List of power stations in New Jersey

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The following page lists power stations in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] As of 2013, 52% of electricity in the state was produced by nuclear power and 42% was produced by natural gas.[2][3]

Non-renewable

Nuclear

There are three nuclear power stations in New Jersey. The Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant and Forked River Nuclear Power Plant were proposed.

Plant Location Coords. Commissioned Notes
Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station Lower Alloways Creek 1986
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Lacey Township 1969
Salem Nuclear Power Plant Lower Alloways Creek 1977 for I
1981 for II

Coal

Plant Location Coords Cpmmissioned Notes
Beesley's Point Generating Station Upper Township
Hudson Generating Station Jersey City
Mercer Generating Station Hamilton Township

Gas-fired or combined gas/coal

Plant Location Coords. Commissioned Notes
Bayonne Energy Center Bayonne 2012 Con Ed Brooklyn
Bergen Generating Station Ridgefield 1957 Hudson Project
Kearny Generating Station South Kearny originally 1925
Newark Energy Center Newark 2015 Energy Investors Fund
Red Oak Sayreville 2002 Carlye Group
Sayreville Energy Center Sayreville 1991 Neptune Cable

Petroleum

Plant Location Coords. Commissioned Notes

Renewable

Hydroelectric

Plant Location Coords. Commissioned Notes
Yards Creek Generating Station[4] Blairstown & Hardwick 1965 Operational
Great Falls (Passaic River) Paterson

Wind farms

Name Location Coords. Commissioned Notes
Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm Atlantic City 2005
Bayonne MUA Bayonne 2013

Photovoltaic

As of June 2014 the largest photovoltaic array by megawatts in the state were:[5]

Name Location Coords. Commissioned Capacity Size Notes
Tinton Falls Solar Farm 19.9 megawatts 100 acres (40.5 ha)
Pilesgrove Solar Farm 19.9 megawatts
100 acres (40.5 ha)
McGraw-Hill Companies East Windsor 14.1 megawatts 50 acres private corporate complex
Berry Plastics Phillipsburg 13.15 megawatts 50,6888 ground-mounted panels private manufacturing complex
New Jersey Oak Solar Fairfiled Township 12.5 megawatts 100 acre
53,000 panels
Atlantic City Electric
Frenchtown Solar Kingwood Township 40°28′59″N 75°00′58″W / 40.483°N 75.016°W / 40.483; -75.016 (Frenchtown Solar 3) 2013 13.2 megawatts 50 acres (20.2 ha)
33,300 panels
Jersey Central Power and Light
Flemington Solar 3 Kingwood Township 9.36 megawatts 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 megawatts 43 acres
US Foods Perth Amboy 8.135 megawatts Private rooftop panels on refrigerated warehouse
Name Location Coords. Commissioned Capacity Size Notes
Pennsauken Renewable Energy Park 2006
Port of Paulsboro

Mass burn[6][7]

Plant Location Coords. Commissioned Notes
Camden County RRF Camden
Essex County Resource Recovery Facility Newark
Gloucester County RRF Westville
Union County RRF Rahway
Warren County RRF oxford

See also

References

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