Power plants in Kansas

Kansas has 190 power plants of 1 MW or more in the 2025 EIA-860 data, with 21.0 GW of nameplate capacity, the 24th-largest total among the 50 states and DC. Wind accounts for 46% of that capacity. The biggest single site is Jeffrey Energy Center at 2,160 MW. Units that came online from 2020 to 2025 add 3,879 MW, led by wind at 92%. Units retired since 2016 at plants still operating total 852 MW, most of it natural gas.

Wind9,714 MW46%
Coal4,886 MW23%
Natural gas4,023 MW19%
Nuclear1,296 MW6.2%
Oil and petroleum754 MW3.6%
Solar278 MW1.3%
Biomass and waste9.2 MW0.0%
Hydroelectric7 MW0.0%
Other sources2 MW0.0%

What is running, by the decade it came online

NuclearCoalNatural gasOil and petroleumHydroelectricWindSolarBiomass and wasteOther sources

Columns above the line show capacity still operating in 2025, stacked by fuel. Below the line: capacity retired in each decade at plants that still operate.

The 25 largest plants

Rank	Plant	Runs on	Capacity	First unit	Operator
1	Jeffrey Energy Center	Coal	2,160 MW	1978	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
2	La Cygne	Coal	1,599 MW	1973	Evergy Metro
3	Wolf Creek Generating Station	Nuclear	1,296 MW	1985	Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp
4	Emporia Energy Center	Natural gas	730 MW	2008	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
5	High Banks Wind	Wind	643 MW	2023	High Banks Wind, LLC
6	Lawrence Energy Center	Coal	517 MW	1960	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
7	Flat Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC	Wind	470 MW	2012	Clearlight Energy Holdings LP
8	West Gardner	Natural gas	408 MW	2003	Evergy Metro
9	Gordon Evans Energy Center	Natural gas	378 MW	1969	Evergy Kansas South, Inc
10	Nearman Creek	Coal	365 MW	1981	City of Kansas City (KS)
11	Holcomb	Coal	349 MW	1983	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
12	Hutchinson Energy Center	Natural gas	345 MW	1974	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
13	WPWP	Wind	307 MW	2025	Wild Plains Wind Project, LLC
14	Neosho Ridge Wind Energy Center	Wind	301 MW	2021	Empire District Electric Co
15	Irish Creek Wind	Wind	301 MW	2021	Irish Creek Wind, LLC
16	Riverton	Natural gas	300 MW	1988	Empire District Electric Co
17	Soldier Creek Wind	Wind	300 MW	2020	Soldier Creek Wind LLC
18	Diamond Vista Wind Project, LLC	Wind	299 MW	2018	Enel Green Power Diamond Vista Wind Project, LLC
19	Iron Star Wind Project	Wind	298 MW	2021	Engie North America
20	Western Plains Wind Farm	Wind	281 MW	2017	Evergy Kansas Central, Inc
21	Solomon Forks Wind Project, LLC	Wind	276 MW	2019	Engie North America
22	Garden City	Natural gas	256 MW	1968	Sunflower Electric Power Corp
23	Buffalo Dunes Wind Project	Wind	250 MW	2013	Buffalo Dunes Wind Project LLC
24	Pratt Wind, LLC	Wind	244 MW	2018	Pratt Wind, LLC
25	Kingman Wind	Wind	215 MW	2016	Kingman Wind Energy, LLC

All 190 plants in the finder

Largest plant for each main fuel

Main fuel	Plants	Capacity	Largest plant	Its capacity
Wind	52	9,714 MW	High Banks Wind	643 MW
Coal	5	4,990 MW	Jeffrey Energy Center	2,160 MW
Natural gas	54	4,173 MW	Emporia Energy Center	730 MW
Nuclear	1	1,296 MW	Wolf Creek Generating Station	1,296 MW
Oil and petroleum	37	500 MW	Quindaro	144 MW
Solar	37	278 MW	Pixley Solar Energy	189 MW
Biomass and waste	2	9.2 MW	Waste Management Rolling Meadows LFGTE	5.6 MW
Hydroelectric	1	7 MW	Kansas River Project	7 MW
Other sources	1	2 MW	East Kansas Agri-Energy, LLC	2 MW

Balancing areas

Area	Plants	Capacity
Southwest Power Pool	190	21.0 GW

Biggest operators here

Operator	Plants	Capacity
Evergy Kansas Central, Inc	12	4,193 MW
Evergy Metro	4	2,257 MW
Wolf Creek Nuclear Optg Corp	1	1,296 MW
Sunflower Electric Power Corp	8	1,128 MW
Engie North America	3	769 MW
High Banks Wind, LLC	1	643 MW
Empire District Electric Co	2	601 MW
Invenergy Services LLC	3	526 MW
Clearlight Energy Holdings LP	2	514 MW
City of Kansas City (KS)	2	509 MW