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Alabama
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Alabama has 75 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 30.3 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on natural gas — 57.8% of tracked capacity, with nuclear second at 17.4%. The largest plant we track is Browns Ferry (3,494 MW, online since 1975).

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75 Tracked plants
30.3 GW Tracked capacity
Natural Gas Leading fuel
8 Fuel types

Alabama electricity mix

Tracked installed capacity by fuel. Each links to its global page.

Natural Gas 57.8% 17.5 GW Nuclear 17.4% 5.3 GW Coal 11.1% 3.4 GW Hydro 10.3% 3.1 GW Biomass 2.3% 0.7 GW Solar 0.7% 0.2 GW Waste-to-Energy 0.3% 0.1 GW Oil 0.1% 0 GW

Largest plants in Alabama

01 Browns Ferry Nuclear · 1975 3,494 MW 02 James H Miller Jr Coal · 1985 2,822 MW 03 Barry Natural Gas · 1980 2,569 MW 04 E C Gaston Natural Gas · 1967 2,034 MW 05 H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle Natural Gas · 2004 1,996 MW 06 Joseph M Farley Nuclear · 1979 1,776 MW 07 E B Harris Electric Generating Plant Natural Gas · 2003 1,304 MW 08 Greene County Natural Gas · 1982 1,288 MW 09 Tenaska Lindsay Hill Generating Station Natural Gas · 2002 939 MW 10 Tenaska Central Alabama Generating Stn Natural Gas · 2003 927 MW 11 Decatur Energy Center Natural Gas · 2002 902 MW 12 Morgan Energy Center Natural Gas · 2003 900 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does Alabama get its electricity?

Across the 75 plants we track in Alabama, capacity is led by natural gas at 57.8%, then nuclear at 17.4%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Alabama?

The largest plant in our Alabama catalog is Browns Ferry, a nuclear facility with 3,494 MW (commissioned 1975).

How many power plants are in Alabama?

Our catalog tracks 75 power plants in Alabama totalling 30.3 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

Virginia 150 plants Louisiana 80 plants

Biggest states

Texas 133 GW California 78.3 GW Florida 65.3 GW Illinois 49 GW Pennsylvania 47.7 GW Georgia 39.2 GW

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