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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 two nuclear power stations in New Jersey. The Atlantic Nuclear Power Plant and Forked River Nuclear Power Plant were proposed.
Plant | Standort | Coords. | Commissioned | Notes |
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Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station | Lower Alloways Creek | 1986 | ||
Salem Nuclear Power Plant | Lower Alloways Creek | 1977 for I 1981 for II |
Coal
Plant | Standort | Coords | Commissioned | Notes |
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Logan Generating Plant | Logan Township[4] | 1994 | ||
Carneys Point Cogen Generating Plant | Carneys Point Township | 39.690711, -75.487656 | 1993 | Also provides steam for Dupont |
Gas-fired or combined gas/coal
Plant | Standort | Coords. | Commissioned | Notes |
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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 | Carlyle Group | |
Sayreville Energy Center | Sayreville | 1991 | Neptune Cable | |
Sewaren 7 | Woodbridge |
Renewable
Hydroelectric
Plant | Standort | Coords. | Commissioned | Notes |
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Yards Creek Generating Station[5] | Blairstown & Hardwick | 1965 | Operational | |
Great Falls (Passaic River) | Paterson |
Wind farms
Name | Standort | Coords. | Commissioned | Notes |
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Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm | Atlantic City | 2005 | ||
Bayonne MUA | Bayonne | 2013 |
As of June 2014 the largest photovoltaic array by megawatts in the state were:[6]
Name | Standort | Coords. | Commissioned | Capacity | Size | Notes |
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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 | Fairfield 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 | 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 | |||
Pennsauken Renewable Energy Park | 2006 | |||||
Port of Paulsboro |
Plant | Standort | Coords. | Commissioned | Notes |
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Camden County RRF | Camden | |||
Essex County Resource Recovery Facility | Newark | |||
Gloucester County RRF | Westville | |||
Union County RRF | Rahway | |||
Warren County RRF | Oxford |
Decommissioned plants
Plant | Standort | 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[9] | ||
Hudson Generating Station | Jersey City | Coal | 1968 | May 31, 2017[10] | ||
Mercer Generating Station | Hamilton Township | Coal | 1960 | May 31, 2017[11] | ||
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station | Lacey Township | Nuclear | 1969 | September 17, 2018[12] |
See also
- Hudson Project
- PJM Interconnection
- List of power stations in the United States
- List of wind farms in the United States
- List of electric companies in New Jersey
References
- ^ http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/02/23/the-list-tallying-up-new-jersey-s-10-biggest-power-plants/
- ^ Wind power in New Jersey#cite note-1
- ^ http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/16/04/28/new-jersey-no-plan-to-comply-with-federal-clean-power-plan/
- ^ http://www.negt.com/asset_logan.html
- ^ The Yards Creek Generating Station
- ^ http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/06/08/the-list-counting-down-new-jersey-s-10-largest-solar-farms/
- ^ "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/.
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