114th largest plant in New Jersey · 6643rd nationally
College Of New Jersey is a natural gas power plant in New Jersey with a nameplate capacity of 6.2 MW. It generates roughly 33.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 3,213 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 62% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 625 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | College Of New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Operator | The College Of New Jersey |
| City | Ewing |
| County | Mercer County |
| State | New Jersey |
| ZIP | 08628 |
| Coordinates | 40.26944, -74.77333 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COGEN | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Natural Gas | 6.2 MW | Operating | 1996 |
| CO₂ | 10.5k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 242 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 625 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 | 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.