CHRISTIANA

How CHRISTIANA compares

With 52 MW of capacity, CHRISTIANA ranks 7th among the 22 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Delaware and is the largest of the 4 operating Oil plants in the state. It accounts for about 57% of Delaware's operating Oil capacity and 1.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 78th-largest of the 544 operating Oil plants in the database. Commissioned in 1973, it is older than 71% of the 21 operating Delaware plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, CALPINE MID-ATLANTIC GENERATION LLC, runs 5 operating plants in Delaware totaling 1,994 MW. It shares New Castle County with 7 other operating plants, including HAY ROAD and EDGE MOOR.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 55 MW of nameplate capacity, all petroleum liquids technology. Net generation was 0.217 GWh in 2024 (a capacity factor under 0.1%).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CLAYMONT (230 kV), about 6.8 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by DELMARVA POWER, under 0.1 miles away. Another 28 operating power plants totaling 9,130 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PSEG SALEM GENERATING STATION (2,382 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is IPR Wilmington CCC in Wilmington, about 1.3 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant, substation and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology