List of power stations in Missouri

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Sources of Missouri utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2023[1]

  Coal (60.1%)
  Nuclear (13.7%)
  Natural Gas (13.6%)
  Wind (10.1%)
  Hydroelectric[a] (2%)
  Solar (0.3%)
  Biomass (0.2%)
  Petroleum (0.1%)

This is a list of

electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2022, Missouri had a total summer capacity of 21,128 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 79,361 GWh.[2] In 2023, the state's electrical energy generation mix was 60.1% coal, 13.7% nuclear, 13.6% natural gas, 10.1% wind, 2% hydroelectric, 0.3% solar, 0.2% biomass, and 0.1% petroleum.[1] Small-scale solar, which includes customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 721 GWh of energy to the state's electrical grid in 2023. This was more than four times the amount generated by Missouri's utility-scale photovoltaic plants.[1]

Nuclear power stations

Plant Owner Net summer
capacity
(in
MW
) 		Notes
Callaway (Callaway Nuclear Generating Station)
Ameren Corporation
 1,193 Missouri's only nuclear power plant; began operations in 1984.[3]

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the

U.S. Energy Information Administration.[4]

Coal

According to the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pollution regulations.[6] In January 2015, Kansas City Power & Light Co. announced plans to stop burning coal at three of its generating units at Montrose Station, one unit at Lake Road Station, and two units at Sibley Station. Coal burning would cease in phases (two units ceasing at the end of 2016, two at the end of 2019, and two at the end of 2021).[7]

Plant Owner Net summer
capacity
(in
MW
) 		Notes
Labadie
Ameren Corporation
 2,371
Iatan Evergy 1,594
Rush Island Ameren Corporation 1,182
New Madrid Associated Electric Coop, Inc. 1,154
Thomas Hill Associated Electric Coop, Inc. 1,133
Sioux Ameren Corporation 974
Hawthorn Evergy 948
Meramec Ameren Corporation 938 Closed in December 2022.[8]
Sibley Generating Station Evergy 524[9] Closed in December 2018.
John Twitty Energy Center Springfield City Utilities 603[10]

Natural gas

Plant Owner Net summer
capacity
(in
MW
) 		Notes
Dogwood Energy Facility Dogwood Power Management, LLC 616
James River Power Station Springfield City Utilities 362.5[11] Formerly coal powered, converted to natural gas in 2015[12]
Nodaway Associated Electric Coop, Inc 207[13]

Renewable power stations

The

White River, close to Branson.[15]

In 2014, Missouri's largest

transmission grid.[16] Since 2017, the largest solar farm in Missouri is the Nixa Solar Farm and is owned by Gardner Capital and operated by MC Power Companies. It is located on 72 acres and can generate up to 7.92 MW for Nixa Utilities. In 2018 it supplied Nixa with about 9% of its energy needs.[17]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Includes conventional hydroelectric and hydroelectric pumped storage.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Electricity Data Browser". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  2. ^ "Missouri Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  3. ^ Jacob Barker, Feds extend license for Ameren's Callaway nuclear plant, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (March 9, 2015).
  4. ^ Table 2: Ten largest plants by generation capacity, 2014 in U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, Annual Electric Generator Report.
  5. ^ Missouri Beyond Coal, Sierra Club (accessed September 14, 2016).
  6. ^ Matthew Bandyk, Missouri City Gives Up on Coal, Closes Plant, SNL Financial (republished at Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis) (October 13, 2015).
  7. ^ KCP&L Announces Plans to Cease Burning Coal at Three Power Plants (press release), Kansas City Power & Light Co. (January 20, 2015).
  8. ^ "Ameren's oldest, smallest coal plant set to retire — raising questions about its afterlife".
  9. ^ "Sibley Generating Station - SourceWatch".
  10. ^ "John Twitty Energy Center - Springfield, MO (Address and Phone)". www.countyoffice.org. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  11. ^ "James River Power Station - Springfield, MO (Address and Phone)". www.countyoffice.org. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  12. ^ "James River power station switches from coal to natural gas | City Utilities of Springfield MO". www.cityutilities.net. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  13. ^ "Nodaway Gas Plant MO USA - GEO". globalenergyobservatory.org. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  14. ^ Energy For Missouri: Today and Tomorrow - Educator's Guide, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, p. 26.
  15. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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  16. ^ Thomas Gounley, Missouri's largest solar farm is producing power, Springfield News-Leader (July 19, 2014).
  17. ^ "Nixa Solar Farm | Nixa, MO". www.nixa.com. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
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