65th largest plant in New Jersey · 5596th nationally
Rutgers Biomedical And Health Cogen is a natural gas power plant in New Jersey with a nameplate capacity of 10.5 MW. It generates roughly 23.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,225 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 25% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 653 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Rutgers Biomedical And Health Cogen |
|---|---|
| Operator | Rutgers, The State University Of Nj |
| City | Newark |
| County | Essex County |
| State | New Jersey |
| ZIP | 07103 |
| Coordinates | 40.73928, -74.18763 |
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 Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| CO₂ | 7.6k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 21 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 653 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.