🔥 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
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. |