List of power stations in New Jersey

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in New Jersey, sorted by type and name. In 2018, New Jersey had a total summer capacity of 17,403 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 75,034 GWh.[2] New Jersey's electrical energy generation mix in 2020 was 2% coal, 42% natural gas, 50% nuclear and 6% renewables.[1]

Sources of New Jersey electricity generation: May 2020 [1]

  Coal (2%)
  Natural Gas (42%)
  Renewables (6%)
  Nuclear (50%)

New Jersey's renewable portfolio standard was updated in 2018 to require that 21% of electricity be from renewable sources by 2021, 35% by 2025, and 50% by 2030.[3] About 75% of renewable generation came from small- and large-scale solar PV in 2018.[1]

Non-renewable

Nuclear

There are two nuclear power stations in New Jersey both operated by PSEG Nuclear.[4] 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
Hope Creek Nuclear Generating StationLower Alloways Creek 11731986
Salem Nuclear Power PlantLower Alloways Creek 22851977 for I
1981 for II

Coal

Plant Location Coords Capacity (MW) Commissioned Notes
Logan Generating Plant[5] Logan Township[6] 203 1994 Also provides steam for Ferro Corp.
Carneys Point Cogen Generating Plant[7] 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
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 538 2018 PSEG
Linden Generating Station Linden 1636 1995, 2000, 2006 PSEG
CPV Woodbridge Woodbridge 725 2016
Cogen Technologies Linden 974 1989 Furnishes steam for Phillips 66 refinery

Renewable

Hydroelectric

Plant Location Coords. Capacity (MW) Commissioned Notes
Yards Creek Generating Station[8]Blairstown & Hardwick 4201965Operational
Great Falls (Passaic River) Paterson 10.95 1986 Operational

Wind farms

Name Location Coords. Capacity (MW) Commissioned Notes
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:[9]

Name Location Coords. Capacity (MW) Size Commissioned Notes
Ben Moreell Solar Farm[10] Naval Weapons Station Earle, Tinton Falls NJ 28.5 170 acres (68.8 ha) 2015 Operator: Ben Moreell Solar Farm, LLC [11]
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 / 40.483; -75.016 (Frenchtown Solar 3) 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[12][13]

Plant Location Coords. Capacity (MW) Commissioned Notes
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
B.L. England Generating Station (Beesley's Point Generating Station) Upper Township Coal 1961 May 1, 2019[14]
Hudson Generating Station Jersey City Coal 1968 May 31, 2017[15]
Mercer Generating Station Hamilton Township Coal 1960 May 31, 2017[16]
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Lacey Township Nuclear 1969 September 17, 2018[17]

See also

References

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