This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, sortable by type and name. In 2022, Massachusetts had a total summer capacity of 12,767 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 21,026 GWh. [2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 76.1% natural gas, 10.2% solar, 4.8% biomass, 2.7% hydroelectric, 1% wind, 0.5% petroleum, and 4.8% other. The state's last remaining nuclear power plant was retired in May 2019. [1]
Massachusetts consumes about twice as much electricity as it generates, but is among the lowest electricity consumption states on a per capita basis, as well as on a per dollar of GDP basis. [3] Distributed small-scale solar, including customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 3,668 GWh to the state's electricity grid in 2023. This compares as about 84 percent more than the amount generated by Massachusetts' utility-scale solar facilities that year. [1]
Active
| Plant | Capacity ( MW) | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 651 Chase Solar NG | 1 | Solar |
| Acushnet AD Makepeace | 4.7 | Solar |
| Acushnet Hawes Reed Road | 2 | Solar |
| Acushnet- High Hill | 3.2 | Solar |
| Acushnet-Braley Road 1 | 1.9 | Solar |
| Agawam Solar | 1.5 | Solar |
| AMERESCO Chicopee Energy | 7.7 | Biomass |
| Amherst College Co Gen | 1.7 | Natural Gas |
| Anderson Power Products Division | 1 | Petroleum |
| ANP Bellingham Energy Project | 471.7 | Natural Gas |
| ANP Blackstone Energy Project | 454.8 | Natural Gas |
| Applied Materials Wind Turbine | 2.5 | Wind |
| Axio Green LLC | 2 | Solar |
| Bartlett's Ocean View Wind Farm | 0.25 | Wind |
| Bear Swamp | 600 | Pumped Storage |
| Bellingham Cogeneration Facility | 264 | Natural Gas |
| Bellingham PV | 3 | Solar |
| Berkshire 1 | 1.8 | Solar |
| Berkshire Power | 229.3 | Natural Gas |
| Berkshire Wind Power Project | 15 | Wind |
| Boatlock | 3.1 | Hydropower |
| Bolton PV | 4.9 | Solar |
| Boott Hydropower | 21.7 | Hydropower |
| Boston Scientific Solar | 1.1 | Solar |
| Brockelman | 3 | Solar |
| Cabot | 61.8 | Hydropower |
| Cabot Holyoke | 2 | Hydropower |
| Camelot Wind LLC | 1.5 | Wind |
| Canal | 1113 | Petroleum |
| Cape Cod Air Force Station - 6 SWS | 3.4 | Wind |
| Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority | 0.1 | Wind |
| Charlestown Wind Turbine | 1.5 | Wind |
| Chemical | 1.6 | Hydropower |
| Cherry Street | 15.3 | Petroleum |
| Chicopee Hydroelectric Station | 2.4 | Hydropower |
| Clark University | 2 | Natural Gas |
| Cleary Flood | 133.5 | Natural Gas, Petroleum |
| Cobble Mountain | 32.6 | Hydropower |
| Collins Facility | 1.6 | Hydropower |
| Cottage Street Solar Facility | 3.2 | Solar |
| Covanta Haverhill | 42.8 | Biomass |
| Dartmouth | 6.3 | Solar |
| Dartmouth II Solar | 2 | Solar |
| Dartmouth Landfill | 1.3 | Solar |
| Dartmouth Power Associates LP | 82.6 | Natural Gas |
| Dartmouth Solar | 1.6 | Solar |
| Deer Island Treatment Plant | 56.3 | Petroleum, Biomass, Solar, Hydropower, Wind |
| Deer Island Wind | 1.2 | Wind |
| Deerfield 2 | 6.3 | Hydropower |
| Deerfield 3 | 6.3 | Hydropower |
| Deerfield 4 | 6.3 | Hydropower |
| Deerfield 5 | 13.9 | Hydropower |
| Dept of Corrections NCCI Wind | 3.4 | Wind |
| Dighton Power Plant | 164.2 | Natural Gas |
| Dorchester Solar Site | 1 | Solar |
| Doreen | 16.6 | Petroleum |
| Douglas Solar | 2 | Solar |
| Dwight | 1.3 | Hydropower |
| Easton Landfill | 1.9 | Solar |
| EBZ Solar | 2.5 | Solar |
| EDF Lancaster | 4.5 | Solar |
| Equity Industrial Partners | 4 | Wind |
| Exelon Framingham LLC | 31.4 | Petroleum |
| Exelon L Street | 16 | Petroleum |
| Exelon Medway LLC | 123.8 | Petroleum |
| Fairview Farms Solar | 0.8 | Solar |
| Fife Brook | 11.2 | Hydropower |
| Fitchburg Gas Recovery | 4.8 | Biomass |
| Fore River Generating Station | 726 | Natural Gas |
| Front Street | 8.4 | Petroleum |
| Gardner Solar 1 | 2 | Solar |
| Gardners Falls | 3.8 | Hydropower |
| General Electric Aircraft Engines | 47.1 | Natural Gas |
| Gillette SBMC | 14.2 | Natural Gas, Petroleum |
| Glendale | 1.1 | Hydropower |
| Grafton | 1.5 | Solar |
| Griffith Wind | 0.1 | Wind |
| Groveland Solar | 3.2 | Solar |
| Hadley Falls | 30.3 | Hydropower |
| Harris Energy Realty | 1.2 | Hydropower |
| Harwich Landfill | 4 | Solar |
| Haverhill Solar Power Project | 0.8 | Solar |
| High Street Station | 12.3 | Natural Gas, Petroleum |
| Holy Name Central Catholic School Wind Turbine | 0.66 | Wind |
| Holyoke Canal System | Hydropower | |
| Holyoke Solar Cooperative at Mueller | 2.7 | Solar |
| Hoosac Wind Power Project | 28.5 | Wind |
| Hull Wind 1 | 0.66 | Wind |
| Hull Wind II | 1.8 | Wind |
| Indian Orchard Hydroelectric | 3.7 | Hydropower |
| Indian Orchard Plant 1 | 3.5 | Coal |
| Indian Orchard PV Facility | 2.3 | Solar |
| Indian Orchard Station | 5.7 | Natural Gas, Petroleum |
| International Paper Woronoco Mill | 1.7 | Hydropower |
| Ipswich Wind Independence | 2 | Wind |
| Ipswich Wind Turbine | 1.6 | Wind |
| Katama Farm | 1 | Solar |
| Kendall Cogeneration Station | 225.7 | Natural Gas, Petroleum |
| Kingston Wind Independence | 2 | Wind |
| Lawrence Hydroelectric Associates | 14 | Hydropower |
| L'Energia Energy Center | 75 | Natural Gas |
| Lepomis PV Energy LLC | 4.5 | Solar |
| Ludlow Landfill | 2.6 | Solar |
| M Street Jet | 50 | Petroleum |
| MA Military Reserve Wind Project | 4.5 | Wind |
| Mark Richey Woodworking Wind Farm | 0.6 | Wind |
| Marshfield PV | 3 | Solar |
| Mass Midstate Solar 2 | 5 | Solar |
| Mass Midstate Solar 3 | 4 | Solar |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cogeneration Plant | 19 | Natural Gas |
| Masspower | 245 | Natural Gas |
| Maynard PV | 1 | Solar |
| Medical Area Total Energy Plant | 83 | Natural Gas, Petroleum |
| Merrimac Solar | 1.5 | Solar |
| Methuen Landfill | 1.3 | Solar |
| Milford Power LP | 148 | Natural Gas |
| Millbury Solar | 3 | Solar |
| Millennium Power Plant | 334.9 | Natural Gas |
| MM Taunton Energy | 3.6 | Biomass |
| Mount Wachusett Community College | 3.4 | Wind |
| Mystic Generating Station | 2001.9 | Natural Gas, Petroleum |
| Nantucket | 5.2 | Petroleum |
| Nantucket High School Wind Turbine | 0.1 | Wind |
| Nature's Classroom Wind Turbine | 0.1 | Wind |
| NECCO Co-Generation | 5.6 | Natural Gas |
| NEDC Solar Site | 0.8 | Solar |
| New England Wind LLC | 28.5 | Wind |
| Newark America Mill | 3 | Natural Gas |
| NFM Solar Power LLC | 1.9 | Solar |
| North Brookfield | 3 | Solar |
| Northbridge Solar | 1.9 | Solar |
| Northfield Mountain | 1146 | Pumped Storage |
| Notus Wind 1 | 1.7 | Wind |
| Nunnepog | 1 | Solar |
| Oak Bluffs Diesel Generating Facility | 8.4 | Petroleum |
| Orange PV | 2 | Solar |
| Padelford Solar | 2.2 | Solar |
| Pepperell Hydro Power Plant | 2.2 | Hydropower |
| Pinetree Power Fitchburg | 16 | Wood |
| Pioneer Valley Resource Recovery | 7.5 | Biomass |
| Pittsburgh Waste Water Treatment Plant | 0.3 | Solar |
| Pittsfield Generating LP | 154.3 | Natural Gas |
| Plymouth Site 1 | 5.6 | Solar |
| Potter Station 2 | 183.3 | Natural Gas, Petroleum |
| Princeton Wind Farm | 3 | Wind |
| Putts Bridge | 3.6 | Hydropower |
| Quittacas Pond Solar | 3.5 | Solar |
| Red Bridge | 4 | Hydropower |
| Rehoboth Solar | 2 | Solar |
| Revere Solar Site | 0.6 | Solar |
| Riverside | 6.9 | Hydropower |
| Rockland Solar | 2.5 | Solar |
| Rousselot Inc | 6.3 | Natural Gas |
| Route 57 Solar | 1.5 | Solar |
| Salem Harbor Power Station | 674 | Natural Gas |
| Scituate PV | 2.5 | Solar |
| Scituate Wind Turbine | 1.5 | Wind |
| SEMASS Resource Recovery | 80 | Biomass |
| Sherman | 6.1 | Hydropower |
| Shrewsbury Solar | 2.5 | Solar |
| Simonds | 1.8 | Natural Gas |
| Smith College Central Heating Plant | 2.7 | Natural Gas |
| Southbridge Energy Center LLC | 6.5 | Natural Gas |
| Southbridge Landfill Gas-to-Energy | 1.5 | Biomass |
| Stony Brook | 439.7 | Natural Gas, Petroleum |
| Stow PV | 2 | Solar |
| Sudbury Landfill | 1.3 | Solar |
| Tihonet Solar | 1 | Solar |
| Town of Barnstable | 0.1 | Wind |
| Town of East Bridgewater | 2 | Solar |
| Town of Falmouth WWTP | 1.6 | Wind |
| Town of Uxbridge MA at Commerce Dr | 1.8 | Solar |
| True North | 4.8 | Solar |
| Turners Falls | 6.4 | Hydropower |
| University of MA Wind Turbine | 0.6 | Wind |
| Walpole Solar 2 | 2.4 | Solar |
| Waters River | 46.6 | Natural Gas |
| Wellesley College Central Utility Plant | 6.7 | Natural Gas |
| West Tisbury Generating Facility | 5.6 | Petroleum |
| Westford Solar Park | 4 | Solar |
| Whately Solar | 1.5 | Solar |
| Wheelabrator Millbury Facility | 40 | Biomass |
| Wheelabrator North Andover | 30 | Biomass |
| Wheelabrator Saugus | 32 | Biomass |
| Wilkins Station | 5 | Petroleum |
| Williams College - Campus CHP | 3 | Natural Gas |
| Wilson Solar | 2 | Solar |
| Winter Island Wind | Unknown | Wind |
| Woodland Road | 16.7 | Petroleum |
Retired
| Plant | Capacity ( MW) | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brayton Point Power Station | 1538 | Coal | 2017 |
| Edison Power Plant (same site as Exelon New Boston Generating Station / Exelon L Street, 776 Summer Street, Boston) | Petroleum | ||
| Mount Tom Station | 136 | Coal | 2014 |
|
NAEA Energy Massachusetts LLC (West Springfield Generating Station) |
193.9 | Natural Gas, Petroleum | 2022 |
| Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station | 677 | Nuclear | 2019 |
| Reading Municipal Light and Power Station | Coal | 1925 | |
| Somerset Power Plant | 174 | Coal | 2010 |
| Yankee Rowe Nuclear Power Station | 185 | Nuclear | 1992 |
See also
Notes
- ^ Includes conventional hydroelectric and hydroelectric pumped storage.
References
- ^ a b c "Electricity Data Browser, Net generation for all sectors, Massachusetts, Fuel Type-Check all, Annual, 2001–23". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Massachusetts Electricity Profile". U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ "Massachusetts Electricity Profile Analysis". U.S. EIA. Retrieved 2021-03-17.