33rd largest plant in New Hampshire · 6987th nationally
Hampton Facility is a natural gas power plant in New Hampshire with a nameplate capacity of 5.0 MW. It generates roughly 27.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,599 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 62% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 710 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Hampton Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | Foss Manufacturing Company Llc |
| City | Hampton |
| County | Rockingham County |
| State | New Hampshire |
| ZIP | 03842 |
| Coordinates | 42.93830, -70.84060 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN8 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 5.0 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| GEN3 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.7 MW | Retired | 1980 |
| GEN4 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.7 MW | Retired | 1981 |
| GEN5 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.7 MW | Retired | 1984 |
| GEN6 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.7 MW | Retired | 1990 |
| GEN1 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.5 MW | Retired | 1978 |
| GEN2 | Petroleum Liquids | Distillate Oil | 0.5 MW | Retired | 1978 |
| CO₂ | 9.7k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 27 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 710 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 | Iso New England Inc. |
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.