BELLINGHAM COGENERATION FACILITY

How BELLINGHAM COGENERATION FACILITY compares

With 386 MW of capacity, BELLINGHAM COGENERATION FACILITY ranks 8th among the 125 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Massachusetts and 5th of the 22 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 7.2% of Massachusetts's operating Natural Gas capacity and 4.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 385th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1991, it is older than 54% of the 122 operating Massachusetts plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Norfolk County with 8 other operating plants, including FORE RIVER GENERATING STATION and ANP BELLINGHAM ENERGY PROJECT.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 386 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 368 GWh in 2024 (an 11% capacity factor), up 74% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 26 operating power plants totaling 3,408 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ENTERGY RHODE ISLAND STATE ENERGY LP (596 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Equinix BO1 - Boston, Waltham in Waltham, about 23.6 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