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Arkansas
power plants.

Arkansas has 61 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 16.4 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on natural gas — 44.2% of tracked capacity, with coal second at 33.5%. The largest plant we track is Union Power Station (2,428 MW, online since 2003).

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61 Tracked plants
16.4 GW Tracked capacity
Natural Gas Leading fuel
9 Fuel types

Arkansas electricity mix

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

Natural Gas 44.2% 7.2 GW Coal 33.5% 5.5 GW Nuclear 11.3% 1.8 GW Hydro 8.2% 1.3 GW Biomass 1.9% 0.3 GW Solar 0.6% 0.1 GW Battery Storage 0.1% 0 GW Waste-to-Energy 0.1% 0 GW Oil 0.1% 0 GW

Largest plants in Arkansas

01 Union Power Station Natural Gas · 2003 2,428 MW 02 Arkansas Nuclear One Nuclear · 1977 1,845 MW 03 Independence Steam Electric Station Coal · 1984 1,800 MW 04 White Bluff Coal · 1980 1,800 MW 05 Magnet Cove Natural Gas · 2005 746 MW 06 Plum Point Energy Station Coal · 2010 720 MW 07 Hot Spring Generating Facility Natural Gas · 2002 715 MW 08 Dell Power Station Natural Gas · 2007 679 MW 09 John W Turk Jr Power Plant Coal · 2013 609 MW 10 Harry L. Oswald Natural Gas · 2002 600 MW 11 Flint Creek Coal · 1978 558 MW 12 Lake Catherine Natural Gas · 1970 553 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does Arkansas get its electricity?

Across the 61 plants we track in Arkansas, capacity is led by natural gas at 44.2%, then coal at 33.5%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Arkansas?

The largest plant in our Arkansas catalog is Union Power Station, a natural gas facility with 2,428 MW (commissioned 2003).

How many power plants are in Arkansas?

Our catalog tracks 61 power plants in Arkansas totalling 16.4 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

Oregon 200 plants Mississippi 42 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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