Power Plants in Ohio

Ohio operates 262 power plants totaling 33,151 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 55%, followed by Coal (21%) and Solar (10%). The largest plant is Gavin Power, Llc at 2,600 MW.

Plants262operating sites

Capacity33,151 MWnameplate

Generation132.2M MWhannual

CO₂69.6Mmetric tons/year

Natural Gas 55%Coal 21%Solar 10%Nuclear 7%Wind 3%Oil 3%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Ohio operates another 142 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Ohio

Plant	City	Fuel	Capacity
Gavin Power, Llc	Cheshire	Coal	2,600 MW
Guernsey Power Station	Byesville	Natural Gas	2,055 MW
Cardinal	Brillant	Coal	1,880 MW
Hanging Rock Energy Facility	Ironton	Natural Gas	1,430 MW
Perry	Perry	Nuclear	1,312 MW
South Field Energy	Wellsville	Natural Gas	1,210 MW
Miami Fort	North Bend	Coal	1,181 MW
Kyger Creek	Cheshire	Coal	1,087 MW
Oregon Clean Energy Center	Oregon	Natural Gas	1,062 MW
Rolling Hills Generating	Wilkesville	Natural Gas	978 MW
Clean Energy Future-Lordstown, Llc	Lordstown	Natural Gas	962 MW
Davis Besse	Oak Harbor	Nuclear	925 MW
Waterford Power, Llc	Waterford	Natural Gas	922 MW
Carroll County Energy	Carrollton	Natural Gas	832 MW
Troy Energy Llc	Luckey	Natural Gas	796 MW
Fremont Energy Center	Fremont	Natural Gas	740 MW
Washington Energy Facility	Beverly	Natural Gas	715 MW
Madison	Trenton	Natural Gas	692 MW
Tait Electric Generating Station	Moraine	Natural Gas	681 MW
Dresden Energy Facility	Dresden	Natural Gas	678 MW
Robert P Mone Plant	Convoy	Natural Gas	594 MW
Fox Squirrel Solar	Mt Sterling	Solar	577 MW
Woodsdale	Trenton	Natural Gas	572 MW
Darby Power, Llc	Mt Sterling	Natural Gas	564 MW
West Lorain	Lorain	Oil	556 MW
Middletown Energy Center	Middletown	Natural Gas	544 MW
Long Ridge Energy Generation	Hannibal	Natural Gas	522 MW
Richland (Oh)	Defiance	Natural Gas	450 MW
Aeug Union Solar, Llc	West Mansfield	Solar	325 MW
Blue Creek Wind Project	Paulding	Wind	302 MW
Hecate Energy Highland Llc	Buford	Solar	300 MW
Yellowbud Solar, Llc	Williamsport	Solar	274 MW
Scioto Ridge Wind Farm	Belle Center	Wind	250 MW
Greenville Electric Generating Station	Greenville	Natural Gas	236 MW
Hillcrest Solar	Mt. Orab	Solar	200 MW
Big Plain Solar, Llc	London	Solar	196 MW
Firstenergy Bay Shore	Oregon	Oil	187 MW
Madison Fields Solar Project, Llc	Irwin	Solar	180 MW
Dick's Creek	Monroe	Natural Gas	159 MW
Hardin Solar Energy Llc	Alger	Solar	150 MW
Hardin Solar Energy Ii Llc	Belle Center	Solar	150 MW
Willowbrook Solar I, Llc	Morystown	Solar	150 MW
Clearview Solar 1	Quincy	Solar	144 MW
Cleveland Works	Cleveland	Other Fossil	137 MW
Yankee Street	Centerville	Natural Gas	127 MW
Timber Road Iv	Payne	Wind	125 MW
Northwest Ohio Wind	Haviland	Wind	110 MW
Arche Energy Project, Llc	Fulton	Solar	107 MW
Paulding Wind Farm Iii	Payne	Wind	101 MW
Paulding Wind Farm Ii	Payne	Wind	99.0 MW

By county

Gallia County2 plants · 3,686 MW Butler County8 plants · 2,084 MW Guernsey County1 plants · 2,055 MW Jefferson County2 plants · 1,880 MW Washington County7 plants · 1,636 MW Lawrence County1 plants · 1,429 MW Lake County2 plants · 1,367 MW Lucas County9 plants · 1,286 MW Hamilton County6 plants · 1,255 MW Columbiana County1 plants · 1,210 MW Trumbull County8 plants · 1,016 MW Vinton County1 plants · 977 MW Madison County5 plants · 957 MW Ottawa County3 plants · 931 MW Wood County10 plants · 920 MW Van Wert County5 plants · 900 MW Montgomery County5 plants · 853 MW Carroll County2 plants · 832 MW Sandusky County5 plants · 759 MW Muskingum County2 plants · 678 MW Lorain County5 plants · 604 MW Pickaway County3 plants · 564 MW Monroe County2 plants · 529 MW Paulding County8 plants · 493 MW Highland County4 plants · 485 MW Defiance County3 plants · 453 MW Ross County5 plants · 416 MW Hardin County5 plants · 369 MW Union County3 plants · 325 MW Logan County2 plants · 253 MW Darke County5 plants · 247 MW Cuyahoga County12 plants · 206 MW Brown County2 plants · 204 MW Champaign County2 plants · 144 MW Scioto County2 plants · 137 MW Fulton County3 plants · 114 MW Wayne County4 plants · 94 MW Williams County7 plants · 85 MW Clermont County2 plants · 84 MW Henry County7 plants · 69 MW Tuscarawas County2 plants · 60 MW Crawford County3 plants · 54 MW Putnam County4 plants · 54 MW Miami County3 plants · 50 MW Auglaize County5 plants · 49 MW Meigs County2 plants · 47 MW Medina County6 plants · 35 MW Ashtabula County2 plants · 30 MW Hancock County8 plants · 20 MW Summit County4 plants · 20 MW Shelby County3 plants · 16 MW Marion County4 plants · 14 MW Richland County7 plants · 13 MW Portage County1 plants · 13 MW Wyandot County3 plants · 12 MW Clinton County2 plants · 10 MW Franklin County8 plants · 9 MW Huron County3 plants · 5 MW Perry County1 plants · 5 MW Delaware County1 plants · 5 MW Mahoning County3 plants · 4 MW Mercer County1 plants · 4 MW Seneca County1 plants · 3 MW Erie County2 plants · 2 MW Licking County1 plants · 1 MW Stark County2 plants · 1 MW Greene County2 plants · 1 MW Clark County1 plants · 1 MW Allen County1 plants · 0 MW Fairfield County1 plants · 0 MW Harrison County1 plants · 0 MW Jackson County1 plants · 0 MW Morgan County2 plants · 0 MW