Essex Generating Station
| Essex Generating Station | |
|---|---|
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| Country | United States of America |
| Location | Newark, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°44′18″N 74°07′35″W / 40.73833°N 74.12639°W |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Commission date | 1915 1926 1971 1990 |
| Decommission date |
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| Owner(s) | PSE&G |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Natural gas |
| Turbine technology | Combustion Turbine |
| Cooling source | Passaic River |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 4 |
| Nameplate capacity | 617 MW |
The Essex Generating Station is a peaking power plant on the banks of the Passaic River, three miles east of Downtown in Newark, New Jersey.[1]
Owned by the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, it was designed and constructed in 1915–16 and by 1924 six generators had been installed, totaling 214,444 kva.[2]
Four simple cycle combustion turbines totaling 617 MW. Three were brought on line in 1971, and another in 1990.[3] They were later replaced.[4]
The electrical substation facility suffered severe damage during Hurricane Sandy.[5] It is part of the PJM Interconnection of the Eastern Interconnection grid electric transmission system.[6]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Power Plant Parcels of New Jersey".
- ^ Taylor, D. W. (1939). "Reconstruction of switching facilities at Essex generating station". Electrical Engineering. 58 (11): 761–769. doi:10.1109/EE.1939.6431631. S2CID 51673712.
- ^ "The Essex Generating Station". PSEG. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
- ^ "Energy Justice Communities Map".
- ^ "PSE&G crews furiously working to clean facility to get power back to thousands". November 2012.
- ^ ftp://www.pjm.com/planning/project-queues/impact_studies/w4034_imp.pdf