23rd largest plant in Delaware · 9695th nationally
Brookside Newark is a natural gas power plant in Delaware with a nameplate capacity of 2.6 MW. It generates roughly 18.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,760 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 81% means it runs nearly around-the-clock as baseload generation.
| Plant Name | Brookside Newark |
|---|---|
| Operator | Diamond State Generation Partners, Llc |
| City | Newark |
| County | New Castle County |
| State | Delaware |
| ZIP | 19713 |
| Coordinates | 39.66889, -75.71611 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRK | Other Natural Gas | Natural Gas | 2.6 MW | Operating | 2012 |
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Pjm Interconnection, Llc |
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.