Power Plants in Missouri

Missouri operates 164 power plants totaling 23,503 MW of nameplate capacity. Coal dominates the mix at 46%, followed by Natural Gas (26%) and Wind (10%). The largest plant is Labadie at 2,389 MW.

Plants164operating sites
Capacity23,502 MWnameplate
Generation66.8M MWhannual
CO₂48.2Mmetric tons/year
Coal 46%Natural Gas 26%Wind 10%Nuclear 5%Oil 5%Hydroelectric 5%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Missouri operates another 44 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Missouri

PlantCityFuelCapacity
LabadieLabadieCoal2,389 MW
IatanWestonCoal1,754 MW
New MadridNew MadridCoal1,300 MW
Rush IslandFestusCoal1,242 MW
CallawayFultonNuclear1,236 MW
Thomas HillClifton HillCoal1,182 MW
SiouxWest AltonCoal1,099 MW
HawthornKansas CityCoal1,046 MW
Audrain Generating StationVandaliaNatural Gas814 MW
State Line Combined CycleJoplinNatural Gas691 MW
Dogwood Energy FacilityPleasant HillNatural Gas655 MW
John Twitty Energy CenterSpringfieldCoal603 MW
Northeast (Mo)Kansas CityOil540 MW
St Francis Energy FacilityCampbellNatural Gas507 MW
Taum SaukLestervilleHydroelectric408 MW
High Prairie Wind FarmQueen CityWind400 MW
Empire Energy CenterSarcoxieNatural Gas379 MW
South HarperKansas CityNatural Gas351 MW
HoldenHoldenNatural Gas321 MW
NodawayConception JunctionNatural Gas316 MW
Rock Creek Wind ProjectTarkioWind300 MW
Atchison County WindWestboroWind299 MW
Greenwood (Mo)GreenwoodNatural Gas288 MW
Lake Road (Mo)St JosephNatural Gas278 MW
Sikeston Power StationSikestonCoal261 MW
Clear Creek WindMaryvilleWind242 MW
Peno CreekBowling GreenNatural Gas240 MW
White Cloud Wind Project, LlcTarkioWind237 MW
Osage DamEldonHydroelectric208 MW
Osborn Wind EnergyStewartsvilleWind201 MW
Table RockBransonHydroelectric200 MW
Huck Finn Renewable Energy CenterVandaliaSolar200 MW
James River Power StationSpringfieldNatural Gas198 MW
Columbia Energy CenterColumbiaNatural Gas163 MW
Harry TrumanWarsawHydroelectric161 MW
Lost Creek Wind Energy FacilityKing CityWind150 MW
Kings Point Wind Energy CenterGolden CityWind149 MW
North Fork Ridge Wind Energy CenterMindenminesWind149 MW
Farmers City Wind LlcTarkioWind146 MW
Blue Bird Solar, LlcWarrentonSolar139 MW
EssexEssexNatural Gas121 MW
MccartneyStraffordNatural Gas118 MW
Mu Combined Heat And Power PlantColumbiaNatural Gas91.4 MW
ChillicotheChillicotheNatural Gas90.0 MW
Ralph GreenPleasant HillNatural Gas88.9 MW
FairgroundsJefferson CityOil68.3 MW
Columbia (Mo)ColumbiaOil61.1 MW
MoreauMoreauOil60.8 MW
MexicoMexicoOil60.7 MW
MoberlyMoberlyOil60.6 MW

By county

Franklin County1 plants · 2,389 MWJackson County14 plants · 2,018 MWPlatte County2 plants · 1,753 MWNew Madrid County1 plants · 1,300 MWCallaway County3 plants · 1,269 MWRandolph County2 plants · 1,242 MWJefferson County1 plants · 1,242 MWAudrain County6 plants · 1,118 MWJasper County5 plants · 1,113 MWSt Charles County2 plants · 1,103 MWCass County3 plants · 1,095 MWGreene County7 plants · 927 MWNodaway County5 plants · 844 MWAtchison County5 plants · 800 MWDunklin County4 plants · 553 MWReynolds County1 plants · 408 MWSchuyler County1 plants · 400 MWDekalb County2 plants · 350 MWBoone County5 plants · 327 MWJohnson County1 plants · 321 MWBuchanan County2 plants · 280 MWScott County3 plants · 261 MWPike County1 plants · 240 MWTaney County2 plants · 216 MWMiller County1 plants · 208 MWBenton County1 plants · 161 MWBarton County1 plants · 149 MWLawrence County1 plants · 149 MWWarren County1 plants · 139 MWCole County3 plants · 132 MWStoddard County1 plants · 121 MWLivingston County2 plants · 92 MWPutnam County2 plants · 61 MWGentry County2 plants · 61 MWRalls County2 plants · 58 MWHowell County2 plants · 55 MWCedar County2 plants · 54 MWLafayette County2 plants · 54 MWSt Louis City County4 plants · 45 MWSt Louis County4 plants · 34 MWButler County1 plants · 34 MWSaline County2 plants · 33 MWGrundy County4 plants · 30 MWMacon County6 plants · 28 MWMadison County1 plants · 27 MWCape Girardeau County3 plants · 27 MWVernon County1 plants · 21 MWCarroll County1 plants · 20 MWSt Francois County5 plants · 18 MWShelby County3 plants · 14 MWBates County2 plants · 13 MWHoward County1 plants · 10 MWScotland County1 plants · 8 MWLinn County1 plants · 8 MWChristian County1 plants · 7 MWClark County1 plants · 7 MWDaviess County2 plants · 7 MWChariton County1 plants · 6 MWMontgomery County1 plants · 5 MWWright County1 plants · 4 MWCamden County1 plants · 3 MWPhelps County1 plants · 2 MWPulaski County1 plants · 2 MWLaclede County1 plants · 2 MWAdair County2 plants · 0 MWBollinger County1 plants · 0 MWCaldwell County1 plants · 0 MWClay County1 plants · 0 MWClinton County1 plants · 0 MWDade County1 plants · 0 MWHenry County2 plants · 0 MWLincoln County1 plants · 0 MWMaries County1 plants · 0 MW