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Kentucky
power plants.

Kentucky has 51 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 23.3 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on coal — 58.4% of tracked capacity, with natural gas second at 36.3%. The largest plant we track is Trimble County (2,594 MW, online since 2003).

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51 Tracked plants

23.3 GW Tracked capacity

Coal Leading fuel

7 Fuel types

Kentucky electricity mix

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

Coal 58.4% 13.6 GW Natural Gas 36.3% 8.5 GW Hydro 4.6% 1.1 GW Biomass 0.4% 0.1 GW Waste-to-Energy 0.1% 0 GW Solar 0.1% 0 GW Oil 0% 0 GW

Largest plants in Kentucky

01 Trimble County Coal · 2003 2,594 MW 02 Paradise Natural Gas · 1993 2,310 MW 03 Ghent Coal · 1978 2,226 MW 04 Mill Creek (KY) Coal · 1977 1,717 MW 05 H L Spurlock Coal · 1990 1,609 MW 06 Shawnee Coal · 1954 1,575 MW 07 E W Brown Natural Gas · 1989 1,455 MW 08 Hanging Rock Energy Facility Natural Gas · 2003 1,430 MW 09 W H Zimmer Coal · 1990 1,426 MW 10 J K Smith Natural Gas · 2002 1,055 MW 11 Marshall Energy Facility Natural Gas · 2002 688 MW 12 Bluegrass Generating Station Natural Gas · 2002 624 MW

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Kentucky get its electricity?

Across the 51 plants we track in Kentucky, capacity is led by coal at 58.4%, then natural gas at 36.3%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Kentucky?

The largest plant in our Kentucky catalog is Trimble County, a coal facility with 2,594 MW (commissioned 2003).

How many power plants are in Kentucky?

Our catalog tracks 51 power plants in Kentucky totalling 23.3 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

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Kentucky electricity mix

Largest plants in Kentucky

Frequently asked questions

Kentucky
power plants.