32nd largest plant in New York · 974th nationally
Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration is a natural gas power plant in New York with a nameplate capacity of 322 MW. It generates roughly 2.0M MWh per year — enough to power about 192,559 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 72% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 639 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (322 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration |
|---|---|
| Operator | Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogen Plp |
| City | Brooklyn |
| County | Kings County |
| State | New York |
| ZIP | 11205 |
| Coordinates | 40.69936, -73.97639 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 121 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| 02 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 121 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| 03 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 40.0 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| 04 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 40.0 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Axium Bny Llc | New York, NY | 5840.0% |
| Mission Energy Of Ny | New York, NY | 4160.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 646.4k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 3 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 35 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 639 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | NPCC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | New York Independent System Operator |
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.