Nameplate capacity
8.5 MW
Rank in Kansas
#124
of 192 plants
In service since
1948
June 1948
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Ellinwood - (KS)
- County
- Barton County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.04%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #48 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 1274
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 3.3 MW | 2.7 MW | 1971 | Operating |
| 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 2.1 MW | 1.8 MW | 1965 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.4 MW | 1.3 MW | 1957 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.1 MW | 1.0 MW | 1953 | Operating |
| 3 | Petroleum Liquids | 0.6 MW | 0.4 MW | 1948 | Standby/Backup: available for service but not normally used |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 8.5 MW solar plant and a 8.5 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Kansas power plants · What Kansas actually generates