Power Plants in Newport County, Rhode Island

Newport County, Rhode Island has 9 power plants totaling 329 MW of nameplate capacity. Browse every plant below with fuel type, operator, and capacity.

Plants9operating sites
Capacity329 MWnameplate
Generation1.7M MWhannual
CO₂694.4kmetric tons/year
Natural Gas 88%Solar 11%

Plant locations

All plants in this county

PlantCityFuelCapacityOperator
Tiverton Power PlantTivertonNatural Gas290 MWTiverton Power Llc
Rhode Island Solar Renewable Energy Iv,TivertonSolar11.8 MWRhode Island Solar Renewable Energy Iv, Llc
Tank Farm 4PortsmouthSolar10.0 MWSolar Breakers Llc
Kearsarge West Shore Solar LlcPortsmouthSolar5.0 MWKearsarge West Shore Solar Llc
Founders Homestead Farms SolarPortsmouthSolar4.5 MWAes Distributed Energy
Roger Williams - Melville At PortsmouthPortsmouthSolar3.0 MWLuminace Solar Rhode Island, Llc
Kearsarge FoglandTivertonSolar2.4 MWKearsarge Fogland Llc
Wed Portsmouth One, LlcPortsmouthWind1.5 MWGreenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation
Mcallister LandfillPortsmouthSolar1.0 MWSolar Breakers Llc

About power generation in Newport County

Newport County, Rhode Island has 9 power plants totaling 329 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas is the dominant fuel source at 88% of installed capacity, followed by Solar (11%) and Wind (0%). The largest facility is Tiverton Power Plant at 290 MW. Data comes from EIA Form 860, EIA Form 923, and EPA eGRID federal releases.

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