Sharon Spring
Natural gas power plant · Wallace County, Kansas
Nameplate capacity
3.0 MW
Rank in Kansas
#151
of 192 plants
In service since
1951
August 1951
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine
- Operator
- City of Sharon Springs - (KS)
- County
- Wallace County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kansas
- #52 of 54
- EIA plant code
- 1324
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 1970 | Operating |
| 2 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 1.0 MW | 1.0 MW | 1964 | Operating |
| 4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.6 MW | 0.6 MW | 1951 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | 0.4 MW | 0.4 MW | 1958 | Operating |
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 3.0 MW solar plant and a 3.0 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