Ranking

Largest power plants by capacity

The 100 largest power plants by capacity, ranked from the 4,829 we track in the United States, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria and Switzerland. Grand Coulee is the largest, at 6,809 MW. 3,008 power plants planned, permitted or under construction are listed apart, below.

#	Power plant	Location	Owner or operator	Capacity
1	Grand Coulee	Washington, United States	U S Bureau of Reclamation	6,809 MW
2	Vogtle	Georgia, United States	Georgia Power Co +3	4,658 MW
3	West County Energy Center	Florida, United States	Florida Power & Light Co	4,263 MW
4	Palo Verde	Arizona, United States	Arizona Public Service Co +6	4,210 MW
5	W A Parish	Texas, United States	NRG Texas Power LLC	4,008 MW
6	Browns Ferry	Alabama, United States	Tennessee Valley Authority	3,854 MW
7	Bowen	Georgia, United States	Georgia Power Co	3,499 MW
8	Crystal River	Florida, United States	Duke Energy Florida, LLC	3,449 MW
9	Barry	Alabama, United States	Alabama Power Co	3,344 MW
10	Gibson	Indiana, United States	Duke Energy Indiana, LLC +2	3,340 MW
11	Monroe (MI)	Michigan, United States	DTE Electric Company	3,293 MW
12	Turkey Point	Florida, United States	Florida Power & Light Co	2,978 MW
13	Manatee	Florida, United States	Florida Power & Light Co	2,951 MW
14	John E Amos	West Virginia, United States	Appalachian Power Co	2,933 MW
15	Peach Bottom	Pennsylvania, United States	Public Service Elec & Gas Co +1	2,876 MW
16	Bath County	Virginia, United States	Virginia Electric & Power Co +1	2,862 MW
17	Jack McDonough	Georgia, United States	Georgia Power Co	2,848 MW
18	James H Miller Jr	Alabama, United States	Alabama Power Co +1	2,822 MW
19	South Texas Project	Texas, United States	Constellation Nuclear +2	2,709 MW
20	Fort Myers	Florida, United States	Florida Power & Light Co	2,681 MW
21	Scherer	Georgia, United States	Oglethorpe Power Corporation +4	2,673 MW
22	Oconee	South Carolina, United States	Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC	2,667 MW
23	Cumberland (TN)	Tennessee, United States	Tennessee Valley Authority	2,600 MW
24	Gavin Power, LLC	Ohio, United States	Gavin Power, LLC	2,600 MW
25	Rockport	Indiana, United States	Indiana Michigan Power Co	2,600 MW
26	Trimble County	Kentucky, United States	Kentucky Utilities Co +3	2,594 MW
27	Roxboro	North Carolina, United States	Duke Energy Progress - (NC)	2,558 MW
28	Watts Bar Nuclear Plant	Tennessee, United States	Tennessee Valley Authority	2,540 MW
29	TalenEnergy Susquehanna	Pennsylvania, United States	TalenEnergy Susquehanna LLC +1	2,532 MW
30	Belews Creek	North Carolina, United States	Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC	2,491 MW
31	Boxberg	Saxony, Germany	Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG	2,470 MW
32	Chief Joseph	Washington, United States	USACE Northwestern Division	2,456 MW
33	Cross	South Carolina, United States	South Carolina Public Service Authority	2,452 MW
34	Braidwood Generation Station	Illinois, United States	Constellation Nuclear	2,450 MW
35	Byron Generating Station	Illinois, United States	Constellation Nuclear	2,450 MW
36	Martin	Florida, United States	Florida Power & Light Co	2,449 MW
37	Sequoyah	Tennessee, United States	Tennessee Valley Authority	2,441 MW
38	McGuire	North Carolina, United States	Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC	2,441 MW
39	Nine Mile Point	Louisiana, United States	Entergy Louisiana LLC	2,440 MW
40	Comanche Peak	Texas, United States	Comanche Peak Power Co, LLC	2,430 MW
41	Robert Moses Niagara	New York, United States	New York Power Authority	2,429 MW
42	Union Power Station	Arkansas, United States	Entergy Louisiana LLC +2	2,428 MW
43	Catawba	South Carolina, United States	North Carolina Mun Power Agny #1 +3	2,410 MW
44	Labadie	Missouri, United States	Union Electric Co - (MO)	2,389 MW
45	PSEG Salem Generating Station	New Jersey, United States	PSEG Nuclear LLC +1	2,382 MW
46	Martin Lake	Texas, United States	Luminant Generation Company LLC	2,380 MW
47	Sanford	Florida, United States	Florida Power & Light Co	2,378 MW
48	LaSalle Generating Station	Illinois, United States	Constellation Nuclear	2,340 MW
49	Jim Bridger	Wyoming, United States	PacifiCorp +1	2,326 MW
50	Diablo Canyon	California, United States	Pacific Gas & Electric Co.	2,323 MW
51	H L Culbreath Bayside Power Station	Florida, United States	Tampa Electric Co	2,294 MW
52	Donald C Cook	Michigan, United States	Indiana Michigan Power Co	2,285 MW
53	Limerick	Pennsylvania, United States	Constellation Nuclear	2,277 MW
54	Hines Energy Complex	Florida, United States	Duke Energy Florida, LLC	2,266 MW
55	Millstone	Connecticut, United States	Dominion Energy Nuclear Conn Inc +2	2,260 MW
56	Sherwood H Smith Jr Energy Complex	North Carolina, United States	Duke Energy Progress - (NC)	2,245 MW
57	Victor J Daniel Jr	Mississippi, United States	Mississippi Power Co	2,229 MW
58	Ghent	Kentucky, United States	Kentucky Utilities Co	2,226 MW
59	Niederaußem	North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	RWE Power AG	2,220 MW
60	Jeffrey Energy Center	Kansas, United States	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc +2	2,160 MW
61	John Day	Oregon, United States	USACE Northwestern Division	2,160 MW
62	St Lucie	Florida, United States	Florida Power & Light Co +2	2,160 MW
63	Lincoln Combustion	North Carolina, United States	Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC	2,156 MW
64	Neurath	North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany	RWE Power AG	2,120 MW
65	Marshall (NC)	North Carolina, United States	Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC	2,119 MW
66	Gulf Clean Energy Center	Florida, United States	Florida Power & Light Co	2,108 MW
67	Ravenswood	New York, United States	Ravenswood Operations LLC	2,096 MW
68	Guernsey Power Station	Ohio, United States	Guernsey Power Station LLC	2,055 MW
69	FirstEnergy Harrison Power Station	West Virginia, United States	Monongahela Power Co	2,052 MW
70	E C Gaston	Alabama, United States	Alabama Power Co +1	2,034 MW
71	Dresden Generating Station	Illinois, United States	Constellation Nuclear	2,019 MW
72	Quad Cities Generating Station	Illinois, United States	Constellation Nuclear +1	2,019 MW
73	Brunswick Nuclear	North Carolina, United States	Duke Energy Progress - (NC)	2,003 MW
74	Kraftwerk Jänschwalde	Brandenburg, Germany	Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG	2,000 MW
75	H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle	Alabama, United States	Southern Power Co	1,996 MW
76	Ludington	Michigan, United States	Consumers Energy Co - (MI) +1	1,979 MW
77	Conemaugh	Pennsylvania, United States	Chief Conemaugh Power LLC +4	1,963 MW
78	North Anna	Virginia, United States	Virginia Electric & Power Co +1	1,960 MW
79	Gallatin (TN)	Tennessee, United States	Tennessee Valley Authority	1,918 MW
80	Big Cajun 2	Louisiana, United States	Louisiana Generating LLC +2	1,903 MW
81	Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station	New York, United States	Constellation Nuclear +1	1,901 MW
82	Seminole (FL)	Florida, United States	Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc	1,898 MW
83	Forney Energy Center	Texas, United States	LaFrontera Holdings LLC	1,894 MW
84	Keystone	Pennsylvania, United States	Chief Keystone Power LLC +4	1,883 MW
85	Cardinal	Ohio, United States	Buckeye Power, Inc	1,880 MW
86	Laramie River Station	Wyoming, United States	Basin Electric Power Coop +4	1,863 MW
87	Midland Cogeneration Venture	Michigan, United States	Midland Cogeneration Venture	1,854 MW
88	Paradise	Kentucky, United States	Tennessee Valley Authority	1,854 MW
89	Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant	Maryland, United States	Constellation Nuclear	1,850 MW
90	Limestone	Texas, United States	NRG Texas Power LLC	1,850 MW
91	Dynegy Moss Landing Power Plant Hybrid	California, United States	Dynegy -Moss Landing LLC	1,848 MW
92	Edwin I Hatch	Georgia, United States	Georgia Power Co +3	1,848 MW
93	Beaver Valley	Pennsylvania, United States	Energy Harbor Nuclear Generation LLC	1,847 MW
94	Arkansas Nuclear One	Arkansas, United States	Entergy Arkansas LLC	1,845 MW
95	Chalk Point Power	Maryland, United States	Chalk Point Power, LLC	1,825 MW
96	The Dalles	Oregon, United States	USACE Northwestern Division	1,820 MW
97	Sabine	Texas, United States	Entergy Texas Inc.	1,812 MW
98	Oswego Harbor Power	New York, United States	ArcLight Capital Partners LLC	1,804 MW
99	Independence Steam Electric Station	Arkansas, United States	Arkansas Electric Coop Corp +8	1,800 MW
100	White Bluff	Arkansas, United States	Entergy Arkansas LLC +4	1,800 MW

Planned, permitted and under construction power plants

The 25 largest of 3,008, ranked apart: not built yet, so their capacity is what is planned, not what runs today.

#	Power plant	Location	Owner or operator	Capacity
1	Project Matador Gas Plant (PMG) permitted	Texas, United States	Fermi America	11,679 MW
2	Project Matador Nuclear planned	Texas, United States	Fermi Nuclear	4,468 MW
3	Homer City Generating Station planned	Pennsylvania, United States	Homer City Generation, L.P.	4,396 MW
4	Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind under construction	Wyoming, United States	Power Company of Wyoming LLC	3,551 MW
5	Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Commercial Project under construction	Virginia, United States	Dominion Energy Inc.	2,640 MW
6	SunZia Wind South under construction	New Mexico, United States	Pattern Operators LP	2,561 MW
7	Pepper Hammock Solar and Storage planned	Georgia, United States	PEHA bn, LLC	2,500 MW
8	Sunstone Solar planned	Oregon, United States	Sunstone Solar, LLC	2,400 MW
9	Pointe Coupee Power Station planned	Louisiana, United States	Entergy Louisiana LLC	2,341 MW
10	Deschutes Solar and BESS planned	Oregon, United States	DECH bn, LLC	2,000 MW
11	Franklin Farms 1&2 planned	Louisiana, United States	Entergy Louisiana LLC	1,561 MW
12	Richland Parish Power Station 1&2 planned	Louisiana, United States	Entergy Louisiana LLC	1,561 MW
13	Bison Generation Station planned	North Dakota, United States	Basin Electric Power Coop	1,518 MW
14	CPV Basin Ranch Energy Center under construction	Texas, United States	CPV Basin Ranch	1,445 MW
15	Libra Solar under construction	Nevada, United States	Libra Solar LLC	1,400 MW
16	Orange County Advanced Power Station under construction	Texas, United States	Entergy Texas Inc.	1,306 MW
17	Sandow Lakes Energy Station planned	Texas, United States	SL Energy Power Plant I, LLC	1,290 MW
18	Lincoln Land Energy Center planned	Illinois, United States	Lincoln Land Energy Center LLC	1,277 MW
19	Saddleback Generation Station planned	Arizona, United States	Copia Power	1,250 MW
20	Clear Fork Creek Solar and BESS SLF planned	Texas, United States	Clear Fork	1,200 MW
21	Hop Hill Solar Generation and BESS planned	Washington, United States	HOHI bn, LLC	1,200 MW
22	Steward Creek Solar Phase 1 planned	Illinois, United States	TerraForm Power Operating, LLC	1,200 MW
23	Vista Sands Solar planned	Wisconsin, United States	Vista Sands Solar LLC	1,182 MW
24	Maricopa Solar under construction	Arizona, United States	Maricopa Solar	1,100 MW
25	NTEC Gas Plant planned	New Mexico, United States	Navajo Transitional Energy Company	1,089 MW

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Data on this page

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
EU Union Registry public data. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0, verified 2026-10-24.
Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.