| # | Plant | Fuel | Country | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Coulee | Hydro | United States of America | 6,809 |
| 2 | Chief Joseph | Hydro | United States of America | 2,456.2 |
| 3 | John Day | Hydro | United States of America | 2,160 |
| 4 | The Dalles | Hydro | United States of America | 1,819.7 |
| 5 | Transalta Centralia Generation | Coal | United States of America | 1,459.8 |
| 6 | Rocky Reach | Hydro | United States of America | 1,299.6 |
| 7 | Wanapum | Hydro | United States of America | 1,220 |
| 8 | Columbia Generating Station | Nuclear | United States of America | 1,190 |
| 9 | Priest Rapids | Hydro | United States of America | 950 |
| 10 | Little Goose | Hydro | United States of America | 810 |
| 11 | Lower Granite | Hydro | United States of America | 810 |
| 12 | Lower Monumental | Hydro | United States of America | 810 |
| 13 | Wells | Hydro | United States of America | 774 |
| 14 | Grays Harbor Energy Facility | Gas | United States of America | 715 |
| 15 | Rock Island | Hydro | United States of America | 629.4 |
| 16 | Ice Harbor | Hydro | United States of America | 603 |
| 17 | Chehalis Generating Facility | Gas | United States of America | 593 |
| 18 | Ross | Hydro | United States of America | 450 |
| 19 | Lower Snake River Wind Energy Project | Wind | United States of America | 342.7 |
| 20 | Mint Farm Generating Station | Gas | United States of America | 319 |
| 21 | Frederickson Power LP | Gas | United States of America | 318.3 |
| 22 | Goldendale Generating Station | Gas | United States of America | 303 |
| 23 | Mossyrock | Hydro | United States of America | 300 |
| 24 | Ferndale Generating Station | Gas | United States of America | 285.5 |
| 25 | Wild Horse | Wind | United States of America | 273 |
| 26 | Tucannon River Wind Farm | Wind | United States of America | 266.8 |
| 27 | Windy Flats Wind Project | Wind | United States of America | 262.2 |
| 28 | River Road Gen Plant | Gas | United States of America | 248 |
| 29 | Swift 1 | Hydro | United States of America | 240 |
| 30 | Marengo Wind Plant | Wind | United States of America | 234 |
| 31 | Gorge | Hydro | United States of America | 207.3 |
| 32 | White Creek Wind Farm | Wind | United States of America | 204 |
| 33 | Big Horn Wind Project | Wind | United States of America | 199 |
| 34 | Diablo | Hydro | United States of America | 182.4 |
| 35 | Frederickson | Gas | United States of America | 177.8 |
| 36 | FPL Energy Vansycle LLC (WA) | Wind | United States of America | 176.9 |
| 37 | Encogen | Gas | United States of America | 176.4 |
| 38 | Whitehorn | Gas | United States of America | 170 |
| 39 | Mayfield | Hydro | United States of America | 162 |
| 40 | Juniper Canyon I Wind Project | Wind | United States of America | 151.2 |
| 41 | Hopkins Ridge Wind | Wind | United States of America | 149.4 |
| 42 | March Point Cogeneration | Gas | United States of America | 139.8 |
| 43 | HF Sinclair Puget Sound Refining | Gas | United States of America | 139.8 |
| 44 | Tuolumne Wind Project | Wind | United States of America | 136.3 |
| 45 | Merwin | Hydro | United States of America | 136 |
| 46 | Yale | Hydro | United States of America | 134 |
| 47 | Sumas Power Plant | Gas | United States of America | 125.5 |
| 48 | FPL Energy Vansycle LLC (OR) | Wind | United States of America | 122.8 |
| 49 | H M Jackson | Hydro | United States of America | 111.8 |
| 50 | Lower Baker | Hydro | United States of America | 111.2 |
| 51 | Palouse | Wind | United States of America | 105.3 |
| 52 | Upper Baker | Hydro | United States of America | 104.8 |
| 53 | Goodnoe Hills | Wind | United States of America | 103 |
| 54 | Sagebrush Power Partners | Wind | United States of America | 100.7 |
| 55 | Harvest Wind Project | Wind | United States of America | 98.9 |
| 56 | Nine Canyon | Wind | United States of America | 96 |
| 57 | Summer Falls Power Plant | Hydro | United States of America | 92 |
| 58 | Vantage Wind Energy LLC | Wind | United States of America | 90 |
| 59 | Cushman 2 | Hydro | United States of America | 84.6 |
| 60 | Swift 2 | Hydro | United States of America | 72 |
| 61 | Cowlitz Falls | Hydro | United States of America | 70 |
| 62 | Long Lake | Hydro | United States of America | 70 |
| 63 | LaGrande | Hydro | United States of America | 64 |
| 64 | WestRock (WA) | Biomass | United States of America | 64 |
| 65 | Nippon Dynawave Packaging Longview WA | Waste | United States of America | 62.4 |
| 66 | Northeast (WA) | Gas | United States of America | 61.8 |
| 67 | Chelan | Hydro | United States of America | 59.2 |
| 68 | Kettle Falls Generating Station | Waste | United States of America | 57.9 |
| 69 | Alder | Hydro | United States of America | 50 |
| 70 | Big Horn Wind II | Wind | United States of America | 50 |
| 71 | Linden Wind Energy Project | Wind | United States of America | 50 |
| 72 | Cushman 1 | Hydro | United States of America | 43.2 |
| 73 | Little Falls (WA) | Hydro | United States of America | 43.2 |
| 74 | Albeni Falls | Hydro | United States of America | 42 |
| 75 | Georgia-Pacific Wauna Mill | Biomass | United States of America | 39.8 |
| 76 | Snoqualmie 2 | Hydro | United States of America | 38.7 |
| 77 | Nine Mile | Hydro | United States of America | 37.6 |
| 78 | Roosevelt Biogas 1 | Waste | United States of America | 36.5 |
| 79 | Cedar Falls (WA) | Hydro | United States of America | 30 |
| 80 | Sierra Pacific Burlington Facility | Waste | United States of America | 28 |
| 81 | Packwood | Hydro | United States of America | 27.5 |
| 82 | Main Canal Headworks | Hydro | United States of America | 26.8 |
| 83 | Spokane Waste to Energy | Waste | United States of America | 26 |
| 84 | Boulder Park | Gas | United States of America | 24.6 |
| 85 | Twin Falls Hydro | Hydro | United States of America | 24 |
| 86 | Electron | Hydro | United States of America | 22.8 |
| 87 | McKinley Paper Co. - Washington Mill | Waste | United States of America | 20 |
| 88 | Adams Nielson Solar | Solar | United States of America | 19.2 |
| 89 | Sierra Pacific Aberdeen | Waste | United States of America | 18 |
| 90 | Upriver Dam Hydro Plant | Hydro | United States of America | 17.6 |
| 91 | South Fork Tolt | Hydro | United States of America | 16.8 |
| 92 | Cosmo Specialty Fibers Plant | Waste | United States of America | 15 |
| 93 | University of Washington Power Plant | Oil | United States of America | 15 |
| 94 | Monroe Street | Hydro | United States of America | 14.8 |
| 95 | Tieton Dam Hydro Electric Project | Hydro | United States of America | 13.8 |
| 96 | Roza | Hydro | United States of America | 12.9 |
| 97 | Snoqualmie | Hydro | United States of America | 12.8 |
| 98 | Wynoochee | Hydro | United States of America | 12.8 |
| 99 | Chandler | Hydro | United States of America | 12 |
| 100 | Koma Kulshan Associates | Hydro | United States of America | 12 |
| 101 | Yelm | Hydro | United States of America | 12 |
| 102 | Alden Bailey Power Plant | Gas | United States of America | 10.9 |
| 103 | SDS Lumber Gorge Energy Division | Waste | United States of America | 10 |
| 104 | Upper Falls | Hydro | United States of America | 10 |
| 105 | Quincy Chute | Hydro | United States of America | 9.4 |
| 106 | Port Townsend Paper | Biomass | United States of America | 7.9 |
| 107 | Youngs Creek Hydroelectric Project | Hydro | United States of America | 7.5 |
| 108 | PEC Headworks | Hydro | United States of America | 6.6 |
| 109 | Dalles Dam North Fishway Project | Hydro | United States of America | 6.5 |
| 110 | Russell D Smith | Hydro | United States of America | 6.1 |
| 111 | Calligan Creek Hydroelectric Project | Hydro | United States of America | 6 |
| 112 | Coastal Energy Project | Wind | United States of America | 6 |
| 113 | Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project | Hydro | United States of America | 6 |
| 114 | Cedar Hills | Waste | United States of America | 5.4 |
| 115 | West Point Treatment Plant | Biomass | United States of America | 4.6 |
| 116 | Darrington | Waste | United States of America | 4.5 |
| 117 | LRI LFGTE Facility | Waste | United States of America | 4.5 |
| 118 | Swauk Wind LLC | Wind | United States of America | 4.3 |
| 119 | Weeks Falls | Hydro | United States of America | 4.3 |
| 120 | Grimes Way | Gas | United States of America | 4 |
| 121 | Black Creek | Hydro | United States of America | 3.7 |
| 122 | Crystal Mountain | Oil | United States of America | 2.7 |
| 123 | Drop 2 (WA) | Hydro | United States of America | 2.5 |
| 124 | MESA 2 | Storage | United States of America | 2.4 |
| 125 | Newhalem | Hydro | United States of America | 2.3 |
| 126 | Potholes East Canal 66.0 | Hydro | United States of America | 2.3 |
| 127 | Eltopia Branch Canal 4.6 | Hydro | United States of America | 2.2 |
| 128 | Twin Reservoirs | Hydro | United States of America | 2.2 |
| 129 | Glacier Battery Storage | Storage | United States of America | 2 |
| 130 | MESA 1 | Storage | United States of America | 2 |
| 131 | Cowiche | Hydro | United States of America | 1.7 |
| 132 | Drop 3 (WA) | Hydro | United States of America | 1.6 |
| 133 | Meyers Falls | Hydro | United States of America | 1.6 |
| 134 | Orchard Avenue 1 | Hydro | United States of America | 1.6 |
| 135 | Rocky Brook Hydroelectric | Hydro | United States of America | 1.6 |
| 136 | Lilliwaup Falls Generating | Hydro | United States of America | 1.4 |
| 137 | Biotech LS 0836 | Oil | United States of America | 1 |
| 138 | Skookumchuck | Hydro | United States of America | 1 |
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 washington, united states of america by capacity?
Grand Coulee (United States of America) ranks #1 with 6,809 mw.
How many power plants are in this ranking?
This ranking covers 138 power plants in Washington, United States of America.
Which plants make the top three?
1. Grand Coulee (6,809); 2. Chief Joseph (2,456.2); 3. John Day (2,160).
