List of power stations in New Jersey

Sources of New Jersey utility-scale electricity generation in gigawatt-hours, full-year 2024: ^[1]

1. Natural gas: 30,514 (49.6%)
2. Nuclear: 27,677 (45.0%)
3. Solar: 1,787 (2.91%)
4. Biomass: 654 (1.06%)
5. Other gases: 164 (0.27%)
6. Petroleum: 33 (0.05%)
7. Wind: 19 (0.03%)
8. Other: 613 (1.00%)

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of New Jersey , sorted by type and name. In 2023, New Jersey had a total summer capacity of 16,838 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 64,228 GWh. ^[2] In 2024, the electrical energy generation mix was 49.6% natural gas, 45% nuclear, 2.9% solar, 1.1% biomass, 0.3% other gases, less than 0.1% petroleum and wind, and 1% 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 3,403 GWh of energy to the state's electrical grid during 2024. This was nearly twice the generation of New Jersey's utility-scale PV plants. ^[1]

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.

Plant	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Commissioned	Ref
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)	1173	1986
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)	2285	1977 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

Plant	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Generation type	Commissioned	Notes
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)	1229	4x1 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)	168	Simple 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)	244	2x2 combined cycle	1991/2016
Essex Generating Station	Newark	40°44′18″N74°07′35″W / 40.738333°N 74.126389°W / 40.738333; -74.126389 (Essex Station)	81	2x simple cycle	1990	PSEG Decommissioned 2022
Gilbert	Hunterdon County	40°33′57″N75°09′50″W / 40.5658°N 75.1639°W / 40.5658; -75.1639 (Gilbert)	294	4x1 combined cycle	1974/1977
Kearny Generating Station	South Kearny	40°44′14″N74°05′47″W / 40.7373°N 74.0965°W / 40.7373; -74.0965 (Kearny Station)	456	Simple 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)	974	6x3 combined cycle	1989	Also 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)	1566	Simple 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)	573	2x1 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)	136	2x1 combined cycle	1993	Retired 2022
Newark Energy Center	Newark	40°42′26″N74°07′33″W / 40.7072°N 74.1258°W / 40.7072; -74.1258 (Newark EC)	705	2x1 combined cycle	2015	Energy 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)	115	2x2 combined cycle	1991
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)	115	1x1 combined cycle	1992
Red Oak	Middlesex County	40°26′55″N74°20′56″W / 40.4487°N 74.3489°W / 40.4487; -74.3489 (Red Oak Power)	823	3x1 combined cycle	2002	Carlyle Group
Sayreville	Sayreville	40°28′35″N74°21′08″W / 40.4765°N 74.3523°W / 40.4765; -74.3523 (Sayreville)	200	Simple cycle (x4)	1991	JCP&L
Sayreville Energy Center	Sayreville	40°26′20″N74°20′40″W / 40.4390°N 74.3444°W / 40.4390; -74.3444 (Sayreville EC)	315	2x1 combined cycle	1991	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)	538	1x1 combined cycle	2018	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)	740	2x1 combined cycle	2014
Woodbridge Energy Center	Woodbridge	40°30′54″N74°19′08″W / 40.5150°N 74.3189°W / 40.5150; -74.3189 (Woodbridge EC)	725	2x1 combined cycle	2015	MCUA furnishes plant's cooling tower water.

Petroleum

Plant	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Generation type	Commissioned	Notes
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)	1988/2000	includes ~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)	7.8	Reciprocating 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)	38.4	Simple cycle	1971	PSEG
West Station	Cumberland County	39°29′28″N75°02′55″W / 39.4912°N 75.0486°W / 39.4912; -75.0486 (West Station)	22.9	Simple cycle	1972

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]}

Plant	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Fuel type	Generation type	Commissioned	Ref
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)	7.0	Landfill gas	Reciprocating 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)	9.1	Landfill gas	Reciprocating engine	2011
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)	60.0	Municipal 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)	12.0	Municipal solid waste (biogenic and non-biogenic)	Steam turbine	1990
Middlesex Generating Facility	Middlesex	40°29′25″N74°18′56″W / 40.4903°N 74.3156°W / 40.4903; -74.3156 (Middlesex LFG)	18.8	Landfill gas	Reciprocating 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)	13.8	Landfill gas	Reciprocating 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)	1.8	Landfill gas	Reciprocating 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)	1.8	Landfill gas	Reciprocating engine	2008
Sussex Landfill Energy	Sussex County	41°05′37″N74°40′44″W / 41.0936°N 74.6788°W / 41.0936; -74.6788 (Sussex LFG)	3.0	Landfill gas	Reciprocating 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)	37.5	Municipal solid waste (biogenic and non-biogenic)	Steam turbine	1994
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)	2.1	Landfill gas	Reciprocating engine	2013

Hydroelectric

See also: List of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey

Plant	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Number of turbines	Commissioned	Ref
Great Falls (Passaic River)	Paterson	40°54′55″N74°10′52″W / 40.9153°N 74.1810°W / 40.9153; -74.1810 (Great Falls)	10.95	3	1986	[10]
Passaic Valley Water Commission	Passaic County	40°53′00″N74°13′48″W / 40.8833°N 74.2300°W / 40.8833; -74.2300 (Passaic Valley)	2.4	4	1935	[11]

Wind farms

Main article: Wind power in New Jersey

Name	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Number of turbines	Commissioned	Ref
Bayonne MUA	Bayonne	40°39′10″N74°07′04″W / 40.6528°N 74.1178°W / 40.6528; -74.1178 (Bayonne MUA Turbine)	1.5	1	2012	[12]
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)	7.5	5	2005

Photovoltaic

Main article: 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. ^[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]

Name	Location	Capacity (MWdc)	Commissioned	Notes
Ben Moreell Solar Farm, Naval Weapons Station Earle [14]	Tinton Falls	28.5	2015	Superfund site [15]
Berry Plastics	Phillipsburg	13.1	2013	Net metered
DSM Solar	Belvidere	20.2	2019	Net metered (three projects on site) [16]
Fort Dix Landfill	Lakehurst	16.5	2017	Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site
Frenchtown Solar III	Kingwood Township	10.0	2013
Holt Logistics Gloucester Terminal	Gloucester City	10.1	2012	Net metered, largest rooftop solar project in the US when completed (9 MW), 1.1 MW added in 2018 [17]
McGraw-Hill Companies	East Windsor	14.1	2012	[18]
Monroe Solar Farm	Monroe Township	12.0	2020	Landfill/brownfield site
Mount Olive – Combe Fill North Landfill	Mount Olive Township	25.6	2023	Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site [19] [20]
New Jersey Oak Solar	Fairfield Township	12.5	2012	[21]
Pilesgrove Solar Farm	Pilesgrove Township	19.9	2011
SC Holdings	Cinnaminson	13.0	2019	Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site
Seashore Solar	Egg Harbor Township	10.6	2016	Landfill/brownfield site
Six Flags Solar	Jackson Township	23.5	2019	Net metered, ground mount and carport
Tinton Falls Solar Farm	Tinton Falls	19.9	2012	Landfill/brownfield site
Toms River Merchant Solar	Toms River	27.3	2021	Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site
Vinland Construction Co.	Pennsauken Township	15.1	2019	Landfill/brownfield site

Storage power stations

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

Battery storage

Plant	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Commissioned	Ref
ACUA Storage	Atlantic County	39°22′55″N74°26′42″W / 39.3820°N 74.4451°W / 39.3820; -74.4451 (ACUA)	1.0	2018	[22]
Caldwell Wastewater Treatment Hybrid	Essex County	40°50′19″N74°18′45″W / 40.8386°N 74.3125°W / 40.8386; -74.3125 (Caldwell WWTP Hybrid)	1.0	2016	[23]
Hopewell Valley High School Hybrid	Mercer County	40°19′41″N74°48′18″W / 40.3280°N 74.8049°W / 40.3280; -74.8049 (Hopewell Valley HS Hybrid)	1.0	2015	[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)	19.8	2019	[25]
Stryker 22 BESS	Warren County	40°39′55″N75°08′40″W / 40.6654°N 75.1445°W / 40.6654; -75.1445 (Stryker BESS)	19.8	2018	[25]

Pumped storage

Plant	Location	Coords.	Capacity (MW)	Number of turbines	Commissioned	Ref
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)	420	3	1965	[26]

Decommissioned plants

Plant	Location	Coords	Capacity (MW)	Source	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Notes
B.L. England Generating Station (Beesley's Point Generating Station)	Upper Township		450	Coal	1961	May 1, 2019 [27]
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)	244	Coal	1993	June 2022	[28] [29]
Hudson Generating Station	Jersey City		660	Coal	1968	May 31, 2017 [30]
Logan Generating Plant	Logan Township [31]	39°47′34″N75°24′24″W / 39.7928°N 75.4067°W / 39.7928; -75.4067 (Logan)	219	Coal	1994	June 2022	[32] [33] [34]
Mercer Generating Station	Hamilton Township		360	Coal	1960	May 31, 2017 [30]
Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station	Lacey Township		652	Nuclear	1969	September 17, 2018 [35]

See also

• Energy portal
• United States portal
• New Jersey portal

• Hudson Project
• PJM Interconnection
• List of power stations in the United States
• List of electric companies in New Jersey

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External links

• Energy Information Administration State Profile Analysis