How many natural gas power plants are in Alabama?

Alabama has 28 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 18 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Alabama?

Barry in Mobile County, Alabama is the largest, at 2,151 MW. It came online in 2023.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Alabama in 2025?

0 natural gas power plants came online in Alabama in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas power plants in Alabama?

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.

Natural gas power plants in Alabama

Alabama has 28 operating natural gas power plants with 18 GW of capacity.

Operating28

See planned natural gas power plants in Alabama

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Alabama had 23 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 28 in 2026

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Natural gas power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Alabama

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Barry	Mobile County	2023	2,151 MW
2	H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle	Lee County	2008	1,996 MW
3	E B Harris Electric Generating Plant	Autauga County	2003	1,304 MW
4	Greene County	Greene County	1996	1,288 MW
5	Colbert	Colbert County	2023	1,170 MW
6	E C Gaston	Shelby County	1962	1,061 MW
7	Tenaska Lindsay Hill Generating Station	Autauga County	2002	939 MW
8	Central Alabama Generating Station	Autauga County	2003	927 MW
9	Decatur Energy Center	Morgan County	2003	902 MW
10	Morgan Energy Center	Morgan County	2004	900 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Alabama

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Barry	Mobile County	2023	2,151 MW
2	Lowman Energy Center	Washington County	2023	733 MW
3	Colbert	Colbert County	2023	1,170 MW
4	Packaging Corp. of America Jackson Mill	Clarke County	2023	29 MW
5	Kimberly Clark Mobile - CHP Plant	Mobile County	2019	50 MW
6	McIntosh (AL)	Washington County	2010	676 MW
7	Hillabee Energy Center	Tallapoosa County	2010	823 MW
8	H Allen Franklin Combined Cycle	Lee County	2008	1,996 MW
9	AMEA Peaking	Talladega County	2004	99 MW
10	Morgan Energy Center	Morgan County	2004	900 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas 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 natural gas power plants in Alabama

How many natural gas power plants are in Alabama?: Alabama has 28 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 18 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Alabama?: Barry in Mobile County, Alabama is the largest, at 2,151 MW. It came online in 2023.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Alabama in 2025?: 0 natural gas power plants came online in Alabama in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in Alabama?: 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.