Paulsboro Refinery

⚡ Other FossilIndustrial CHP78 MW capacity

26th largest plant in New Jersey · 2903rd nationally

Paulsboro Refinery is a other fossil power plant in New Jersey with a nameplate capacity of 78.5 MW. It generates roughly 336.2k MWh per year — enough to power about 32,019 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 49% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 653 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%49%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 14.1k MWh (24% of capacity)JFeb: 12.1k MWh (23% of capacity)FMar: 12.9k MWh (22% of capacity)MApr: 12.8k MWh (23% of capacity)AMay: 11.6k MWh (20% of capacity)MJun: 10.8k MWh (19% of capacity)JJul: 11.5k MWh (20% of capacity)JAug: 11.6k MWh (20% of capacity)ASep: 12.0k MWh (21% of capacity)SOct: 13.0k MWh (22% of capacity)ONov: 10.1k MWh (18% of capacity)NDec: 11.6k MWh (20% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (78.5 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.

Capacity79 MWnameplate
Annual Generation336.2k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor49%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂109.7kmetric tons

Location

Plant NamePaulsboro Refinery
OperatorPaulsboro Refining Company - Llc
CityPaulsboro
CountyGloucester County
StateNew Jersey
ZIP08066
Coordinates39.84000, -75.25830

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasOilSolarBiomass

Generators (4)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GEN1Natural Gas Fired Combustion TurbineNatural Gas30.5 MWOperating1991
GEN4Petroleum CokePC18.0 MWOut of Service2006
GEN2Other GasesOther Gas15.0 MWOperating1982
GEN3Other GasesOther Gas15.0 MWOperating1991

Emissions (annual)

CO₂109.7k metric tons
SO₂1 metric tons
NOₓ100 metric tons
CO₂ Rate653 lb/MWh
This plant652 lb/MWhU.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 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.

Grid context

NERC RegionRFC
Balancing AuthorityPjm Interconnection, Llc

About Other Fossil plants

Paulsboro Refinery is a federally registered power generation facility in New Jersey.

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