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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by TheNavigatrr (talk | contribs) at 20:37, 10 August 2020 (The webpage's source will update within a few days, but these May 2020 statistics (which are more representative because Ohio was in lockdown in April) come from the EIA on this page: https://www.eia.gov/beta/states/states/oh/data/dashboard/electricity). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Figures for May 2020[1]

  Natural Gas (46.58%)
  Coal (28.94%)
  Nuclear (20.54%)
  Nonhydroelectric Renewables (3.63%)
  Petroleum-Fired (0.0%)
  Hydroelectric (0.31%)

The following page lists power stations in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2010 the net capacity of all utility and independent power producers in Ohio was 33,071 megawatts.[2]

Natural Gas

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Hanging Rock Energy Facility Hanging Rock 1430 Dynegy Natural Gas Combined Cycle [3]
Lordstown Energy Center Lordstown 940 Clean Energy Future, LLC Natural Gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2018, Second Unit Planned[4]
Oregon Clean Energy Center Oregon 908 Ares Management Natural Gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2017
Rolling Hills Generating Station Wilkesville 865 Rolling Hills Generating LLC Natural Gas Simple Cycle (5 units)
Waterford Energy Center Waterford 821 Waterford Power, LLC Natural Gas Combined Cycle
Carroll County Energy Carrollton 700 Advanced Power Natural Gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2018[5]
Washington Energy Facility Beverly 620 Dynegy Natural Gas Combined Cycle
Darby Generating Station Mount Sterling 480 Darby Power, LLC Natural Gas Simple Cycle
Middletown Energy Center Middletown 475 NTE Energy Natural Gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2018
West Lorain Plant Lorain 545 Starwood Energy Natural Gas Simple Cycle
Robert P Mone Plant Convoy 510 Buckeye Power Natural Gas Simple Cycle
Fremont Energy Center Fremont 707 American Municipal Power Natural Gas Combined Cycle
Dresden Plant Dresden 580 American Electric Power Natural Gas Combined Cycle Opened in 2012
Madison Peaking Station Trenton 677 Dynegy Natural Gas Simple Cycle

Coal

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Avon Lake Power Station (unit 9) Avon Lake 680 NRG Energy Coal (1 unit) Unit 7 from 1949 era unit shut down
Gavin Power Plant Cheshire 2640 Gavin Power, LLC Coal (2 units) [6]
Eastlake Power Plant Eastlake 24 FirstEnergy Coal (unit 6) Scheduled to close on June 1, 2021
W. H. Sammis Power Plant Stratton 2233 FirstEnergy Coal (7 units) Units 1-4 shut down in May 2020.[7] Units 5-7 are to be closed by June 1, 2022.
Cardinal Power Plant Brilliant 1800 American Electric Power (AEP)/Buckeye Power Coal (3 units) [8]
William H. Zimmer Power Station Moscow 1300 Dynegy Coal (1 unit) Largest single unit power plant in the United States[3]
Miami Fort Power Station North Bend 1020 Dynegy Coal (2 units) Older units shut down in 2015[9]
Kyger Creek Power Plant Cheshire 1086 Ohio Valley Electric Corporation Coal (5 units)

Nuclear

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Perry Nuclear Generating Station North Perry 1231 FirstEnergy Nuclear boiling water reactor (1 unit)
Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station Oak Harbor 889 FirstEnergy Nuclear Pressurized water reactor (1 unit)

Wind

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Blue Creek Wind Farm Paulding and Van Wert Counties 350 Iberdrola Renewables Wind power
Timber Road Wind Farm Paulding County 99 EDP Renewables Wind power

Solar

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Bowling Green Solar Facility Bowling Green 20 NextEra Solar photovotaic (85,680 panels) http://www.amppartners.org/generation/solar-power
Napoleon Solar Facility Napoleon 3.54 American Municipal Power Solar ac http://www.amppartners.org/generation/solar-power
Wyandot Solar Facility Upper Sandusky 12 Public Service Enterprise Group Solar photovoltaic (160,000 panels) Opened in 2010

Hydroelectricity

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
O'Shaughnessy Dam Dublin 5.2 City of Columbus Hydroelectricity [10]
Hamilton Hydro Hamilton 2 City of Hamilton Hydroelectricity [10]
Auglaize Hydroelectric Plant Bryan 4.5 City of Bryan Hydroelectricity [10]
Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam Felicity 105 American Municipal Power Hydroelectricity [10]Largest hydroelectric plant on the Ohio river and is located on Kentucky side of the Ohio River. The City of Hamilton retains 51.4% of the power generation[11]
Greenup Lock and Dam Franklin Furnace 70.2 American Municipal Power Hydroelectricity [10]
Racine Lock and Dam Racine 20 AEP Hydroelectricity [10]
Belleville Lock and Dam Reedsville 42 American Municipal Power Hydroelectricity [10] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Willow Island Lock and Dam Newport 44 American Municipal Power Hydroelectricity [10] Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.
Hannibal Locks and Dam Hannibal 19 New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro Hydroelectricity [10]Hydroelectric plant is located on West Virginia side of the Ohio River.

Battery Storage

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Battery Utility of Ohio Sunbury 4 Battery Utility of Ohio Battery [10]
AEP Bluffton NaS Bluffton 2 Ohio Power Co Battery [10]
HMV Minster Energy Storage System Minster 7 Half Moon Ventures LLC Battery [10]
Willey Battery Utility Hamilton 6 Willey Battery Utility Battery [10]
Clinton Battery Blanchester 10 Clinton Battery Utility Battery [10]
Beckjord Power Station New Richmond 4 Duke Energy Battery [10]

Closed plants

Name Location Capacity (MW) Owner Type Notes and Links
Ashtabula Power Plant Ashtabula 244 FirstEnergy Coal Closed in 2015[12]
W.C. Beckjord Power Station New Richmond 1304 Duke Energy, DPL Inc., AEP Coal (6 units) Closed in 2014[13][14]
R.E. Burger Power Station Shadyside 568 FirstEnergy Coal Closed in 2011
Conesville Power Plant Conesville 2005 AEP, AES/DPL Inc. 6 units: coal & oil Units 5-6 shut down in 2019 and Unit 4 closed in 2020.[3]
Eastlake Power Plant Eastlake 1257 FirstEnergy Coal (units 1-5) / Natural Gas (unit 6) Closed in 2015[12]
O.H. Hutchings Station Miamisburg 414 DPL Inc. Coal Closed in 2013[15]
Richard H. Gorsuch Station Marietta 200 American Municipal Power Coal Built by Union Carbide in 1951 as Marietta Steam Plant, sold to American Municipal Power in 1988 and renamed to Richard H. Gorsuch, closed in 2012.
Killen Station Wrightsville 618 AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy Coal (1 unit) Sold to AES 2012[3] Closed in 2018.
Lake Shore Power Plant Cleveland 245 FirstEnergy Coal Closed in 2015[12]
Muskingum River Power Plant Beverly 1375 American Electric Power Coal (5 units) Closed in 2015[16]
Philo Power Plant Philo 510 Ohio Power Coal Closed in 1975; Philo Unit 6 was the first commercial supercritical steam-electric generating unit in the world,[17] and it could operate short-term at ultra-supercritical levels.[18]
Picway Power Plant Lockbourne 220 AEP Coal Closed in 2015
E.M. Poston Power Plant Nelsonville AEP Coal Closed in 1987
Shelby Municipal Light Plant Shelby 37 City of Shelby Coal (4 units) Closed in 2013, power monitoring remains[19]
Sidney Waterworks and Electric Light Building Sidney City of Sidney Hydroelectric (1 unit) Began generation in 1900[20]
J.M. Stuart Station Aberdeen 2318 AES/DPL Inc., Dynegy, and AEP Coal (4 units) Sold to AES 2012[3] Closed in 2018.
Tait Power Station Dayton 586 DPL Inc. Natural Gas/Oil Closed 2013
Tidd Plant Brilliant 220 Ohio Power Coal Retired in 1976. Was used as a demonstration for pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) for four years from 1991–1995.
Toronto Power Plant Toronto Ohio Edison Coal Closed in 1993
Trash Burning Power Plant Columbus SWACO Waste-to-energy Closed in 1994

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ohio Energy Statistics". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  2. ^ State Electricity Profiles 2010, U.S. Department of Energy DOE/EIA-0348(01)/2 http://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/pdf/sep2010.pdf
  3. ^ a b c d e [1]
  4. ^ "Lordstown Energy Center". Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  5. ^ Power, Advanced. "Carroll County Energy Begins Commercial Operations". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  6. ^ [2]
  7. ^ "W. H. Sammis Plant". www.firstenergycorp.com. 28 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-04-07.
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-08-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Locations". dynegy.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Ohio - State Energy Profile Overview - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Meldahl Hydro Project". www.amppartners.org. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  12. ^ a b c "FirstEnergy closes 104-year-old coal power plant, electric rates to rise (interactive map)". Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  13. ^ "W C Beckjord Station - Power Plants - Duke Energy". Duke Energy. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2008-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ Levingston, Chelsey (March 8, 2014). "Potential for six power plants to operate in Butler County". Journal-News. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  16. ^ [3]
  17. ^ "Philo 6 Steam-Electric Generating Unit". ASME. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  18. ^ "First U.S. Ultrasupercritical Power Plant in Operation". POWER Magazine. 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  19. ^ Graphics, Lantz Star. "Electric and Telecommunications". shelbycity.oh.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  20. ^ Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1275.


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