List of power stations in New Jersey

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Sources of New Jersey utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2023 [1]

Contents

  Natural Gas (51.4%)
  Nuclear (44.1%)
  Solar (2.5%)
  Biomass (1.1%)
  Other Gases (0.3%)
  Petroleum (0.1%)
  Other (0.9%)

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. [2] 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. [1]

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] In February 2023, Governor Phil Murphy set a goal of 100% clean electricity (including non-renewable zero-emissions sources) by 2035. [4] About 75% of in-state renewable generation came from small- and large-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) that year. [5] 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. [1]

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Nuclear power stations

There are two nuclear power stations in New Jersey both operated by PSEG Nuclear. [6] The Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Lacey Township owned and operated by Oyster Creek Environmental Protection permanently ceased operations on September 17, 2018.

PlantLocationCoords.Capacity (MW)CommissionedRef
Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station Lower Alloways Creek 39°28′00″N75°32′16″W / 39.4666°N 75.5377°W / 39.4666; -75.5377 (Hope Creek) 11731986
Salem Nuclear Power Plant Lower Alloways Creek 39°27′45″N75°32′09″W / 39.4625°N 75.5358°W / 39.4625; -75.5358 (Salem) 22851977 for I
1981 for II

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference. [7]

Natural gas

PlantLocationCoords.Capacity
(MW)		Generation
Type		CommissionedNotes
Bayonne Energy Center Bayonne 40°39′10″N74°05′30″W / 40.6528°N 74.0916°W / 40.6528; -74.0916 (Bayonne EC) 644 Simple Cycle (x10)2012 Con Ed Brooklyn
Bergen Generating Station Ridgefield 40°50′15″N74°01′28″W / 40.8375°N 74.0244°W / 40.8375; -74.0244 (Bergen Station) 12294x1 Combined Cycle
2x1 Combined Cycle		1957/1995 (638MW)
2002 (591MW)		 Hudson Project
Burlington Generating Station Burlington 40°04′36″N74°52′45″W / 40.0766°N 74.8792°W / 40.0766; -74.8792 (Burlington Station) 168Simple Cycle (x4)2000 PSEG
Eagle Point Power Generation Gloucester County 39°52′29″N75°09′33″W / 39.8746°N 75.1592°W / 39.8746; -75.1592 (Eagle Point Power) 2442x2 Combined Cycle1991/2016
Gilbert Hunterdon County 40°33′57″N75°09′50″W / 40.5658°N 75.1639°W / 40.5658; -75.1639 (Gilbert) 2944x1 Combined Cycle1974/1977
Kearny Generating Station South Kearny 40°44′14″N74°05′47″W / 40.7373°N 74.0965°W / 40.7373; -74.0965 (Kearny Station) 456Simple Cycle (x10)originally 1925 PSEG
Linden Cogen Plant Linden 40°37′56″N74°12′56″W / 40.6322°N 74.2156°W / 40.6322; -74.2156 (Linden Cogen) 9746x3 Combined Cycle1989also furnishes steam for Phillips 66 refinery
Linden Generating Station Linden 40°37′18″N74°12′26″W / 40.6217°N 74.2072°W / 40.6217; -74.2072 (Linden Station) 1566Simple Cycle (x4)
2x1 Combined Cycle (x2)		1995/2000 (336MW)
2006 (1230MW)		 PSEG
NAEA Lakewood Lakewood 40°03′41″N74°10′07″W / 40.0613°N 74.1686°W / 40.0613; -74.1686 (NAEA Lakewood) 5732x1 Combined Cycle
Simple Cycle (x2)		1994 (248MW)
2003 (325MW)
Newark Bay Cogen Newark 40°43′11″N74°07′33″W / 40.7197°N 74.1258°W / 40.7197; -74.1258 (Newark Bay Cogen) 1362x1 Combined Cycle1993
Newark Energy Center Newark 40°42′26″N74°07′33″W / 40.7072°N 74.1258°W / 40.7072; -74.1258 (Newark EC) 7052x1 Combined Cycle2015Energy Investors Fund
Parlin Power Plant Parlin 40°27′39″N74°19′38″W / 40.4607°N 74.3272°W / 40.4607; -74.3272 (Parlin Power Plant) 1152x2 Combined Cycle1991
Paulsboro Refinery Gloucester County 39°50′24″N75°15′30″W / 39.8400°N 75.2583°W / 39.8400; -75.2583 (Paulsboro Refinery) 67 Steam Turbine (x3)
Simple Cycle		1982/2006 (40MW)
1991 (27MW)		also burns petroleum coke and other gases
Pedricktown Cogen Salem County 39°46′00″N75°25′26″W / 39.7668°N 75.4238°W / 39.7668; -75.4238 (Pedricktown Cogen) 1151x1 Combined Cycle1992
Red Oak Middlesex County 40°26′55″N74°20′56″W / 40.4487°N 74.3489°W / 40.4487; -74.3489 (Red Oak Power) 8233x1 Combined Cycle2002 Carlyle Group
Sayreville Sayreville 40°28′35″N74°21′08″W / 40.4765°N 74.3523°W / 40.4765; -74.3523 (Sayreville) 200Simple Cycle (x4)1991JCP&L
Sayreville Energy Center Sayreville 40°26′20″N74°20′40″W / 40.4390°N 74.3444°W / 40.4390; -74.3444 (Sayreville EC) 3152x1 Combined Cycle1991 Neptune Cable
Sewaren Generating Station Sewaren, Middlesex County 40°33′21″N74°14′49″W / 40.5558°N 74.2469°W / 40.5558; -74.2469 (Sewaren Station) 5381x1 Combined Cycle2018 PSEG
West Deptford Energy Station Deptford 39°50′29″N75°13′17″W / 39.8414°N 75.2214°W / 39.8414; -75.2214 (Deptford Station) 7402x1 Combined Cycle2014
Woodbridge Energy Center Woodbridge 40°30′54″N74°19′08″W / 40.5150°N 74.3189°W / 40.5150; -74.3189 (Woodbridge EC) 7252x1 Combined Cycle2015MCUA Furnishes plant’s cooling tower water
Essex Generating StationNewark, New Jersey812 Simple Cycle1990PSEG

Petroleum

PlantLocationCoords.Capacity
(MW)		Generation
Type		CommissionedNotes
Bayville Central Facility Bayville 39°54′34″N74°10′41″W / 39.9094°N 74.1780°W / 39.9094; -74.1780 (Bayville Facility) 6.9 Reciprocating Engine (x7)1988/2000includes ~1MW biofuel
Gilbert Hunterdon County 40°33′57″N75°09′50″W / 40.5658°N 75.1639°W / 40.5658; -75.1639 (Gilbert) 150 Simple Cycle 1996
Haworth Water Treatment Plant Bergen County 40°57′33″N74°00′54″W / 40.9593°N 74.0151°W / 40.9593; -74.0151 (Hawarth WWTP) 7.8Reciprocating Engine (x2)2018
Salem Generating Station Salem County 39°27′45″N75°32′09″W / 39.4625°N 75.5358°W / 39.4625; -75.5358 (Salem Station) 38.4Simple Cycle1971 PSEG
West Station Cumberland County 39°29′28″N75°02′55″W / 39.4912°N 75.0486°W / 39.4912; -75.0486 (West Station) 22.9Simple Cycle1972

Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference. [7]

Biomass and municipal waste

Additional data from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection [8] [9]

PlantLocationCoords.Capacity
(MW)		Fuel
Type		Generation
Type		CommissionedRef
Atlantic County Landfill Atlantic County 39°25′03″N74°32′32″W / 39.4175°N 74.5422°W / 39.4175; -74.5422 (Atlantic County LFG) 3.3 landfill gas Reciprocating Engine (x2)2005
Burlington County Landfill Burlington County 40°04′27″N74°39′56″W / 40.0742°N 74.6656°W / 40.0742; -74.6656 (Burlington County LFG) 7.0landfill gasReciprocating Engine (x5)2007
Camden County Resource Recovery Facility Camden 39°54′33″N75°07′01″W / 39.9092°N 75.1169°W / 39.9092; -75.1169 (Camden RRF) 33.0 municipal solid waste
(biogenic and non-biogenic)		 Steam Turbine 1991
Cinnamon Bay Edgeboro Landfill Middlesex County 40°27′55″N74°23′38″W / 40.4653°N 74.3939°W / 40.4653; -74.3939 (Cinnamon Bay LFG) 9.1landfill gasReciprocating Engine2011
Essex County Resource Recovery Facility Newark 40°44′18″N74°07′35″W / 40.73833°N 74.12639°W / 40.73833; -74.12639 (Essex County RRF) 60.0municipal solid waste
(biogenic and non-biogenic)		Steam Turbine (x2)1990
Gloucester County Resource Recovery Facility Westville 39°52′24″N75°08′17″W / 39.8733°N 75.1381°W / 39.8733; -75.1381 (Gloucester County RRF) 12.0municipal solid waste
(biogenic and non-biogenic)		Steam Turbine1990
Middlesex Generating Facility Middlesex 40°29′25″N74°18′56″W / 40.4903°N 74.3156°W / 40.4903; -74.3156 (Middlesex LFG) 18.8landfill gasReciprocating Engine (x3)1961/2001
Ocean County Landfill Ocean County 40°01′30″N74°15′00″W / 40.0249°N 74.2501°W / 40.0249; -74.2501 (Ocean County LFG) 13.8landfill gasReciprocating Engine (x12)1997/2006
Pennsauken Landfill Camden County 39°59′22″N75°02′24″W / 39.9894°N 75.0400°W / 39.9894; -75.0400 (Pennsauken LFG) 1.8landfill gasReciprocating Engine (x2)2004
Salem County Landfill Salem County 39°35′20″N75°22′35″W / 39.5889°N 75.3764°W / 39.5889; -75.3764 (Salem County LFG) 1.8landfill gasReciprocating Engine2008
Sussex Landfill Energy Sussex County 41°05′37″N74°40′44″W / 41.0936°N 74.6788°W / 41.0936; -74.6788 (Sussex LFG) 3.0landfill gasReciprocating Engine (x2)2011
Union County Resource Recovery Facility Rahway 40°36′05″N74°15′59″W / 40.6013°N 74.2664°W / 40.6013; -74.2664 (Union County RRF) 37.5municipal solid waste
(biogenic and non-biogenic)		Steam Turbine1994
Woodbine Landfill Plant Cape May County 39°13′52″N74°46′51″W / 39.2311°N 74.7808°W / 39.2311; -74.7808 (Woodbine LFG) 2.1landfill gasReciprocating Engine2013

Hydroelectric

PlantLocationCoords.Capacity (MW)Number of
Turbines		CommissionedRef
Great Falls (Passaic River) Paterson 40°54′55″N74°10′52″W / 40.9153°N 74.1810°W / 40.9153; -74.1810 (Great Falls) 10.9531986 [10]
Passaic Valley Water CommissionPassaic County 40°53′00″N74°13′48″W / 40.8833°N 74.2300°W / 40.8833; -74.2300 (Passaic Valley) 2.441935 [11]

Wind farms

NameLocationCoords.Capacity (MW)Number of
Turbines		CommissionedRef
Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm Atlantic City 39°22′56″N74°26′51″W / 39.3822°N 74.4475°W / 39.3822; -74.4475 (Jersey-Atlantic Wind) 7.552005
Bayonne MUA Bayonne 40°39′10″N74°07′04″W / 40.6528°N 74.1178°W / 40.6528; -74.1178 (Bayonne MUA Turbine) 1.512012 [12]

Photovoltaic

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. [13] Small-scale capacity is 3,131 MW. Most of these are net-metered. The largest in the state include (incomplete list; selected projects): [13]

NameLocationCapacity (MWdc)CommissionedNotes
Ben Moreell Solar Farm, Naval Weapons Station Earle [14] Tinton Falls 28.52015Superfund site [15]
Toms River Merchant Solar Toms River 27.32021Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site
Mount Olive – Combe Fill North Landfill Mount Olive Township 25.62023Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site [16] [17]
Six Flags Solar Jackson Township 23.52019Net metered, ground mount and carport
DSM Solar Belvidere 20.22019Net metered (three projects on site) [18]
Tinton Falls Solar Farm Tinton Falls19.92012Landfill/brownfield site
Pilesgrove Solar Farm Pilesgrove Township 19.92011
Fort Dix Landfill Lakehurst 16.52017Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site
Vinland Construction Co. Pennsauken Township 15.12019Landfill/brownfield site
McGraw-Hill Companies East Windsor 14.12012 [19]
Berry Plastics Phillipsburg 13.12013Net metered
SC Holdings Cinnaminson 13.02019Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site
New Jersey Oak Solar Fairfield Township 12.52012 [20]
Monroe Solar FarmMonroe Township12.02020Landfill/brownfield site
Seashore Solar Egg Harbor Township 10.62016Landfill/brownfield site
Holt Logistics Gloucester Terminal Gloucester City 10.12012Net metered, largest rooftop solar project in the US when completed (9 MW), 1.1 MW added in 2018 [21]
Frenchtown Solar III Kingwood Township 10.02013

Storage power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference. [7]

Battery storage

PlantLocationCoords.Capacity (MW)CommissionedRef
ACUA StorageAtlantic County 39°22′55″N74°26′42″W / 39.3820°N 74.4451°W / 39.3820; -74.4451 (ACUA) 1.02018 [22]
Caldwell Wastewater Treatment HybridEssex County 40°50′19″N74°18′45″W / 40.8386°N 74.3125°W / 40.8386; -74.3125 (Caldwell WWTP Hybrid) 1.02016 [23]
Hopewell Valley High School HybridMercer County 40°19′41″N74°48′18″W / 40.3280°N 74.8049°W / 40.3280; -74.8049 (Hopewell Valley HS Hybrid) 1.02015 [24]
Plumsted 537 BESS Ocean County 40°06′34″N74°29′52″W / 40.1094°N 74.4978°W / 40.1094; -74.4978 (Plumsted BESS) 19.82019 [25]
Stryker 22 BESSWarren County 40°39′55″N75°08′40″W / 40.6654°N 75.1445°W / 40.6654; -75.1445 (Stryker BESS) 19.82018 [25]

Pumped storage

PlantLocationCoords.Capacity (MW)Number of
Turbines		CommissionedRef
Yards Creek Generating Station Blairstown & Hardwick 41°00′02″N75°01′53″W / 41.0006°N 75.0314°W / 41.0006; -75.0314 (Yards Creek) 42031965 [26]

Decommissioned plants

PlantLocationCoordsCapacity (MW)SourceCommissionedDecommissionedNotes
B.L. England Generating Station (Beesley's Point Generating Station) Upper Township 450Coal1961May 1, 2019 [27]
Hudson Generating Station Jersey City 660Coal1968May 31, 2017 [28]
Mercer Generating StationHamilton Township360Coal1960May 31, 2017 [28]
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station Lacey Township 652Nuclear1969September 17, 2018 [29]
Logan Generating Plant Logan Township [30] 39°47′34″N75°24′24″W / 39.7928°N 75.4067°W / 39.7928; -75.4067 (Logan) 219Coal1994June 2022 [31] [32] [33]
Chambers Carneys Point Cogen Generating Plant Carneys Point Township 39°41′37″N75°29′09″W / 39.6935°N 75.4858°W / 39.6935; -75.4858 (Chambers Carneys Point) 244Coal1993June 2022 [34] [35]

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