Hawks Nest Hydro
Hydro power plant · Fayette County, West Virginia
Details
- Primary fuel
- Hydro
- Technology
- Conventional Hydroelectric
- Operator
- Hawks Nest Hydro LLC
- County
- Fayette County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.64%
- Rank among hydro plants in West Virginia
- #1 of 12
- EIA plant code
- 50011
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 26 MW | 24 MW | 1936 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 26 MW | 24 MW | 1936 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 26 MW | 24 MW | 1936 | Operating |
| GEN4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 26 MW | 24 MW | 1936 | 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 West Virginia
| Black Rock Wind | Wind | 115 MW |
| New Creek Wind | Wind | 103 MW |
| Beech Ridge Energy LLC | Wind | 101 MW |
| Laurel Mountain Hybrid | Wind | 98 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 102 MW solar plant and a 102 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 West Virginia power plants · What West Virginia actually generates