Power plant · Indiana, United States
AES Petersburg
AES Petersburg is a power plant in Indiana, United States, with 1,350 MW of capacity, owned by AES Indiana.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Indiana | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1967 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | AES Indiana | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AES Indiana | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,350 MW | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Conventional Steam Coal | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 38.5281, -87.2525 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchHow it compares
AES Petersburg is the 3rd-largest of 21 power plants in Indiana and the 172nd-largest of 800 in the United States by capacity; its 1,350 MW is 0.16% of the 839,036 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 3rd of 21 | 22,021 MW | 6.1% |
| United States | 172nd of 800 | 839,036 MW | 0.16% |
| All power plants in our data | 188th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | 0.11% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 27 mines (10 operating), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charger Mine East | Mine | — | Closed | 9.6 km |
| Charger Mine #1 | Mine | — | Closed | 11 km |
| Sunna Mine | Mine | — | Closed | 11 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from AES Indiana
- Harding Street1,065 MW
- Eagle Valley (IN)644 MW
Other power plants in Indiana
- Gibson3,340 MW
- Rockport2,600 MW
- Clifty Creek1,304 MW
- Lawrenceburg Power, LLC1,232 MW
- Cayuga1,185 MW
- R M Schahfer1,105 MW
- Merom1,080 MW
- Harding Street1,065 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.