List of power stations in Connecticut
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Connecticut, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Connecticut had a total summer capacity of 10,108 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 43,054 GWh.[2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 61.3% natural gas, 34.2% nuclear, 1.1% biomass & refuse-derived fuels, 1% solar, 0.9% hydroelectric, 0.4% petroleum, and 1.1% other. Distributed small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 1,243 GWh to the state's electricity grid in 2023. This compares as nearly three times the amount generated by Connecticut's utility-scale solar facilities.[1]
Nuclear power stations
Plant name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Technology | Year completed |
Refs |
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Millstone Nuclear Power Plant | New London County | 2,162.9 | Nuclear |
Retired plants:
- Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant: 560 MW, operated 1968-1996
Fossil-fuel power stations
Coal
The last coal-fired plant was retired in 2021.[4]
Petroleum
Plant name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Technology | Year completed |
Refs |
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Backus Microgrid Project | New London County | 10.4 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Branford | New Haven County | 21.8 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Bridge Street 1 & 2 | New London County | 5.2 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Bridgeport Station | Fairfield County | 17 | Petroleum liquids[A] | |||
CCSU Co-Gen-STBY Gen | Hartford County | 1 | Petroleum liquids[A] | |||
Cos Cob[B] | Fairfield County | 115 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Devon Station | New Haven County | 222.6 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Fort Hill 1, 2, 3 & 4 | New London County | 10.4 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Franklin Drive | Litchfield County | 21.8 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Gary Court 1 & 2 | New London County | 6 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Jewett City 1 | New London County | 2.6 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Lebanon Pines 1 & 2 | New London County | 5.2 | Petroleum liquids | |||
LNG 1 & 2 | New London County | 5.2 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Middletown | Middlesex County | 417.2 | Petroleum liquids[A] | |||
Montville Station | New London County | 495.3 | Petroleum liquids | |||
New Haven Harbor | New Haven County | 128.7 | Petroleum liquids[A] | |||
Norden 1-3 | Fairfield County | 6 | Petroleum liquids | |||
North Main Street | New London County | 19 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Norwich WWTP | New London County | 2 | Petroleum liquids | |||
South Meadow | Hartford County | 167.2 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Torrington Terminal | Litchfield County | 21.8 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Tunnel | New London County | 16.5 | Petroleum liquids[A] | |||
Water Treatment 1 & 2 | New London County | 5.2 | Petroleum liquids | |||
Waterside Power, LLC | Fairfield County | 69.6 | Petroleum liquids |
A Multi-fuel plant, listed is "total net summer capacity" by source.
B Not to be confused with the historic Cos Cob Power Station
Natural gas
Plant name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Technology | Year completed |
Refs |
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A L Pierce | New Haven County | 84 | Natural gas fired combustion turbine | |||
Algonquin Windsor Locks | Hartford County | 71 | Natural gas fired combined cycle | |||
Bradley Energy Center | Hartford County | 5.8 | Natural gas internal combustion engine | |||
Bridgeport Energy Project | Fairfield County | 520 | Natural gas fired combined cycle | |||
Bridgeport Fuel Cell, LLC | Fairfield County | 16.6 | Other natural gas | |||
Bridgeport Station | Fairfield County | 576.3 | Natural gas fired combined cycle[A] | |||
Capitol District Energy Center | Hartford County | 70.5 | Natural gas fired combined cycle | |||
CCSU Co-Gen-STBY Gen | Hartford County | 2.6 | Natural gas internal combustion engine[A] | |||
CCSU Fuel Cell Project | Hartford County | 1.4 | Other natural gas | |||
Cellu Tissue | Hartford County | 3 | Natural gas internal combustion engine | |||
CJTS Energy Center | Middlesex County | 0.4 | Other natural gas | |||
CPV Towantic Energy Center | New Haven County | 841.5 | Natural gas fired combined cycle | |||
Danbury Hospital Cogen Plant | Fairfield County | 4.3 | Natural gas fired combustion turbine | |||
Digital Fairfield | Fairfield County | 2 | Other natural gas | |||
Fairfield University CHP Plant | Fairfield County | 4.5 | Natural gas fired combustion turbine | |||
Foxwoods CoGen | New London County | 162 | Natural gas fired combined cycle | |||
Frito Lay Incorporated | Windham County | 4.6 | Natural gas fired combustion turbine | |||
Hartford Hospital Cogeneration | Hartford County | 11.8 | Other natural gas, natural gas fired combined cycle |
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HSCo CHP | Hartford County | 4 | Natural gas fired combustion turbine | |||
IBM Southbury | New Haven County | 1.1 | Other natural gas | |||
IKEA New Haven Rooftop PV & Fuel Cell | New Haven County | 0.3 | Other natural gas[A] | |||
Lake Road Generating Plant | Windham County | 840 | Natural gas fired combined cycle | |||
Kimberly Clark-Unit 1,2,3 | Litchfield County | 36.3 | Natural gas fired combined cycle, natural gas fired combustion turbine |
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Kleen Energy Systems, LLC | Middlesex County | 693 | Natural gas fired combined cycle | |||
Middletown | Middlesex County | 417.2 | Natural gas steam turbine[A] | |||
Milford Power Project | New Haven County | 578 | Natural gas fired combined cycle | |||
New Haven Harbor | New Haven County | 447.9 | Natural gas steam turbine[A] | |||
Pepperidge Farm Bloomfield | Hartford County | 2.6 | Other natural gas | |||
Pfizer Groton Fuel Cell | New London County | 5.6 | Other natural gas | |||
Pfizer Groton Plant | New London County | 37.5 | Natural gas fired combustion turbine, natural gas steam turbine |
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Pratt & Whitney | Hartford County | 25.8 | Natural gas fired combustion turbine | |||
Rand Whitney CHP Plant | New London County | 14.6 | Natural gas fired combustion turbine | |||
Sikorsky Aircraft CHP | Fairfield County | 9.3 | Natural gas fired combustion turbine[A] | |||
South Windsor Fuel Cell | Hartford County | 5 | Other natural gas | |||
Trinity College Fuel Cell | Hartford County | 1.4 | Other natural gas | |||
TRS Fuel Cell | Fairfield County | 3.7 | Other natural gas | |||
UB Fuel Cell | Fairfield County | 1.4 | Other natural gas | |||
UCONN Cogen Facility | Tolland County | 25.7 | Natural gas fired combined cycle | |||
UI RCP Bridgeport Seaside | Fairfield County | 2.5 | Other natural gas[A] | |||
UI RCP New Haven Fuel Cell | New Haven County | 2.8 | Other natural gas | |||
UI RCP Woodbridge FC | New Haven County | 2.8 | Other natural gas | |||
Waterbury Generation | New Haven County | 96 | Natural gas steam turbine | |||
Wesleyan University Cogen 1 | Middlesex County | 2.4 | Natural gas internal combustion engine |
A Multi-fuel plant, listed is "total net summer capacity" by source.
Renewable power stations
Biomass and refuse-derived fuels
Plant name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Technology | Year completed |
Notes | Refs |
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Covanta Bristol Energy | Hartford County | 16.9 | Municipal solid waste | ||||
Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company | New London County | 18.3 | Municipal solid waste | ||||
CT Resource Rec Authority Facility | Hartford County | 90 | Municipal solid waste | Closed July 2022 | [5] | ||
Exeter Energy LP | Windham County | 31.3 | Tire-derived fuel (TDF) | [6] | |||
New Milford Gas Recovery | Litchfield County | 2.4 | Landfill gas | ||||
Plainfield Renewable Energy LLC | Windham County | 43 | Wood/wood waste biomass | ||||
Win Waste Innovations Bridgeport | Fairfield County | 67 | Municipal solid waste | ||||
Win Waste Innovations Lisbon | New London County | 14.6 | Municipal solid waste |
Geothermal
There were no utility-scale Geothermal facilities in the state of Connecticut in 2019.
Hydroelectric
Plant name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Year completed | Refs |
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Bulls Bridge | Litchfield County | 7.2 | |||
Falls Village | Litchfield County | 9 | |||
Goodwin Hydroelectric | Hartford County | 3.2 | |||
Kinneytown New Old | New Haven County | 2.3 | |||
McCallum Enterprises I LP | Fairfield County | 8.6 | |||
Quinebaug Lower Project | Windham County | 2.5 | |||
Rainbow (CT) | Hartford County | 8 | |||
Scotland Dam | Windham County | 2 | |||
Shepaug | New Haven County | 37.2 | |||
Stevenson | Fairfield County | 30.5 | |||
Taftville | New London County | 1.6 | |||
Tenth Street | New London County | 1.4 | |||
Tunnel | New Haven County | 1.6[A] |
A Multi-fuel plant, listed is "total net summer capacity" by source.
Solar
Plant | Location | Area | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
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Adams Solar | New London County | 1 | ||
Advance Stores Company, Inc | Hartford County | 1 | ||
ALDI DC 2 | Hartford County | 1.2 | ||
Amazon BLD3 | New Haven County | 1 | ||
Antares-GRE 314 East Lyme LLC | New London County | 4 | ||
Barrett Farm Solar - Phase I | Windham County | 1.7 | ||
Becton Canaan | Litchfield County | 2.5 | ||
Brass Mill Center | New Haven County | 3.4 | ||
Canis Major Solar Farm | Hartford County | 2 | ||
Canis Minor Solar Farm | Litchfield County | 1 | ||
CMEEC - Bozrah | New London County | 2.5 | ||
CMEEC - Navy NE Trident | New London County | 1 | ||
CMEEC - Norwich Stott St Solar Hybrid | New London County | 4.3 | ||
CMEEC - Polaris Park Solar Hybrid | New London County | 4.3 | ||
Conn Mun Electric Energy Coop | New London County | 2.5 | ||
Corbin Russwin Phase 3 Berlin | Hartford County | 1 | ||
CP Middletown Solar I LLC | Middlesex County | 1 | ||
DWW Solar II | Hartford County | 36.9 | ||
Franklin Solar | New London County | 1 | ||
Fusion Solar Center LLC | New London County | 20 | ||
Hamilton Solar | New London County | 1 | ||
Hartford Landfill Solar EGF | Hartford County | 1 | ||
IKEA New Haven Rooftop PV & Fuel Cell[A] | New Haven County | 0.8 | ||
Jackson Solar (CT) | New London County | 1 | ||
Jefferson Solar | New London County | 1 | ||
Manchester Community College East | Hartford County | 1 | ||
Manchester Community College North | Hartford County | 1 | ||
Plainfield Solar 2 | Windham County | 1 | ||
Sherman Solar | New London County | 1 | ||
Sikorsky Aircraft CHP[A] | Fairfield County | 0.1 | ||
Somers Solar Center, LLC | Tolland County | 5 | ||
Stafford MS Ground Mount Community Solar | Tolland County | 2 | ||
Ticket Network South Windsor | Hartford County | 1 | ||
Town of Branford | New Haven County | 1.1 | ||
Town of Rocky Hill PV CSG | Hartford County | 3 | ||
UI RCP Bridgeport Seaside[A] | Fairfield County | 2.2 | ||
Wilson Solar | New London County | 1 | ||
Woods Hill Solar | Windham County | 20 |
A Multi-fuel plant, listed is "total net summer capacity" by source.
Wind
Plant | Location | Area | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
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Wind Colebrook South | Litchfield County | 5 |
Storage power stations
Battery storage
There were no utility-scale battery storage facilities in the state of Connecticut in 2019.
Pumped storage
Plant | Location | Area | Capacity (MW) | Refs |
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Rocky River | Litchfield County | 31 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Connecticut, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–23". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ "Connecticut Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Connecticut Profile: State Profile and Energy Estimates". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "PSEG exits coal-fired power with Bridgeport Harbor Station retirement". Power Engineering. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ^ "Hartford, Connecticut Garbage Incinerator to Close in 2022". ilsr.org. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
- ^ "Exeter Energy Lp in Sterling, Connecticut". CountyOffice.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.