List of power stations in New Jersey
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This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of New Jersey, sorted by type and name. In 2022, New Jersey had a total summer capacity of 16,712 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 65,060 GWh.{{cite web |url=http://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/newjersey/ |title=New Jersey Electricity Profile |publisher=U.S. Energy Information Administration |accessdate=2022-07-18}} In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 51.4% natural gas, 44.1% nuclear, 2.5% solar, 1.1% biomass, 0.1% petroleum, 0.3% other gases, and 0.9% other.
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.[https://www.ncsl.org/research/energy/renewable-portfolio-standards.aspx#nj State Renewable Portfolio Standards and Goals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603174312/https://www.ncsl.org/research/energy/renewable-portfolio-standards.aspx#nj |date=2020-06-03 }}, National Conference of State Legislatures, April 17, 2020 In February 2023, Governor Phil Murphy set a goal of 100% clean electricity (including non-renewable zero-emissions sources) by 2035.{{Cite web |title=Office of the Governor {{!}} Governor Murphy Announces Comprehensive Set of Initiatives to Combat Climate Change and Power the "Next New Jersey" |url=https://nj.gov/governor/news/news/562023/approved/20230215b.shtml |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=nj.gov}} About 75% of in-state renewable generation came from small- and large-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) that year.{{cite web |url=https://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.php?sid=NJ |title=New Jersey Electricity Profile Analysis |publisher=U.S. EIA |accessdate=2021-04-20}} Small-scale solar, which includes customer-owned PV panels, delivered an additional net 3,413 GWh of energy to the state's electrical grid during 2023. This was more than twice the generation of New Jersey's utility-scale PV plants.
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Nuclear power stations
There are two nuclear power stations in New Jersey both operated by PSEG Nuclear.{{Cite web|url=https://corporate.pseg.com/aboutpseg/companyinformation/thepsegfamilyofcompanies/psegnuclearllc|title = PSEG Nuclear LLC}} The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township, owned and operated by Oyster Creek Environmental Protection, permanently ceased operations on September 17, 2018.
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Plant
!Location !Coords. !Capacity (MW) !Commissioned !Ref | |||
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Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station | Lower Alloways Creek | {{coord|39.4666 | |
75.5377|format=dms|name=Hope Creek}} | 1173 | 1986 | |
Salem Nuclear Power Plant | Lower Alloways Creek | {{coord|39.4625 | |
75.5358|format=dms|name=Salem}} | 2285 | 1977 for I 1981 for II |
Fossil-fuel power stations
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.
=Natural gas=
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Plant
!Location !Coords. !Capacity !Generation !Commissioned !Notes |
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Bayonne Energy Center
| Bayonne | {{coord|40.6528 |
74.0916|format=dms|name=Bayonne EC}}
| 644 | Simple cycle (x10) | 2012 | Con Ed Brooklyn |
Bergen Generating Station
| {{coord|40.8375 |
74.0244|format=dms|name=Bergen Station}}
| 1229 | 4x1 combined cycle, | 1957/1995 (638MW) |
Burlington Generating Station
| {{coord|40.0766 |
74.8792|format=dms|name=Burlington Station}}
| 168 | Simple cycle (x4) | 2000 | PSEG |
Eagle Point Power Generation
| {{coord|39.8746 |
75.1592|format=dms|name=Eagle Point Power}}
| 244 | 2x2 combined cycle | 1991/2016 | |
Essex Generating Station
| Newark | {{coord|40.738333 |
74.126389|format=dms|name=Essex Station}}
| 81 | 2x simple cycle | 1990 | PSEG Decommissioned 2022 |
Gilbert
| {{coord|40.5658 |
75.1639|format=dms|name=Gilbert}}
| 294 | 4x1 combined cycle | 1974/1977 | |
Kearny Generating Station
| {{coord|40.7373 |
74.0965|format=dms|name=Kearny Station}}
| 456 | Simple cycle (x10) | Originally 1925 | PSEG |
Linden Cogen Plant
| Linden | {{coord|40.6322 |
74.2156|format=dms|name=Linden Cogen}}
| 974 | 6x3 combined cycle | 1989 | Also furnishes steam for Phillips 66 refinery |
Linden Generating Station
| Linden | {{coord|40.6217 |
74.2072|format=dms|name=Linden Station}}
| 1566 | Simple cycle (x4), | 1995/2000 (336MW) | PSEG |
NAEA Lakewood
| Lakewood | {{coord|40.0613 |
74.1686|format=dms|name=NAEA Lakewood}}
| 573 | 2x1 combined cycle, | 1994 (248MW) | |
Newark Bay Cogen
| Newark | {{coord|40.7197 |
74.1258|format=dms|name=Newark Bay Cogen}}
| 136 | 2x1 combined cycle | 1993 | Retired 2022 |
Newark Energy Center
| Newark | {{coord|40.7072 |
74.1258|format=dms|name=Newark EC}}
| 705 | 2x1 combined cycle | 2015 | Energy Investors Fund |
Parlin Power Plant
| Parlin | {{coord|40.4607 |
74.3272|format=dms|name=Parlin Power Plant}}
| 115 | 2x2 combined cycle | 1991 | |
Paulsboro Refinery
| {{coord|39.8400 |
75.2583|format=dms|name=Paulsboro Refinery}}
| 67 | Steam turbine (x3), | 1982/2006 (40MW) | Also burns petroleum coke and other gases |
Pedricktown Cogen
| {{coord|39.7668 |
75.4238|format=dms|name=Pedricktown Cogen}}
| 115 | 1x1 combined cycle | 1992 | |
Red Oak
| {{coord|40.4487 |
74.3489|format=dms|name=Red Oak Power}}
| 823 | 3x1 combined cycle | 2002 |
Sayreville
| {{coord|40.4765 |
74.3523|format=dms|name=Sayreville}}
| 200 | Simple cycle (x4) | 1991 | JCP&L |
Sayreville Energy Center
| {{coord|40.4390 |
74.3444|format=dms|name=Sayreville EC}}
| 315 | 2x1 combined cycle | 1991 |
Sewaren Generating Station
| {{coord|40.5558 |
74.2469|format=dms|name=Sewaren Station}}
| 538 | 1x1 combined cycle | 2018 | PSEG |
West Deptford Energy Station
| Deptford | {{coord|39.8414 |
75.2214|format=dms|name=Deptford Station}}
| 740 | 2x1 combined cycle | 2014 | |
Woodbridge Energy Center
| {{coord|40.5150 |
74.3189|format=dms|name=Woodbridge EC}}
| 725 | 2x1 combined cycle | 2015 | MCUA furnishes plant's cooling tower water. |
=Petroleum=
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Plant
!Location !Coords. !Capacity !Generation !Commissioned !Notes |
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Bayville Central Facility
| Bayville | {{coord|39.9094 |
74.1780|format=dms|name=Bayville Facility}}
| 6.9 | Reciprocating engine (x7) | 1988/2000 | includes ~1MW biofuel |
Gilbert
| {{coord|40.5658 |
75.1639|format=dms|name=Gilbert}}
| 150 | 1996 | |
Haworth Water Treatment Plant
| {{coord|40.9593 |
74.0151|format=dms|name=Hawarth WWTP }}
| 7.8 | Reciprocating engine (x2) | 2018 | |
Salem Generating Station
| {{coord|39.4625 |
75.5358|format=dms|name=Salem Station}}
| 38.4 | Simple cycle | 1971 | PSEG |
West Station
| {{coord|39.4912 |
75.0486|format=dms|name=West Station}}
| 22.9 | Simple cycle | 1972 | |
Renewable power stations
=Biomass and municipal waste=
Additional data from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection{{cite news | title = Authorized Incinerators in New Jersey | publisher = NJ Department of Environmental Protection | url = http://www.nj.gov/dep/dshw/rrtp/njaincin.htm | accessdate = 2014-12-26}}{{Cite web| title=The 2014 erc directory of waste-to-energy facilities | url=http://energyrecoverycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ERC_2014_Directory.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326091745/http://energyrecoverycouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ERC_2014_Directory.pdf | archive-date=2016-03-26}}
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Plant
!Location !Coords. !Capacity !Fuel !Generation !Commissioned !Ref |
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Atlantic County Landfill
| {{coord|39.4175 |
74.5422|format=dms|name=Atlantic County LFG}}
| 3.3 | Reciprocating engine (x2) | 2005 | |
Burlington County Landfill
| {{coord|40.0742 |
74.6656|format=dms|name=Burlington County LFG}}
| 7.0 | Landfill gas | Reciprocating engine (x5) | 2007 | |
Camden County Resource Recovery Facility
| Camden | {{coord|39.9092 |
75.1169|format=dms|name=Camden RRF}}
| 33.0 | Municipal solid waste | 1991 | |
Cinnamon Bay Edgeboro Landfill
| {{coord|40.4653 |
74.3939|format=dms|name=Cinnamon Bay LFG}}
| 9.1 | Landfill gas | Reciprocating engine | 2011 | |
Essex County Resource Recovery Facility
| Newark | {{coord|40|44|18|N|74|07|35|W|format=dms|name=Essex County RRF}} | 60.0 | Municipal solid waste | Steam turbine (x2) | 1990 | |
Gloucester County Resource Recovery Facility
| {{coord|39.8733 |
75.1381|format=dms|name=Gloucester County RRF}}
| 12.0 | Municipal solid waste | Steam turbine | 1990 | |
Middlesex Generating Facility
| {{coord|40.4903 |
74.3156|format=dms|name=Middlesex LFG}}
| 18.8 | Landfill gas | Reciprocating engine (x3) | 1961/2001 | |
Ocean County Landfill
| {{coord|40.0249 |
74.2501|format=dms|name=Ocean County LFG}}
| 13.8 | Landfill gas | Reciprocating engine (x12) | 1997/2006 | |
Pennsauken Landfill
| {{coord|39.9894 |
75.0400|format=dms|name=Pennsauken LFG}}
| 1.8 | Landfill gas | Reciprocating engine (x2) | 2004 | |
Salem County Landfill
| {{coord|39.5889 |
75.3764|format=dms|name=Salem County LFG}}
| 1.8 | Landfill gas | Reciprocating engine | 2008 | |
Sussex Landfill Energy
| {{coord|41.0936 |
74.6788|format=dms|name=Sussex LFG}}
| 3.0 | Landfill gas | Reciprocating engine (x2) | 2011 | |
Union County Resource Recovery Facility
| Rahway | {{coord|40.6013 |
74.2664|format=dms|name=Union County RRF}}
| 37.5 | Municipal solid waste | Steam turbine | 1994 | |
Woodbine Landfill Plant
| {{coord|39.2311 |
74.7808|format=dms|name=Woodbine LFG}}
| 2.1 | Landfill gas | Reciprocating engine | 2013 | |
=Hydroelectric=
{{See also|List of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey}}
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Plant
!Location !Coords. !Capacity (MW) !Number of !Commissioned !Ref |
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Great Falls (Passaic River)
| Paterson | {{coord|40.9153 |
74.1810|format=dms|name=Great Falls}}
| 10.95 | 3 | 1986 |
Passaic Valley Water Commission
| Passaic County | {{coord|40.8833 |
74.2300|format=dms|name=Passaic Valley}}
| 2.4 | 4 | 1935 |
=Wind farms=
{{Main|Wind power in New Jersey}}
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Name
!Location !Coords. !Capacity (MW) !Number of !Commissioned !Ref |
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Bayonne MUA
| Bayonne | {{coord|40.6528 |
74.1178|format=dms|name=Bayonne MUA Turbine}}
| 1.5 | 1 | 2012 |
Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm
| {{coord|39.3822 |
74.4475|format=dms|name=Jersey-Atlantic Wind}}
| 7.5 | 5 | 2005 | |
=Photovoltaic=
{{Main|Solar power in New Jersey}}
As of September 2024, New Jersey has more than 90 photovoltaic installations of over 5 MW, which have a cumulative capacity of over 850 MW, and over 560 projects of over 1 MW, with a cumulative utility-scale capacity of 1,825 MW.{{Cite web|title=Solar Activity Reports {{!}} NJ OCE Web Site|url=https://njcleanenergy.com/renewable-energy/project-activity-reports/project-activity-reports|access-date=2021-11-10|website=njcleanenergy.com}} Small-scale capacity is 3,131 MW. Most of these are net-metered. The largest in the state include (incomplete list; selected projects):
Storage power stations
=Battery storage=
=Pumped storage=
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Plant
!Location !Coords. !Capacity (MW) !Number of !Commissioned !Ref | ||||
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Yards Creek Generating Station | Blairstown & Hardwick | {{coord|41.0006 | ||
75.0314|format=dms|name=Yards Creek}} | 420 | 3 | 1965 | [https://www.pseg.com/family/power/fossil/stations/yardscreek.jsp The Yards Creek Generating Station] |
Decommissioned plants
See also
{{Portal|Energy|United States|New Jersey}}
References
{{Reflist|refs=
|url=https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/
|date=15 September 2020
|title=Form EIA-860 detailed data with previous form data (EIA-860A/860B)
|author=Energy Information Administration
|website=eia.gov
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918022441/https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860/
|archive-date=18 September 2020
|url-status=live
}}
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External links
- [https://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.php?sid=NJ#77 Energy Information Administration State Profile Analysis]
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Category:Energy infrastructure in New Jersey