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.[1] 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.[2] In February 2023, Governor Phil Murphy set a goal of 100% clean electricity (including non-renewable zero-emissions sources) by 2035.[3] About 75% of in-state renewable generation came from small- and large-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) that year.[4] 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.
There are two nuclear power stations in New Jersey both operated by PSEG Nuclear.[5] 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 | |
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39.4666°N -75.5377°W | 1173 | 1986 | ||||
39.4625°N -75.5358°W | 2285 | 1977 for I 1981 for II |
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.
Plant | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Generation Type | Commissioned | Notes | |
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Bayonne Energy Center | Bayonne | 40.6528°N -74.0916°W | 644 | Simple Cycle (x10) | 2012 | Con Ed Brooklyn | |
Bergen Generating Station | Ridgefield | 40.8375°N -74.0244°W | 1229 | 4x1 Combined Cycle 2x1 Combined Cycle | 1957/1995 (638MW) 2002 (591MW) | Hudson Project | |
Burlington Generating Station | Burlington | 40.0766°N -74.8792°W | 168 | Simple Cycle (x4) | 2000 | PSEG | |
Eagle Point Power Generation | Gloucester County | 39.8746°N -75.1592°W | 244 | 2x2 Combined Cycle | 1991/2016 | ||
Gilbert | Hunterdon County | 40.5658°N -75.1639°W | 294 | 4x1 Combined Cycle | 1974/1977 | ||
Kearny Generating Station | South Kearny | 40.7373°N -74.0965°W | 456 | Simple Cycle (x10) | originally 1925 | PSEG | |
Linden Cogen Plant | Linden | 40.6322°N -74.2156°W | 974 | 6x3 Combined Cycle | 1989 | also furnishes steam for Phillips 66 refinery | |
Linden Generating Station | Linden | 40.6217°N -74.2072°W | 1566 | Simple Cycle (x4) 2x1 Combined Cycle (x2) | 1995/2000 (336MW) 2006 (1230MW) | PSEG | |
NAEA Lakewood | Lakewood | 40.0613°N -74.1686°W | 573 | 2x1 Combined Cycle Simple Cycle (x2) | 1994 (248MW) 2003 (325MW) | ||
Newark Bay Cogen | Newark | 40.7197°N -74.1258°W | 136 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 1993 | ||
Newark Energy Center | Newark | 40.7072°N -74.1258°W | 705 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2015 | Energy Investors Fund | |
Parlin Power Plant | Parlin | 40.4607°N -74.3272°W | 115 | 2x2 Combined Cycle | 1991 | ||
Paulsboro Refinery | Gloucester County | 39.84°N -75.2583°W | 67 | Steam Turbine (x3) Simple Cycle | 1982/2006 (40MW) 1991 (27MW) | also burns petroleum coke and other gases | |
Pedricktown Cogen | Salem County | 39.7668°N -75.4238°W | 115 | 1x1 Combined Cycle | 1992 | ||
Red Oak | Middlesex County | 40.4487°N -74.3489°W | 823 | 3x1 Combined Cycle | 2002 | Carlyle Group | |
Sayreville | Sayreville | 40.4765°N -74.3523°W | 200 | Simple Cycle (x4) | 1991 | JCP&L | |
Sayreville Energy Center | Sayreville | 40.439°N -74.3444°W | 315 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 1991 | Neptune Cable | |
Sewaren Generating Station | Sewaren, Middlesex County | 40.5558°N -74.2469°W | 538 | 1x1 Combined Cycle | 2018 | PSEG | |
West Deptford Energy Station | Deptford | 39.8414°N -75.2214°W | 740 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2014 | ||
Woodbridge Energy Center | Woodbridge | 40.515°N -74.3189°W | 725 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2015 | MCUA Furnishes plant’s cooling tower water | |
Essex Generating Station | Newark, New Jersey | 81 | 2 Simple Cycle | 1990 | PSEG |
Plant | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Generation Type | Commissioned | Notes |
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Bayville Central Facility | Bayville | 39.9094°N -74.178°W | 6.9 | Reciprocating Engine (x7) | 1988/2000 | includes ~1MW biofuel |
Gilbert | Hunterdon County | 40.5658°N -75.1639°W | 150 | Simple Cycle | 1996 | |
Haworth Water Treatment Plant | Bergen County | 40.9593°N -74.0151°W | 7.8 | Reciprocating Engine (x2) | 2018 | |
Salem Generating Station | Salem County | 39.4625°N -75.5358°W | 38.4 | Simple Cycle | 1971 | PSEG |
West Station | Cumberland County | 39.4912°N -75.0486°W | 22.9 | Simple Cycle | 1972 | |
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.
Additional data from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection[6] [7]
Plant | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Fuel Type | Generation Type | Commissioned | Ref |
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Atlantic County Landfill | Atlantic County | 39.4175°N -74.5422°W | 3.3 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x2) | 2005 | |
Burlington County Landfill | Burlington County | 40.0742°N -74.6656°W | 7.0 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x5) | 2007 | |
Camden County Resource Recovery Facility | 39.9092°N -75.1169°W | 33.0 | municipal solid waste (biogenic and non-biogenic) | Steam Turbine | 1991 | ||
Cinnamon Bay Edgeboro Landfill | Middlesex County | 40.4653°N -74.3939°W | 9.1 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine | 2011 | |
Essex County Resource Recovery Facility | Newark | 40.7383°N -74.1264°W | 60.0 | municipal solid waste (biogenic and non-biogenic) | Steam Turbine (x2) | 1990 | |
Gloucester County Resource Recovery Facility | Westville | 39.8733°N -75.1381°W | 12.0 | municipal solid waste (biogenic and non-biogenic) | Steam Turbine | 1990 | |
Middlesex Generating Facility | Middlesex | 40.4903°N -74.3156°W | 18.8 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x3) | 1961/2001 | |
Ocean County Landfill | Ocean County | 40.0249°N -74.2501°W | 13.8 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x12) | 1997/2006 | |
Pennsauken Landfill | Camden County | 39.9894°N -75.04°W | 1.8 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x2) | 2004 | |
Salem County Landfill | Salem County | 39.5889°N -75.3764°W | 1.8 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine | 2008 | |
Sussex Landfill Energy | Sussex County | 41.0936°N -74.6788°W | 3.0 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x2) | 2011 | |
Union County Resource Recovery Facility | Rahway | 40.6013°N -74.2664°W | 37.5 | municipal solid waste (biogenic and non-biogenic) | Steam Turbine | 1994 | |
Woodbine Landfill Plant | Cape May County | 39.2311°N -74.7808°W | 2.1 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine | 2013 | |
See also: List of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey.
Plant | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Number of Turbines | Commissioned | Ref |
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Paterson | 40.9153°N -74.181°W | 10.95 | 3 | 1986 | [8] | |
Passaic Valley Water Commission | Passaic County | 40.8833°N -74.23°W | 2.4 | 4 | 1935 | [9] |
See main article: Wind power in New Jersey.
Name | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Number of Turbines | Commissioned | Ref | |
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Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm | Atlantic City | 39.3822°N -74.4475°W | 7.5 | 5 | 2005 | ||
Bayonne MUA | Bayonne | 40.6528°N -74.1178°W | 1.5 | 1 | 2012 | [10] |
See main article: Solar power in New Jersey. As of January 2023, New Jersey has more than 90 photovoltaic installations of over 5 MW, which have a cumulative capacity of over 850 MW, and over 510 projects of over 1 MW, with a cumulative capacity of 1,680 MW.[11] Most of these are net-metered. The largest in the state include (incomplete list; selected projects):
Name | Location | Capacity (MWdc) | Commissioned | Notes | |
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Ben Moreell Solar Farm, Naval Weapons Station Earle[12] | Tinton Falls | 28.5 | 2015 | Superfund site[13] | |
Toms River Merchant Solar | Toms River | 27.3 | 2021 | Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site | |
Mount Olive – Combe Fill North Landfill | Mount Olive Township | 25.6 | 2023 | Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site[14] [15] | |
Six Flags Solar | Jackson Township | 23.5 | 2019 | Net metered, ground mount and carport | |
DSM Solar | Belvidere | 20.2 | 2019 | Net metered (three projects on site)[16] | |
Tinton Falls Solar Farm | Tinton Falls | 19.9 | 2012 | Landfill/brownfield site | |
Pilesgrove Solar Farm | Pilesgrove Township | 19.9 | 2011 | ||
Fort Dix Landfill | Lakehurst | 16.5 | 2017 | Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site | |
Vinland Construction Co. | Pennsauken Township | 15.1 | 2019 | Landfill/brownfield site | |
McGraw-Hill Companies | East Windsor | 14.1 | 2012 | [17] | |
Berry Plastics | Phillipsburg | 13.1 | 2013 | Net metered | |
SC Holdings | Cinnaminson | 13.0 | 2019 | Landfill/brownfield and Superfund site | |
New Jersey Oak Solar | Fairfield Township | 12.5 | 2012 | [18] | |
Monroe Solar Farm | Monroe Township | 12.0 | 2020 | Landfill/brownfield site | |
Seashore Solar | Egg Harbor Township | 10.6 | 2016 | Landfill/brownfield site | |
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[19] | |
Frenchtown Solar III | Kingwood Township | 10.0 | 2013 |
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.
Plant | Location | Coords. | Capacity (MW) | Commissioned | Ref |
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ACUA Storage | Atlantic County | 39.382°N -74.4451°W | 1.0 | 2018 | [20] |
Caldwell Wastewater Treatment Hybrid | Essex County | 40.8386°N -74.3125°W | 1.0 | 2016 | [21] |
Hopewell Valley High School Hybrid | Mercer County | 40.328°N -74.8049°W | 1.0 | 2015 | [22] |
Ocean County | 40.1094°N -74.4978°W | 19.8 | 2019 | [23] | |
Stryker 22 BESS | Warren County | 40.6654°N -75.1445°W | 19.8 | 2018 | |
Plant | Location | Coords | Capacity (MW) | Source | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Notes | |
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B.L. England Generating Station (Beesley's Point Generating Station) | Upper Township | 450 | Coal | 1961 | May 1, 2019[25] | |||
Hudson Generating Station | Jersey City | 660 | Coal | 1968 | May 31, 2017[26] | |||
Mercer Generating Station | Hamilton Township | 360 | Coal | 1960 | May 31, 2017 | |||
Lacey Township | 652 | Nuclear | 1969 | September 17, 2018[27] | ||||
Logan Generating Plant | Logan Township[28] | 39.7928°N -75.4067°W | 219 | Coal | 1994 | June 2022 | [29] [30] [31] | |
Chambers Carneys Point Cogen Generating Plant | Carneys Point Township | 39.6935°N -75.4858°W | 244 | Coal | 1993 | June 2022 | [32] [33] |