E. W. Brown Generating Station

E. W. Brown Generating Station
E W Brown Generating Station viewed from KY 29
Location of E. W. Brown Generating Station
Country	United States
Location	Mercer County, near Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°47′N 84°43′W / 37.78°N 84.71°W / 37.78; -84.71Coordinates: 37°47′N 84°43′W / 37.78°N 84.71°W / 37.78; -84.71
Commission date	1969
Owner(s)	Kentucky Utilities
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Bituminous coal
Cooling source	Dix River
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	739 MW
Capacity factor	25.2% (solar)

The E. W. Brown Generating Station is a coal-fired power plant owned and operated by Kentucky Utilities near Harrodsburg, Kentucky. It lies even closer to the small city of Burgin.

In 2014, the state Public Service Commission authorized the construction of a solar photovoltaic array at the E. W. Brown Generating Station. The array will be the first utility-scale solar project in the state, and will be capable of providing 10 megawatts of power alongside the fossil fuel based generators already operating onsite. The Kentucky chapter of the Sierra Club supported the solar project, but had concerns that the projected costs of the solar installation would become too high. The utilities operating the facility, the Sierra Club and the Kentucky Industrial Utilities Customers signed an agreement under which competitive bidding will be used on contracts to design and build the solar array.