List of power stations in Missouri
Missouri generates electricity from a mix of coal, nuclear, natural gas, wind, hydro, solar, petroleum, and biomass. In 2023, the state’s total summer power plant capacity was 21,172 MW and net generation was 66,703 GWh. In 2024, the generation mix was about 57.2% coal, 15.5% nuclear, 15.1% natural gas, 10% wind, 1.5% hydro, 0.3% solar, 0.2% petroleum, and 0.2% biomass. Small-scale solar on homes and businesses added about 762 GWh in 2024, more than three times the output from utility-scale solar plants.
Coal and coal plants
The Sierra Club notes there were 16 coal-fired power plants in Missouri in 2016, down from 23 in 2012. A Missouri City coal-fired plant in Independence operated by Independence Power & Light closed in 2015 because it was aging and could not meet EPA rules. In January 2015, Kansas City Power & Light announced plans to retire coal at several units in stages: two units by the end of 2016, two more by the end of 2019, and two more by the end of 2021.
Hydroelectric power
Missouri has nine pumped-storage hydro facilities and twenty conventional hydro plants. Notable dams include Bagnell Dam on the Osage River with 176 MW capacity and Table Rock Dam on the White River near Branson.
Solar power
In 2014 Missouri’s largest solar farm was in Greene County on a 57-acre site owned by City Utilities and operated by Strata Solar, producing about 4.95 MW on average. Since 2017, the largest solar farm in Missouri is the Nixa Solar Farm, owned by Gardner Capital and operated by MC Power Companies. It sits on 72 acres and can generate up to 7.92 MW for Nixa Utilities; in 2018 it supplied about 9% of Nixa’s energy needs.
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