35th largest plant in New Jersey · 4248th nationally
Kenilworth Energy Facility is a natural gas power plant in New Jersey with a nameplate capacity of 28.8 MW. It generates roughly 152.8k MWh per year — enough to power about 14,554 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 61% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (28.8 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Kenilworth Energy Facility |
|---|---|
| Operator | E F Kenilworth Llc |
| City | Kenilworth |
| County | Union County |
| State | New Jersey |
| ZIP | 07033 |
| Coordinates | 40.67810, -74.27440 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 22.0 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 6.8 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| NOₓ | 71 metric tons |
|---|
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.