Fairless Hills is a natural gas power plant in Pennsylvania.
| Plant Name | Fairless Hills |
|---|---|
| Operator | Constellation Power, Inc |
| City | Fairless Hills |
| County | Bucks County |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| ZIP | 19030 |
| Coordinates | 40.14050, -74.75060 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Landfill Gas | Landfill Gas | 30.0 MW | Retired | 1996 |
| B | Landfill Gas | Landfill Gas | 30.0 MW | Retired | 1996 |
| 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.