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The E. W. Brown Generating Station is a quad coal-fired power plant, natural gas power plant, solar power plant, and hydro electric plant owned and operated by Kentucky Utilities near Harrodsburg in Mercer County, Kentucky.
Read more on WikipediaThe E W Brown power plant is located in Mercer County, Kentucky. The plant, owned by PPL and operated by Kentucky Utilities Co, has a total capacity of 1582.6 MW across 10 generators. It is a hybrid facility utilizing multiple technologies including batteries, conventional steam coal, natural gas-fired combustion turbines, and solar photovoltaic. The primary fuel source is natural gas. The plant began operating in 1971.
E W Brown operates within the Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company balancing authority and the SERC NERC region. The plant is ranked 3rd out of 12 power plants in Kentucky and 54th out of 945 nationally. The latest annual generation was 1,626,548 MWh, resulting in a capacity factor of 11.7%. Financial data is available for the plant, sourced from lbnl_solar. The solar photovoltaic portion of the plant uses a fixed tilt tracking system.
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