Power Plants in West Virginia

52 plants · 16.9 GW total capacity

West Virginia has 52 power plants with 16.9 GW total capacity. The generation mix includes 17 hydro, 10 coal, 9 solar 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).

25 interconnection queue projects in West Virginia totaling 6.3 GW of proposed capacity.

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By Fuel Type

Solar

9 plants · 408 MW

Wind

8 plants · 856 MW

Gas

5 plants · 1.9 GW

Battery

2 plants · 182 MW

other

1 plants · 3 MW

All Plants (sorted by capacity)

John E Amos — 2933 MW Bit. Coal
FirstEnergy Harrison Power Station — 2052 MW Bit. Coal
Mt Storm — 1681 MW Bit. Coal
Mitchell (WV) — 1633 MW Bit. Coal
Pleasants Power Station — 1368 MW Bit. Coal
Mountaineer — 1300 MW Bit. Coal
FirstEnergy Fort Martin Power Station — 1152 MW Bit. Coal
Longview Power Plant — 808 MW Bit. Coal
Wolf Summit Energy — 579 MW Natural Gas
Ceredo Generating Station — 519 MW Natural Gas
Pleasants Energy LLC — 383 MW Natural Gas
Big Sandy Peaker Plant — 353 MW Natural Gas
NedPower Mount Storm — 264 MW Wind
BHER Ravenswood Solar 1 — 192 MW Solar
Parks Valley Energy LLC — 150 MW BESS
Axiall Natrium Plant — 116 MW Natural Gas
Black Rock Wind — 115 MW Wind
New Creek Wind — 103 MW Wind
Hawks Nest Hydro — 102 MW Hydro
Beech Ridge Energy LLC — 101 MW Wind
Laurel Mountain Hybrid — 98 MW Wind
Blake Solar Plant — 96 MW Solar
Grant Town Power Plant — 96 MW Waste Coal
Gauley River Power Partners — 80 MW Hydro
Morgantown Energy Facility — 69 MW Waste Coal
Mountaineer Wind Energy Center — 66 MW Wind
Beech Ridge II Wind Energy Center — 56 MW Wind
Pinnacle Wind Force LLC — 54 MW Wind
Bedington Energy Facility, LLC — 50 MW Solar
Willow Island Hydroelectric Plant — 44 MW Hydro
Belleville Dam — 42 MW Hydro
New Martinsville Hannibal Hydro — 37 MW Hydro
Beech Ridge Energy Storage — 32 MW BESS
Tygart Hydropower — 30 MW Hydro
R.C. Byrd L&D Hydroelectric Project — 29 MW Hydro
Winfield — 25 MW Hydro
Capon Bridge Solar LLC — 20 MW Solar
New Cumberland Hydroelectric Project — 20 MW Hydro
Fort Martin Solar — 19 MW Solar
London — 14 MW Hydro
Marmet — 14 MW Hydro
Davis Solar (WV) — 12 MW Solar
Wylie Ridge Solar — 8 MW Solar
Glen Ferris Hydro — 6 MW Hydro
Opekiska L&D Hydroelectric Project — 6 MW Hydro
Marlowe Solar — 6 MW Solar
Rivesville Solar — 6 MW Solar
Morgantown L&D Hydroelectric Project — 5 MW Hydro
New River Clean Energy — 3 MW Landfill Gas
Millville Hydro Station — 3 MW Hydro
Dam No. 4 Hydro Station — 2 MW Hydro
Dam No. 5 Hydro Station — 1 MW Hydro

Queue Projects in West Virginia (25 projects)

PJM-AG2-582 — 2100 MW Gas
Maidsville CCGT — 1270 MW Gas
Glen Falls Facility — 550 MW Gas
Mt. Storm 500kV — 538 MW Coal
Mount Storm Repower — 171 MW Wind
Deep Lake Solar — 150 MW Solar
CPV Capon Springs Wind — 150 MW Wind
PJM-AG2-062 — 147 MW Wind
PJM-AH1-188 — 140 MW Solar
Nicholas Solar — 100 MW Solar
New Haven Solar — 100 MW Solar
Rippon — 99 MW Solar
PJM-AG2-657 — 90 MW Solar
Raleigh Solar Project — 90 MW Solar
Short Mountain Wind Energy — 80 MW Wind
Franklintown Farm Solar and BESS — 80 MW Solar+Battery
PJM-AG2-423 — 80 MW Solar
PJM-AG2-568 — 80 MW Solar
Hawks Nest Hydro — 51 MW Hydro
PJM-AG2-448 — 50 MW Solar
MEA NUG — 50 MW Other
Glen Falls Facility — 45 MW Gas
Mountaineer #1 — 36 MW Coal
Glen Falls Facility — 30 MW Gas
Laurel Mountain Wind Farm & Energy Storage Facility — 16 MW Wind+Battery