NRG ENERGY CENTER DOVER

How NRG ENERGY CENTER DOVER compares

With 118 MW of capacity, NRG ENERGY CENTER DOVER ranks 5th among the 22 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Delaware and is the smallest of the 3 operating Coal plants in the state. It accounts for about 7.2% of Delaware's operating Coal capacity and 3.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 220th-largest of the 324 operating Coal plants in the database. Commissioned in 1985, it is older than 66% of the 21 operating Delaware plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Kent County with 7 other operating plants, including WARREN F SAM BEASLEY GENERATION STATION and VAN SANT STATION.

Under the same EIA plant code, EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 118 MW of nameplate capacity. Net generation was 115 GWh in 2024 (an 11% capacity factor), up 5% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1985 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by DELMARVA POWER, about 0.7 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 3,850 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PSEG SALEM GENERATING STATION (2,382 MW, Nuclear). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is USNAMES-NET in Wilmington, about 40.4 miles away.

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