181st largest plant in New Jersey · 8803rd nationally
Dco Burlington is a natural gas power plant in New Jersey with a nameplate capacity of 3.5 MW. It generates roughly 17.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,663 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 57% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 1239 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Dco Burlington |
|---|---|
| Operator | Cartier Energy, Llc |
| City | Burlington |
| County | Burlington County |
| State | New Jersey |
| ZIP | 08016 |
| Coordinates | 40.10832, -74.82640 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | Operating | 2012 |
| CO₂ | 10.8k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 30 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 1239 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.