7th largest plant in New Jersey · 445th nationally
Woodbridge Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in New Jersey with a nameplate capacity of 773 MW. It generates roughly 4.0M MWh per year — enough to power about 381,243 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 59% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 793 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 (773 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 | Woodbridge Energy Center |
|---|---|
| Operator | Woodbridge Energy Center |
| City | Keasbey |
| County | Middlesex County |
| State | New Jersey |
| ZIP | 07095 |
| Coordinates | 40.51500, -74.31889 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST001 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 328 MW | Operating | 2015 |
| CT001 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 223 MW | Operating | 2015 |
| CT002 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 223 MW | Operating | 2015 |
| CO₂ | 1.6M metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 8 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 77 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 793 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.