Power Plants in West Virginia

49 plants · 16.7 GW total capacity

West Virginia has 49 power plants with 16.7 GW total capacity. The generation mix includes 15 hydro, 10 coal, 8 wind plants.

Largest is John E Amos (2933 MW Bit. Coal); oldest active is Dam No. 4 Hydro Station (1909); newest is Marlowe Solar (2025); top owner is American Electric Power Company (7 plants).

76 interconnection queue projects in West Virginia totaling 14.5 GW of proposed capacity.

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By Fuel Type

Hydro
15 plants · 412 MW
Coal
10 plants · 13.1 GW
Wind
8 plants · 856 MW
Solar
8 plants · 216 MW
Gas
5 plants · 1.9 GW
Battery
2 plants · 182 MW
other
1 plants · 3 MW

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Queue Projects in West Virginia (76 projects)

Showing top 50 of 76 projects by capacity.