🔥 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
Where natural gas plants sit in Delaware
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 |