This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, sorted by type and name. In 2020, New Hampshire had a total summer capacity of 4,478 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 16,351 GWh.[2] The corresponding electrical energy generation mix in 2021 was 56.5% nuclear, 25.6% natural gas, 6.7% hydroelectric, 5.9% biomass, 2.9% wind, 1.6% coal, 0.4% petroleum, and 0.3% non-biogenic waste.[1]
Sources of New Hampshire utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2021[1]
During 2019, New Hampshire had two of the three coal power plants, and one of two nuclear power plants operating in New England. More electricity was generated than was consumed in-state. Renewables sources generated 17% of all electrical energy from New Hampshire. Wind generated more electricity than coal for the first time in 2016, while the state did not yet host a utility-scale (larger than 1 MW) solar power plant as of 2019.[3] Smaller-scale solar, which includes customer-owned photovoltaic panels, nevertheless delivered an additional net 193 GWh to New Hampshire's electrical grid.[1]
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Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Year Opened | Refs |
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Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant | Rockingham County | 42°53′56″N 70°51′03″W | 1250 | 1990 | [4][5] |
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[6]
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Year Opened | Scheduled Retirement | Refs |
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Merrimack Station | Merrimack County | 43.1411°N 71.4692°W / 43.1411; -71.4692 (Merrimack Station) | 460 | 1960 (Unit 1- 114MW) 1968 (Unit 2- 346MW) | TBD (Unit 1) TBD (Unit 2) | [7][8][9][10] |
Schiller Station | Rockingham County | 43.0978°N 70.7842°W / 43.0978; -70.7842 (Schiller Station) | 100 | 1949 (Unit 1- 20MW[A]) 1949 (Unit 2- 20MW[A]) 1949 (Unit 3- ??MW) 1952 (Unit 4- 50MW) 1955 (Unit 5- 50MW) 1957 (Unit 6- 50MW) | 1968 (Unit 1- closed) 1968 (Unit 2- closed) 1991 (Unit 3- closed) TBD (Unit 4- idled 2020[11][12]) 2006 (Unit 5- convert to wood) TBD (Unit 6- idled 2020[11][12]) | [13][14] |
A Schiller Units 1 & 2 operated in binary mercury-steam Rankine cycle configuration which was an early type of combined cycle configuration.[15]
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Generation Type | Year Opened | Refs |
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Essential Power Newington | Rockingham County | 43.1047°N 70.8061°W / 43.1047; -70.8061 (EP Newington) | 605.5 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2002 | [16][17] |
Granite Ridge Energy Center | Rockingham County | 42.9042°N 71.4261°W / 42.9042; -71.4261 (Granite Ridge) | 745.0 | 2x1 Combined Cycle | 2003 | [18][19] |
Hampton Facility Gas Plant | Rockingham County | 42.9383°N 70.8406°W / 42.9383; -70.8406 (Hampton) | 5.0 | Simple Cycle | 2000 | [20] |
Newington Power Plant | Rockingham County | 43.1000°N 70.7908°W / 43.1000; -70.7908 (Newington) | 414.0 | Steam Turbine | 1974 | [21][22] |
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Generation Type | Year Opened | Refs |
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Dartmouth College Cogen Plant | Grafton County | 43.7019°N 72.2867°W / 43.7019; -72.2867 (Dartmouth College) | 7.0 | Steam Turbine (x3) | 1970 (4.0MW) 1992 (3.0MW) | [23][24] |
Lost Nation Plant | Coos County | 44.5951°N 71.4944°W / 44.5951; -71.4944 (Lost Nation) | 18.0 | Simple Cycle | 1969 | [25][26] |
Merrimack Station | Merrimack County | 43.1411°N 71.4692°W / 43.1411; -71.4692 (Merrimack Station) | 37.2 | Simple Cycle (x2) | 1968/1969 | [7] |
Plymouth College Cogen Plant | Grafton County | 43.7644°N 71.6881°W / 43.7644; -71.6881 (Plymouth College) | 2.8 | Reciprocating Engine (x2) | 1994 (1.2MW) 2000 (1.6MW) | [27][28] |
Schiller Station | Rockingham County | 43.0978°N 70.7842°W / 43.0978; -70.7842 (Schiller Station) | 21.2 | Simple Cycle | 1970 | [13][14] |
White Lake Plant | Carroll County | 43.8478°N 71.2069°W / 43.8478; -71.2069 (White Lake) | 18.6 | Simple Cycle | 1968 | [29][30] |
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[6]
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Primary Fuel | Generation Type | Year Opened | Status | Ref |
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Bridgewater Power Plant | Grafton County | 43.7155°N 71.6585°W / 43.7155; -71.6585 (Bridgewater) | 20 | wood chips | Steam Turbine | 1987 | [31][32] | |
Burgess Biopower | Coos County | 44.4719°N 71.1753°W / 44.4719; -71.1753 (Burgess Biopower) | 75 | wood waste | Steam Turbine | 2013 | [33] | |
D G Whitefield Plant | Coos County | 44.3580°N 71.5449°W / 44.3580; -71.5449 (Whitefield) | 16 | wood waste | Steam Turbine | 1988 | idled 2019[34] | [35][36][37] |
Indeck Energy Alexandria Plant | Grafton County | 43.5608°N 71.7806°W / 43.5608; -71.7806 (Indeck Alexandria) | 15 | wood waste | Steam Turbine | 2008 | idled 2017[38][39] | [40] |
Nashua Plant | Hillsborough County | 42.7323°N 71.5224°W / 42.7323; -71.5224 (Nashua Plant) | 2.4 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x2) | 1996/2016 | [41] | |
Pinetree Power Plant | Grafton County | 44.3274°N 71.6800°W / 44.3274; -71.6800 (Pinetree) | 17.5 | wood waste | Steam Turbine | 1986 | [42] | |
Pinetree Power Tamworth Plant | Caroll County | 43.8358°N 71.1967°W / 43.8358; -71.1967 (Pinetree Tamworth) | 25 | wood waste | Steam Turbine | 1987 | [43] | |
Schiller Station | Rockingham County | 43.0978°N 70.7842°W / 43.0978; -70.7842 (Schiller Station) | 50 | wood | Steam Turbine | 2006 | idled 2020[11][12] | [13][14][44] |
Springfield Power Plant | Sullivan County | 43.4429°N 72.0560°W / 43.4429; -72.0560 (Springfield) | 20 | wood waste | Steam Turbine | 1987 | idled 2019[34] | [36] |
Turnkey Landfill Gas Plant | Strafford County | 43.2416°N 70.9664°W / 43.2416; -70.9664 (Turnkey Landfill) | 9.2 | landfill gas | Reciprocating Engine (x4) Simple Cycle (x2) | 1992/1993 1997 | [45] | |
UNH Landfill Gas Plant | Strafford County | 43.1367°N 70.9361°W / 43.1367; -70.9361 (UNH Landfill) | 7.9 | landfill gas | Simple Cycle | 2009 | [46] | |
Wheelabrator Claremont Facility | Sullivan County | 43.3440°N 72.3773°W / 43.3440; -72.3773 (Wheelabrator Claremont) | 4.5 | municipal solid waste | Steam Turbine | 1989 | closed 2013[47] | [48] |
Wheelabrator Concord Facility | Merrimack County | 43.2866°N 71.5769°W / 43.2866; -71.5769 (Wheelabrator Concord) | 14 | municipal solid waste (biogenic and non-biogenic) | Steam Turbine | 1989 | [49][50] |
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Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Number of Turbines | Year Opened | Turbine Mfg Spec | Refs |
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Antrim Wind Project | Hillsborough County | 43.0644°N 72.0064°W / 43.0644; -72.0064 (Antrim Wind) | 28.8 | 9 | 2019 | Siemens 3.2MW | [72][73][74] |
Granite Reliable Wind Farm | Coos County | 44.7044°N 71.2925°W / 44.7044; -71.2925 (Granite Reliable Wind) | 99 | 33 | 2011 | Vestas 3.0MW | [75] |
Groton Wind Power Project | Grafton County | 43.7681°N 71.8189°W / 43.7681; -71.8189 (Groton Wind) | 48 | 24 | 2012 | Gamesa 2.0MW | [76][77] |
Jericho Mountain Wind Farm | Coos County | 44.4669°N 71.2250°W / 44.4669; -71.2250 (Jericho Wind) | 14.3 | 5 | 2015 | GE 2.85MW | [78] |
Lempster Mountain Wind Power Project | Sullivan County | 43.2330°N 72.1455°W / 43.2330; -72.1455 (Lempster Wind) | 24 | 12 | 2008 | Gamesa 2.0MW | [79][80] |
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MWAC) | Year Opened | Refs |
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Peterborough Wastewater Treatment Solar Array | Hillsborough County | 42.9112°N 71.9328°W / 42.9112; -71.9328 (Peterborough WWTP Solar) | 0.8 (0.94MWDC) | 2015 | [81] |
New Hampshire had no utility-scale battery or pumped-storage facilities in 2019.[6]
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