Essex County, Massachusetts has 34 power plants totaling 1,173 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.
| Plant | City | Fuel | Capacity | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Harbor Power Development Lp | Salem | Natural Gas | 798 MW | Salem Harbor Power Development Lp |
| Mmwec Simple Cycle Gas Turbine | Peabody | Natural Gas | 65.0 MW | Massachusetts Mun Wholes Electric Co |
| Waters River | Peabody | Natural Gas | 64.9 MW | City Of Peabody - (Ma) |
| Wheelabrator Saugus | Saugus | Biomass | 57.8 MW | Wheelabrator Environmental Systems |
| Covanta Haverhill | Haverhill | Biomass | 46.0 MW | Ogden Projects Inc-Haverhill |
| Wheelabrator North Andover | North Andover | Biomass | 40.3 MW | Wheelabrator Environmental Systems |
| Lawrence Hydroelectric Associates | Lawrence | Hydroelectric | 14.8 MW | Central Rivers Power Us, Llc |
| High Street Station | Ipswich | Natural Gas | 10.9 MW | Town Of Ipswich - (Ma) |
| Middleton Solar Park | Middleton | Solar | 8.0 MW | Hg Solar Development, Llc |
| Wilkins Station | Marblehead | Oil | 5.4 MW | Town Of Marblehead - (Ma) |
| Bradford Solar | Haverhill | Solar | 5.0 MW | Bradford Solar, Llc |
| Kearsarge Amesbury Hybrid | Amesbury | Solar | 4.9 MW | Kearsarge Amesbury Llc |
| True North | Salisbury | Solar | 4.8 MW | Cd Us Solar Mt1 Llc |
| Kearsarge Haverhill | Haverhill | Solar | 4.8 MW | Kearsarge Haverhill Llc |
| Hunt Road Solar | Amesbury | Solar | 4.5 MW | Citizens Enterprises Corporation |
| Equity Industrial Turbines | Gloucester | Wind | 4.0 MW | Equity Industrial Turbines |
| Kearsarge 100 Sohier Rd | Beverly | Solar | 3.8 MW | Kearsarge Beverly Llc |
| Bwc Rams Horn Channel Llc | Beverly | Solar | 3.5 MW | Navisun Llc |
| Groveland Solar | Groveland | Solar | 3.2 MW | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. |
| Dg Haverhill Csg | Haverhill | Solar | 3.0 MW | Dg Haverhill Llc |
| Ixys - Beverly | Beverly | Natural Gas | 2.7 MW | Ixys Integrated Circuits Division, Llc |
| Beverly | Beverly | Solar | 2.0 MW | Integrys Ma Solar, Llc |
| Ayers Village Solar | Methuen | Solar | 2.0 MW | Altus Power America Management, Llc |
| Bashaw Solar Csg 1, Llc | Newbury | Solar | 2.0 MW | Bashaw Solar 1, Llc |
| Aegean Drive Solar | Methuen | Solar | 1.8 MW | Aegean Drive Solar Llc |
| Hewlett-Packard (Hp) - Andover, Ma | Andover | Solar | 1.7 MW | Tesla Inc. |
| Ipswich Wind Turbine | Ipswich | Wind | 1.6 MW | Town Of Ipswich - (Ma) |
| General Electric Aircraft Engines | Lynn | Solar | 1.5 MW | General Electric Aircraft Engines |
| Merrimac Solar | Merrimac | Solar | 1.5 MW | Consolidated Edison Development Inc. |
| 515 Main Saugus | Saugus | Solar | 1.3 MW | 515 Main Saugus Llc |
| Methuen Landfill | Methuen | Solar | 1.1 MW | Cleancapital Holdings |
| Haverhill Solar Power Project | Haverhill | Solar | 1.0 MW | Massachusetts Electric Co |
| Salem Harbor | Salem | Oil | — MW | Salem Harbor Power Development Lp |
| Commercial Street | Marblehead | Oil | — MW | Town Of Marblehead - (Ma) |
Essex County, Massachusetts has 34 power plants totaling 1,173 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the dominant fuel source at 80% of installed capacity, followed by Biomass (12%) and Solar (5%). The largest facility is Salem Harbor Power Development Lp at 798 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.
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