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 2019, Connecticut had a total summer capacity of 10,454 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 40,050 GWh.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix was 53.3% natural gas, 41.8% nuclear, 3.3% biomass & refuse-derived fuels , 1.1% hydroelectric, 0.3% solar, and 0.1% coal. The remaining 0.1% was split between petroleum and wind. Distributed small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 600 GWh to the state's electricity grid. This compares as more than four times the amount generated by Connecticut's utility-scale solar facilities.[1]
Nuclear power stations[]
Plant Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Technology | Year Completed |
Operational/Closure Date | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Millstone Nuclear Power Plant | New London County | 2,162.9 | Nuclear | Operational |
Retired plants:
- Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant: 560 MW, operated 1968-1996
Fossil-fuel power stations[]
Coal[]
Petroleum[]
Plant Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Technology | Year Completed |
Operational/Closure Date | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Backus Microgrid Project | New London County | 10.4 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Branford | New Haven County | 21.8 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Bridgeport Station | Fairfield County | 17 | Petroleum Liquids[A] | Operational | |||
Bridge Street 1 & 2 | New London County | 5.2 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Devon Station | New Haven County | 222.6 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Franklin Drive | Litchfield County | 21.8 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
CCSU Co-Gen-STBY Gen | Hartford County | 1 | Petroleum Liquids[A] | Operational | |||
Cos Cob[B] | Fairfield County | 115 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Fort Hill 1, 2, 3 & 4 | New London County | 10.4 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Gary Court 1 & 2 | New London County | 6 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Jewett City 1 | New London County | 2.6 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
LNG 1 & 2 | New London County | 5.2 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Lebanon Pines 1 & 2 | New London County | 5.2 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Middletown | Middlesex County | 417.2 | Petroleum Liquids[A] | Operational | |||
Montville Station | New London County | 495.3 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
New Haven Harbor | New Haven County | 128.7 | Petroleum Liquids[A] | Operational | |||
Norden 1-3 | Fairfield County | 6 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
North Main Street | New London County | 19 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Norwich WWTP | New London County | 2 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
South Meadow | Hartford County | 167.2 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Torrington Terminal | Litchfield County | 21.8 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Tunnel | New London County | 16.5 | Petroleum Liquids[A] | Operational | |||
Waterside Power, LLC | Fairfield County | 69.6 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational | |||
Water Treatment 1 & 2 | New London County | 5.2 | Petroleum Liquids | Operational |
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 |
Operational/Closure Date | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A L Pierce | New Haven County | 84 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Operational | |||
Algonquin Windsor Locks | Hartford County | 71 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operational | |||
Bradley Energy Center | Hartford County | 5.8 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Operational | |||
Bridgeport Energy Project | Fairfield County | 520 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operational | |||
Bridgeport Fuel Cell, LLC | Fairfield County | 16.6 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
Bridgeport Station | Fairfield County | 576.3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle[A] | Operational | |||
CCSU Co-Gen-STBY Gen | Hartford County | 2.6 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine[A] | Operational | |||
CCSU Fuel Cell Project | Hartford County | 1.4 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
CJTS Energy Center | Middlesex County | 0.4 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
CPV Towantic Energy Center | New Haven County | 841.5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operational | |||
Capitol District Energy Center | Hartford County | 70.5 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operational | |||
Cellu Tissue | Hartford County | 3 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Operational | |||
Danbury Hospital Cogen Plant | Fairfield County | 4.3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Operational | |||
Digital Fairfield | Fairfield County | 2 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
Fairfield University CHP Plant | Fairfield County | 4.5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Operational | |||
Frito Lay Incorporated | Windham County | 4.6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Operational | |||
Foxwoods CoGen | New London County | 162 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operational | |||
HSCo CHP | Hartford County | 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Operational | |||
Hartford Hospital Cogeneration | Hartford County | 11.8 | Other Natural Gas Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle |
Operational | |||
IBM Southbury | New Haven County | 1.1 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
IKEA New Haven Rooftop PV & Fuel Cell | New Haven County | 0.3 | Other Natural Gas[A] | Operational | |||
Lake Road Generating Plant | Windham County | 840 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operational | |||
Kleen Energy Systems, LLC | Middlesex County | 693 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operational | |||
Kimberly Clark-Unit 1,2,3 | Litchfield County | 36.3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine |
Operational | |||
Middletown | Middlesex County | 417.2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine[A] | Operational | |||
Milford Power Project | New Haven County | 578 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operational | |||
New Haven Harbor | New Haven County | 447.9 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine[A] | Operational | |||
Pepperidge Farm Bloomfield | Hartford County | 2.6 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
Pfizer Groton Fuel Cell | New London County | 5.6 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
Pfizer Groton Plant | New London County | 37.5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine Natural Gas Steam Turbine |
Operational | |||
Pratt & Whitney | Hartford County | 25.8 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Operational | |||
Rand Whitney CHP Plant | New London County | 14.6 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Operational | |||
South Windsor Fuel Cell | Hartford County | 5 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
Sikorsky Aircraft CHP | Fairfield County | 9.3 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine[A] | Operational | |||
TRS Fuel Cell | Fairfield County | 3.7 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
Trinity College Fuel Cell | Hartford County | 1.4 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
UB Fuel Cell | Fairfield County | 1.4 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
UCONN Cogen Facility | Tolland County | 25.7 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Operational | |||
UI RCP Bridgeport Seaside | Fairfield County | 2.5 | Other Natural Gas[A] | Operational | |||
UI RCP New Haven Fuel Cell | New Haven County | 2.8 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
UI RCP Woodbridge FC | New Haven County | 2.8 | Other Natural Gas | Operational | |||
Waterbury Generation | New Haven County | 96 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Operational | |||
Wesleyan University Cogen 1 | Middlesex County | 2.4 | Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine | Operational |
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 |
Operational/Closure Date | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Covanta Bristol Energy | Hartford County | 16.9 | Municipal Solid Waste | Operational | |||
Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company | New London County | 18.3 | Municipal Solid Waste | Operational | |||
CT Resource Rec Authority Facility | Hartford County | 90 | Municipal Solid Waste | Operational | |||
Exeter Energy LP | Windham County | 31.3 | Tire-derived fuel (TDF) | [4] | |||
Plainfield Renewable Energy LLC | Windham County | 43 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | Operational | |||
New Milford Gas Recovery | Litchfield County | 2.4 | Landfill gas | Operational | |||
Wheelabrator Bridgeport | Fairfield County | 67 | Municipal Solid Waste | Operational | |||
Wheelabrator Lisbon | New London County | 14.6 | Municipal Solid Waste | Operational |
Geothermal[]
There were no utility-scale Geothermal facilities in the state of Connecticut in 2019.
Hydroelectric[]
Plant Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Year Completed | Refs |
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Quinebaug Lower Project | Windham County | 2.5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
Bulls Bridge | Litchfield County | 7.2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
Falls Village | Litchfield County | 9 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
Goodwin Hydroelectric | Hartford County | 3.2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
Kinneytown New Old | New Haven County | 2.3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
McCallum Enterprises I LP | Fairfield County | 8.6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
Rainbow (CT) | Hartford County | 8 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
Scotland Dam | Windham County | 2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
Shepaug | New Haven County | 37.2 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
Stevenson | Fairfield County | 30.5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
Taftville | New London County | 1.6 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
Tenth Street | New London County | 1.4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | |||
Tunnel | New Haven County | 1.6[A] | Conventional Hydroelectric |
A Multi-fuel plant, listed is "Total Net Summer Capacity" by source.
Solar[]
Plant | Location | Area | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adams Solar | New London County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Advance Stores Company, Inc | Hartford County | 1 | |||
ALDI DC 2 | Hartford County | 1.2 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Amazon_BLD3 | New Haven County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Antares-GRE 314 East Lyme LLC | New London County | 4 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Barrett Farm Solar - Phase I | Windham County | 1.7 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Becton Canaan | Litchfield County | 2.5 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Brass Mill Center | New Haven County | 3.4 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
CMEEC - Bozrah | New London County | 2.5 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
CMEEC - Navy NE Trident | New London County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
CMEEC - Norwich Stott St Solar Hybrid | New London County | 4.3 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
CMEEC - Polaris Park Solar Hybrid | New London County | 4.3 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
CP Middletown Solar I LLC | Middlesex County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Canis Major Solar Farm | Hartford County | 2 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Canis Minor Solar Farm | Litchfield County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Conn Mun Electric Energy Coop | New London County | 2.5 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Corbin Russwin Phase 3 Berlin | Hartford County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
DWW Solar II | Hartford County | 36.9 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Franklin Solar | New London County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Fusion Solar Center LLC | New London County | 20 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Hamilton Solar | New London County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Hartford Landfill Solar EGF | Hartford County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
IKEA New Haven Rooftop PV & Fuel Cell | New Haven County | 0.8 | Solar Photovoltaic[A] | ||
Jackson Solar (CT) | New London County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Jefferson Solar | New London County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Manchester Community College East | Hartford County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Manchester Community College North | Hartford County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Plainfield Solar 2 | Windham County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Sherman Solar | New London County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Sikorsky Aircraft CHP | Fairfield County | 0.1 | Solar Photovoltaic[A] | ||
Somers Solar Center, LLC | Tolland County | 5 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Stafford MS Ground Mount Community Solar | Tolland County | 2 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Ticket Network South Windsor | Hartford County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Town of Branford | New Haven County | 1.1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Town of Rocky Hill PV CSG | Hartford County | 3 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
UI RCP Bridgeport Seaside | Fairfield County | 2.2 | Solar Photovoltaic[A] | ||
Wilson Solar | New London County | 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | ||
Woods Hill Solar | Windham County | 20 | Solar Photovoltaic |
A Multi-fuel plant, listed is "Total Net Summer Capacity" by source.
Wind[]
Plant | Location | Area | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wind Colebrook South | Litchfield County | 5 | Onshore Wind Turbine |
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) | Technology | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rocky River (CT) | Litchfield County | 31 | Hydroelectric Pumped Storage |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Connecticut, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–19". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "Connecticut Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Connecticut Profile: State Profile and Energy Estimates". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ "Exeter Energy Lp in Sterling, Connecticut". CountyOffice.org. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
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