Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant

Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant is a coal and natural gas-fired electrical generation facility near Wilsonville, Shelby County, Alabama.^[1]

Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating Plant
Country	United States
Location	Wilsonville, Alabama
Coordinates	33.240072°N 86.463839°W / 33.240072; -86.463839
Status	Operational
Owner	Alabama Power Company
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal, natural gas
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	1,880 MW

Four of the five units in the plant were converted to use natural gas under plans to reduce costs.^[2] As of 2024^[update], Unit 5 is testing a 10 MWh thermal storage at 600 °C (1,112 °F), made of concrete.^[3][4]

References

1. "Generating plants". Alabama Power. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
2. "Alabama Power to connect Shelby plant to natural gas line". The Birmingham News. 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
3. "Concrete elements exhibit energy storage, power output capacity". 20 May 2024.
4. Scott Hume (11 May 2021). "Concrete Thermal Energy Storage Enabling Flexible Operation without Coal Plant Cycling - 21TPG_Hume_0.pdf" (PDF). Electric Power Research Institute.

External links

• Data on generation and fuel consumption from the Energy Information Administration Electricity Data Browser

• United States portal
• Energy portal