Calvert City
Natural gas power plant · Marshall County, Kentucky
Nameplate capacity
27 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#41
of 63 plants
In service since
2000
April 2000
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- DTE Calvert City LLC
- County
- Marshall County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.12%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Kentucky
- #13 of 13
- EIA plant code
- 55308
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 27 MW | 23 MW | 2000 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Kentucky
| Haefling | Natural gas | 41 MW |
| Dix Dam | Hydro | 28 MW |
| Paris (KY) | Other | 11 MW |
| Cooperative Solar One | Solar | 8.5 MW |
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 27 MW solar plant and a 27 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 Kentucky power plants · What Kentucky actually generates