John E. Amos Power Plant

John E. Amos Power Plant is a three-unit coal-fired power plant owned and operated by Appalachian Power, a subsidiary of American Electric Power. With a nameplate rating of 2,933 MW, it is the largest generating plant in the AEP system.
  • Power station
  • …lies at an elevation of 591 feet (180 metres)
  • …is also known as “John Amos Power Plant”
  • …is operated by Appalachian Power
  • Description: coal-fired power station in Winfield, West Virginia
  • Address: WV
  • Established: September 1971

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Latitude
38.47174° or 38° 28′ 18″ north
Longitude
-81.82627° or 81° 49′ 35″ west
Open location code
86CWF5CF+MF
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landuse = industrial
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Norwegian Bokmål—“John E. Amos Power Plant” goes by many names.
محطة جون اموس للطاقةArabic
John E. Amos Power PlantFinnish
John E. Amos kullkraftverkNorwegian
Amos kullkraftverkNorwegian Bokmål
John E. Amos kraftverkNorwegian Bokmål
John E. Amos kullkraftverkNorwegian Bokmål

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