9th largest plant in New Jersey · 468th nationally
Newark Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in New Jersey with a nameplate capacity of 735 MW. It generates roughly 3.7M MWh per year — enough to power about 350,645 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 57% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 782 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (735 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 | Newark Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Hartree Partners Lp |
| City | Newark |
| County | Essex County |
| State | New Jersey |
| ZIP | 07105 |
| Coordinates | 40.70722, -74.12583 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STG-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 285 MW | Operating | 2015 |
| GT-1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 225 MW | Operating | 2015 |
| GT-2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 225 MW | Operating | 2015 |
| CO₂ | 1.4M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 7 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 80 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 782 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.