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List of power stations in Idaho
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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Idaho, sorted by type and name. In 2023, Idaho had a total summer capacity of 5,353 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 17,842 GWh.[2] The electrical energy generation mix in 2024 was 44.7% hydroelectric, 31.5% natural gas, 15.4% wind, 5.5% solar, 2.2% biomass, 0.4% geothermal, and 0.4% other.[1]
Sources of Idaho utility-scale electricity generation in gigawatt-hours, full-year 2024:[1]
- Hydroelectric: 8,219 (44.7%)
- Natural gas: 5,796 (31.5%)
- Wind: 2,835 (15.4%)
- Solar: 1,013 (5.50%)
- Biomass: 401 (2.18%)
- Geothermal: 71 (0.39%)
- Other: 69 (0.37%)
During 2021, Idaho was one of the top five U.S. states with its share of renewable electricity generation. It has a rapidly growing population and many undeveloped resources. Idahoans have consumed about 50% more electricity during recent years than is generated within the state.[3]
Idaho electricity generation by type
Idaho power grid
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Fossil-fuel power stations
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Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[4]
Coal-fired
Natural gas-fired
Idaho has few natural gas reserves, and most of the supply is imported.[3] There were just eight producing wells in the state in 2019.[6]
A The Nampa plant was opened 1948 and originally coal-fired before it was converted to gas in 2015.[13]
Petroleum-fired
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Renewable power stations
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Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[4]
Biomass and industrial waste
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A Waste heat from phosphate fertilizer manufacturing
Geothermal
Hydroelectric
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A Electricity is generated in Oregon.
Wind
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Solar
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Storage power stations
Idaho had no utility-scale storage facilities in 2019.[4]
Nuclear (R&D only)
Since 1951, 52 reactors have been built on the grounds of the Atomic Energy Commission's National Reactor Testing Station, currently the location of the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory (INL). BORAX-III was the first nuclear reactor to supply electrical power to the U.S. grid, in 1955. Four reactors which do not generate electricity were in operation at the site as of 2020.[88]
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