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Kansas
power plants.

Kansas has 145 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 17.3 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on wind — 35.9% of tracked capacity, with coal second at 28.8%. The largest plant we track is Jeffrey Energy Center (2,160 MW, online since 1980).

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145 Tracked plants
17.3 GW Tracked capacity
Wind Leading fuel
9 Fuel types

Kansas electricity mix

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

Wind 35.9% 6.2 GW Coal 28.8% 5 GW Natural Gas 25% 4.3 GW Nuclear 7.3% 1.3 GW Oil 2.8% 0.5 GW Solar 0.1% 0 GW Waste-to-Energy 0.1% 0 GW Hydro 0% 0 GW Cogeneration 0% 0 GW

Largest plants in Kansas

01 Jeffrey Energy Center Coal · 1980 2,160 MW 02 La Cygne Coal · 1974 1,599 MW 03 Wolf Creek Generating Station Nuclear · 1985 1,268 MW 04 Emporia Energy Center Natural Gas · 2008 730 MW 05 Lawrence Energy Center Coal · 1968 517 MW 06 Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC Wind · 2012 470 MW 07 West Gardner Natural Gas · 2003 408 MW 08 Gordon Evans Energy Center Natural Gas · 2000 378 MW 09 Nearman Creek Coal · 1987 355 MW 10 Holcomb Coal · 1983 349 MW 11 Riverton Natural Gas · 2008 300 MW 12 Diamond Vista Wind Project LLC Wind · 2019 299 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does Kansas get its electricity?

Across the 145 plants we track in Kansas, capacity is led by wind at 35.9%, then coal at 28.8%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Kansas?

The largest plant in our Kansas catalog is Jeffrey Energy Center, a coal facility with 2,160 MW (commissioned 1980).

How many power plants are in Kansas?

Our catalog tracks 145 power plants in Kansas totalling 17.3 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

Colorado 213 plants Oregon 200 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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