This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Alabama, sorted by type and name. In 2024, Alabama had a total summer capacity of 31 gigawatts through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 142,921 gigawatt-hours. The electrical energy generation mix in 2025 was 45.6% natural gas, 30% nuclear, 15.3% coal, 5.8% hydroelectric, 2.3% biomass, and 0.9% solar. As of 2025, the state is the third largest hydroelectric producer in the eastern U.S. (after New York and Tennessee), and its Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant is the nation's third largest nuclear generating facility.
Nuclear plants Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Yearcompleted RefsBrowns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant Limestone County 3,774.4 1974 - Unit 11975 - Unit 21977 - Unit 3 Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Generating Station Houston County 1,751.0 1977 - Unit 11981 - Unit 2
Fossil-fuel plants Coal Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Coal type Yearcompleted Operational/closure date RefsJames M. Barry Electric Generating Plant (Plant Barry) Mobile County 1,770.7 Coal (bituminous) 1954 - Unit 11954 - Unit 21959 - Unit 31969 - Unit 4 1971 - Unit 5 Operational - Units 4 & 5,2015 - Units 1 & 2 converted to natural gas,2012 - Unit 3 closed E. C. Gaston Power Station (Plant Gaston) Shelby County 2,012.8 Coal (bituminous) 1960 - Unit 11960 - Unit 21961 - Unit 31962 - Unit 4 1974 - Unit 5 Operational - Unit 5,2015 - Units 1-4 converted to natural gas Charles R. Lowman Power Plant Washington County 538.0 Coal (bituminous) 1969 - Unit 11978 - Unit 21980 - Unit 3 Closed - 2020,gas unit under construction James H. Miller Jr. Electric Generating Plant (Plant Miller) Jefferson County 2,822.0 Coal (bituminous) 1978 - Unit 11985 - Unit 21989 - Unit 31991 - Unit 4 Operational
Natural gas Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Generationtype Yearcompleted RefsAMEA Peaking Talladega County 95.0 Simple cycle (x4) 2004 Calhoun Energy Center Calhoun County 632.0 Simple cycle (x4) 2003 Colbert Colbert County 363.2 Simple cycle (x8) 1972 Decatur Energy Center Morgan County 750.0 3x1 combined cycle 2002 E. B. Harris Autauga County 1,314.8 2x1 combined cycle (x2) 2003 E. C. Gaston Shelby County 1,020.0 Steam turbine (x4) 1960/2015 Gadsden Etowah County 130.0 Steam turbine (x2) 1949 Greene County Greene County 1,256.1 Steam turbine (x2),simple cycle (x9) 1965 (516.1MW) 1996 (740.0MW) H. Allen Franklin Lee County 1,879.6 2x1 combined cycle (x3) 2002/2008 Hillabee Energy Center Tallapoosa County 765.0 2x1 combined cycle 2010 Hog Bayou Energy Center Mobile County 230.0 1x1 combined cycle 2001 Int. Paper Riverdale Mill Dallas County 55.2 1x1 combined cycle 1994 James M. Barry Mobile County 1,288.4 Steam turbine (x2),2x1 combined cycle (x2) 1954/2015 (160.0MW)2000 (1,128.4MW) McIntosh Washington County 578.0 Simple cycle (x4) 1998/2010 McWilliams Covington County 564.0 4x3 combined cycle 1959/1996/2002 Morgan Energy Center Morgan County 749.0 3x1 combined cycle 2003 Tenaska Central Alabama Autauga County 917.0 3x1 combined cycle 2003 Tenaska Lyndsay Hill Autauga County 848.0 3x1 combined cycle 2002 Theodore Cogen Facility Mobile County 231.0 1x1 combined cycle 2000 Walton Discover Power Lee County 100.0 Simple cycle (x2) 1999 Washington County Cogen Washington County 100.0 1x1 combined cycle 1999
Petroleum Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Generationtype Yearcompleted RefsE. C. Gaston Shelby County 16.0 Simple cycle 1970
Renewable plants Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Biomass
Alabama Pine Pulp Alabama River Pulp Georgia-Pacific Brewton Mill Georgia-Pacific Naheola International Paper Pine Hill Mill International Paper Prattville Mill International Paper Riverdale Mill Mead Coated Board PCA Jackson Mill Sand Valley Power Station U.S. Alliance Coosa Mill Westervelt Moundville Cogen WestRock Demopolis Mill
Hydroelectric
Bankhead Hydroelectric Generating Plant Bouldin Hydroelectric Generating Plant Guntersville Dam Harris Hydroelectric Generating Plant Henry Hydroelectric Generating Plant Holt Hydroelectric Generating Plant Jordan Hydroelectric Generating Plant Lay Hydroelectric Generating Plant Logan Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant Martin Hydroelectric Generating Plant Millers Ferry Lock and Dam Mitchell Hydroelectric Generating Plant Smith Hydroelectric Generating Plant Thurlow Hydroelectric Generating Plant Weiss Hydroelectric Generating Plant Wheeler Dam Wilson Dam Yates Hydroelectric Generating Plant
Solar photovoltaic
Name Location Coordinates Capacity(MW) Yearcompleted RefsLafayette Solar Farm Chambers County 79.2 2017 Reynolds Landing Microgrid Jefferson County 1 2018 River Bend Solar Lauderdale County 75.0 2016
Wind Alabama had no utility-scale wind facilities in 2019.
Closed/cancelled facilities NameLocationCoordinatesCapacity(MW)Energy typeOperation datesRefsBellefonte Nuclear Generating StationJackson CountyUnknownNuclearCancelled Colbert County Colbert Fossil Plant (Plant Colbert) 1,350.0 Coal (bituminous) 1955-2016 Widows Creek Fossil PlantJackson County1,969.0Coal (bituminous)1952-2015William Crawford Gorgas Electric Generating Plant (Plant Gorgas)Walker County1,416.7Coal (bituminous)1951-2019
Utility companies Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Alabama Power
See also
List of power stations in the United States List of power stations operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority List of coal-fired power stations in the United States
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