OH · US STATE

Ohio
power plants.

Ohio has 172 power plants in our public-data catalog, totalling 28.5 GW of tracked capacity. Its generating fleet leans on natural gas — 48.4% of tracked capacity, with coal second at 43%. The largest plant we track is Gavin Power LLC (2,600 MW, online since 1974).

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172 Tracked plants
28.5 GW Tracked capacity
Natural Gas Leading fuel
10 Fuel types

Ohio electricity mix

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

Natural Gas 48.4% 13.8 GW Coal 43% 12.3 GW Nuclear 3.2% 0.9 GW Wind 2.5% 0.7 GW Oil 1.1% 0.3 GW Hydro 0.6% 0.2 GW Solar 0.4% 0.1 GW Biomass 0.4% 0.1 GW Waste-to-Energy 0.3% 0.1 GW Battery Storage 0.1% 0 GW

Largest plants in Ohio

01 Gavin Power LLC Coal · 1974 2,600 MW 02 Cardinal Coal · 1970 1,880 MW 03 Mitchell (WV) Coal · 1970 1,633 MW 04 FirstEnergy Pleasants Power Station Coal · 1980 1,368 MW 05 Mountaineer Coal · 1980 1,300 MW 06 Miami Fort Coal · 1976 1,181 MW 07 Kyger Creek Coal · 1955 1,087 MW 08 Oregon Clean Energy Center Natural Gas · 2017 1,062 MW 09 Rolling Hills Generating Natural Gas · 2003 978 MW 10 Clean Energy Future-Lordstown LLC Natural Gas · 2018 962 MW 11 Davis Besse Nuclear · 1977 925 MW 12 Waterford Power LLC Natural Gas · 2003 922 MW
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Frequently asked questions

Where does Ohio get its electricity?

Across the 172 plants we track in Ohio, capacity is led by natural gas at 48.4%, then coal at 43%. These are tracked installed-capacity shares from public data, not live generation.

What is the largest power plant in Ohio?

The largest plant in our Ohio catalog is Gavin Power LLC, a coal facility with 2,600 MW (commissioned 1974).

How many power plants are in Ohio?

Our catalog tracks 172 power plants in Ohio totalling 28.5 GW, built from EIA, WRI and OpenStreetMap. The true total including the smallest installations is higher.

Nearby in scale

Arizona 137 plants South Carolina 156 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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