List of power stations in New Jersey
The following page lists power stations in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] As of December 2019, 42.1% of electricity in the state was produced by nuclear power and 53% was produced by natural gas.[2]
Non-renewable
Nuclear
There are two nuclear power stations in New Jersey both operated by PSEG Nuclear.[3] The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township owned and operated by Oyster Creek Environmental Protection permanently ceased operations on September 17, 2018.
Plant | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Commissioned | Notes |
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Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station | Lower Alloways Creek | 1173 | 1986 | ||
Salem Nuclear Power Plant | Lower Alloways Creek | 2285 | 1977 for I 1981 for II |
Coal
Plant | Location | Coords | Capacity (MW) | Commissioned | Notes |
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Logan Generating Plant[4] | Logan Township[5] | 203 | 1994 | Also provides steam for Ferro Corp. | |
Carneys Point Cogen Generating Plant[6] | Carneys Point Township | 39.690711, -75.487656 | 188 | 1993 | Also provides steam for Dupont |
Gas-fired or combined gas/oil
Plant | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Commissioned | Notes |
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Bayonne Energy Center | Bayonne | 644 | 2012 | Con Ed Brooklyn | |
Bergen Generating Station | Ridgefield | 1229 | 1957 | Hudson Project | |
Kearny Generating Station | South Kearny | 456 | originally 1925 | PSEG | |
Newark Energy Center | Newark | 705 | 2015 | Energy Investors Fund | |
Red Oak | Sayreville | 823 | 2002 | Carlyle Group | |
Sayreville Energy Center | Sayreville | 315 | 1991 | Neptune Cable | |
Sewaren 7 | Woodbridge | 524.5 | 2018 | PSEG | |
Linden Generating Station | Linden | 1566.2 | 1995, 2000, 2006 | PSEG | |
CPV Woodbridge | Woodbridge | 725 | 2016 | ||
Cogen Technologies | Linden | 952 | 1989 | Furnishes steam for Phillips 66 refinery | |
Renewable
Hydroelectric
Plant | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Commissioned | Notes |
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Yards Creek Generating Station[7] | Blairstown & Hardwick | 420 | 1965 | Operational | |
Great Falls (Passaic River) | Paterson | 10.95 | 1986 | Operational | |
Wind farms
Name | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Commissioned | Notes |
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Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm | Atlantic City | 7.5 | 2005 | Jersey-Atlantic Wind, LLC | |
Bayonne MUA | Bayonne | 1.5 | 2012 |
Photovoltaic
As of June 2014 the largest photovoltaic array by megawatts in the state were:[8]
Name | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Size | Commissioned | Notes |
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Ben Moreell Solar Farm[9] | Naval Weapons Station Earle, Tinton Falls NJ | 28.5 | 170 acres (68.8 ha) | 2015 | Operator: Ben Moreell Solar Farm, LLC [10] | |
Tinton Falls Solar Farm | Tinton Falls NJ | 40.2662273°N 74.0830820°W | 19.9 | 100 acres (40.5 ha) | October 2012 | Operator: Zongyi Solar Energy(America) |
Pilesgrove Solar Farm | 19.9 |
100 acres (40.5 ha) | ||||
McGraw-Hill Companies | East Windsor | 14.1 | 50 acres | private corporate complex | ||
Berry Plastics | Phillipsburg | 13.15 | 50,6888 ground-mounted panels | private manufacturing complex | ||
New Jersey Oak Solar | Fairfield Township | 12.5 | 100 acre 53,000 panels |
Atlantic City Electric | ||
Frenchtown Solar | Kingwood Township | 40.483°N 75.016°W | 13.2 | 50 acres (20.2 ha) 33,300 panels |
2013 | Jersey Central Power and Light |
Flemington Solar 3 | Kingwood Township | 9.36 | 33,500 ground-mounted panels | |||
Holt Logistics Gloucester Terminal |
Gloucester City | Private refrigerated warehouse, one of the largest rooftop solar installations in the US | ||||
Mercer County Community College | West Windsor | 8.25 | 43 acres | |||
US Foods | Perth Amboy | 8.135 | Private rooftop panels on refrigerated warehouse | |||
Pennsauken Renewable Energy Park | 2006 | |||||
Port of Paulsboro |
Mass burn[11][12]
Plant | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Commissioned | Notes |
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Camden County RRF | Camden | ||||
Essex County Resource Recovery Facility | Newark | 40°44′18″N 74°07′35″W | 1990 | ||
Gloucester County RRF | Westville | ||||
Union County RRF | Rahway | ||||
Warren County RRF | Oxford |
Decommissioned plants
Plant | Location | Coords | Source | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Notes |
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B.L. England Generating Station (Beesley's Point Generating Station) | Upper Township | Coal | 1961 | May 1, 2019[13] | ||
Hudson Generating Station | Jersey City | Coal | 1968 | May 31, 2017[14] | ||
Mercer Generating Station | Hamilton Township | Coal | 1960 | May 31, 2017[15] | ||
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station | Lacey Township | Nuclear | 1969 | September 17, 2018[16] | ||
See also
References
- http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/02/23/the-list-tallying-up-new-jersey-s-10-biggest-power-plants/
- https://www.eia.gov/state/print.php?sid=NJ
- https://corporate.pseg.com/aboutpseg/companyinformation/thepsegfamilyofcompanies/psegnuclearllc
- https://www.naes.com/locations/logan-generating-plant/
- http://www.negt.com/asset_logan.html
- https://www.naes.com/locations/carneys-point-cogen/
- The Yards Creek Generating Station
- http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/06/08/the-list-counting-down-new-jersey-s-10-largest-solar-farms/
- "Ben Moreell Solar Farm 28.5 MW". CS Energy. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- Lewis, Michelle (2020-05-18). "New Jersey's largest solar farm has been completed". Electrek. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- "Authorized Incinerators in New Jersey". NJ Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
- http://energyrecoverycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ERC_2014_Directory.pdf
- "After 57 years in service, Upper Township power plant to shut down May 1".
- "2 N.J. coal power plants close for good, ensuring cleaner air". North Jersey. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
- "2 N.J. coal power plants close for good, ensuring cleaner air". North Jersey. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
- https://www.app.com/story/news/local/communitychange/2018/09/17/oyster-creek-nuclear-power-plant-closing-lacey-new-jersey/1295314002/. Missing or empty
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