeneration | United States of America | 26 |
| 76 | Alliance Refinery | Gas | United States of America | 25 |
| 77 | Oak Point Cogen | Gas | United States of America | 23.5 |
| 78 | ADA Carbon Solutions Red River | Cogeneration | United States of America | 20.8 |
| 79 | LSU Cogen | Gas | United States of America | 19.6 |
| 80 | Domino Sugar Arabi Plant | Gas | United States of America | 14 |
| 81 | PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | Cogeneration | United States of America | 14 |
| 82 | St Francisville Mill | Biomass | United States of America | 12.5 |
| 83 | Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd | Waste | United States of America | 12.1 |
| 84 | Burnside Alumina Plant | Gas | United States of America | 12 |
| 85 | New Roads | Gas | United States of America | 9.4 |
| 86 | Grand Isle Gas Plant / Treating Station | Gas | United States of America | 9 |
| 87 | Rayne | Oil | United States of America | 8.2 |
| 88 | Port Allen (LA) | Gas | United States of America | 7.6 |
| 89 | Louisiana Tech University Power Plant | Gas | United States of America | 7.5 |
| 90 | Louisiana Sugar Refining | Gas | United States of America | 6.7 |
| 91 | Chalmette Refining LLC | Other | United States of America | 5.7 |
| 92 | Neptune Gas Processing Plant | Other | United States of America | 4.5 |
| 93 | PPG Plant C Caustic | Gas | United States of America | 3.4 |
| 94 | Enterprise Sugar Factory | Waste | United States of America | 3 |
| 95 | New Orleans Solar Power Plant | Solar | United States of America | 1.6 |
Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.
Frequently asked questions
What ranks first in largest power plants in louisiana, united states of america by capacity?
Plaquemines LNG Terminal power station (United States of America) ranks #1 with 2,860 mw.
How many power plants are in this ranking?
This ranking covers 95 power plants in Louisiana, United States of America.
Which plants make the top three?
1. Plaquemines LNG Terminal power station (2,860); 2. Nine Mile Point (2,439.7); 3. Willow Glen (2,178).
