🔥 Natural Gas Power Plants in Maine
Maine operates 7 natural gas power plants totaling 1,743 MW of nameplate capacity. Annual generation: 3.8M 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.
Plants7operating
Capacity1,742 MWnameplate
Generation3.8M MWhannual
Where natural gas plants sit in Maine
All Maine natural gas plants
| Plant | City | County | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook Energy Center Power Plant | Westbrook | Cumberland County | 564 MW | Westbrook Energy Center |
| Maine Independence Station | Veazie | Penobscot County | 550 MW | Casco Bay Energy Co Llc |
| Rumford Power Llc | Rumford | Oxford County | 275 MW | Rumford Power |
| Bucksport Generation Llc | Bucksport | Hancock County | 187 MW | Bucksport Generation Llc |
| Androscoggin Energy Center | Jay | Franklin County | 164 MW | Jgt2 Energy Llc |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center | Bangor | Penobscot County | 4 MW | Eastern Maine Medical Center |
| Mead Rumford Cogen | Rumford | Oxford County | — | Nd Paper, Inc. |