🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Delaware
Delaware operates 10 natural gas power plants totaling 1,747 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 3.1M MWh.
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.
Plants10operating
Capacity1,747 MWnameplate
Generation3.1M MWhannual
All Delaware natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hay Road | Wilmington | New Castle County | 1,098 MW | Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation Llc |
| Garrison Energy Center Llc | Dover | Kent County | 361 MW | Garrison Energy Center Llc |
| Energy Center Dover | Dover | Kent County | 118 MW | Cartier Energy, Llc |
| Warren F Sam Beasley Generation Station | Smyrna | Kent County | 96 MW | Delaware Municipal Electric Corp |
| Van Sant Station | Dover | Kent County | 45 MW | Naes Corporation - (De) |
| Red Lion Energy Center | New Castle | New Castle County | 25 MW | Diamond State Generation Partners, Llc |
| Brookside Newark | Newark | New Castle County | 3 MW | Diamond State Generation Partners, Llc |
| Agt001 Centerville Fuel Cell | Wilmington | New Castle County | 1 MW | 2016 Esa Project Company, Llc |
| Mckee Run | Dover | Kent County | — | Naes Corporation - (De) |
| Seaford Delaware Plant | Seaford | Sussex County | — | Invista |