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Coal power plants in Missouri

Missouri has 8 operating coal power plants with 9.0 GW of capacity.

  • Operating8
Kansas CitySt. LouisSpringfieldColumbia

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

The largest coal power plants in Missouri

Operating, by capacity

#Coal power plantYear onlineCapacity
1Labadie19732,389 MW
2Iatan20101,754 MW
3New Madrid19771,300 MW
4Thomas Hill19821,182 MW
5Sioux19681,099 MW
6Hawthorn1969569 MW
7John Twitty Energy Center2011494 MW
8Sikeston Power Station1981261 MW

Coal power plants that came online most recently in Missouri

Newest first

#Coal power plantYear onlineCapacity
1John Twitty Energy Center2011494 MW
2Iatan20101,754 MW
3Thomas Hill19821,182 MW
4Sikeston Power Station1981261 MW
5New Madrid19771,300 MW
6Labadie19732,389 MW
7Hawthorn1969569 MW
8Sioux19681,099 MW
The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks coal power plants

Operating coal power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about coal power plants in Missouri

How many coal power plants are in Missouri?
Missouri has 8 operating utility-scale coal power plants with 9.0 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest coal power plant in Missouri?
Labadie in Franklin County, Missouri is the largest, at 2,389 MW. It came online in 1973.
How many coal power plants were built in Missouri in 2025?
0 coal power plants came online in Missouri in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing coal power plants in Missouri?
Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

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