Sources of New Jersey utility-scale electricity generation: full-year 2023[1]
Natural Gas (51.4%)
Nuclear (44.1%)
Solar (2.5%)
Biomass (1.1%)
Other Gases (0.3%)
Petroleum (0.1%)
Other (0.9%)
This is a list of electricity-generatingpower stations in the U.S. state of New Jersey, sorted by type and name. In 2022, New Jersey had a total summer capacity of 16,712 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 65,060 GWh.[2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 51.4% natural gas, 44.1% nuclear, 2.5% solar, 1.1% biomass, 0.1% petroleum, 0.3% other gases, and 0.9% other.[1]
New Jersey's renewable portfolio standard was updated in 2018 to require that 21% of electricity be from renewable sources by 2021, 35% by 2025, and 50% by 2030.[3] In February 2023, Governor Phil Murphy set a goal of 100% clean electricity (including non-renewable zero-emissions sources) by 2035.[4] About 75% of in-state renewable generation came from small- and large-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) that year.[5] Small-scale solar, which includes customer-owned PV panels, delivered an additional net 3,413 GWh of energy to the state's electrical grid during 2023. This was more than twice the generation of New Jersey's utility-scale PV plants.[1]
As of January 2023, New Jersey has more than 90 photovoltaic installations of over 5 MW, which have a cumulative capacity of over 850 MW, and over 510 projects of over 1 MW, with a cumulative capacity of 1,680 MW.[13] Most of these are net-metered. The largest in the state include (incomplete list; selected projects):[13]