COVANTA ESSEX COMPANY

How COVANTA ESSEX COMPANY compares

With 70 MW of capacity, COVANTA ESSEX COMPANY ranks 23rd among the 130 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New Jersey and is the largest of the 8 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 35% of New Jersey's operating Biomass capacity and 0.5% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 45th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1990, it is older than 82% of the 128 operating New Jersey plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Essex County with 3 other operating plants, including HOFFMANN LAROCHE and UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE DENTISTRY NJ.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 70 MW of nameplate capacity, all municipal solid waste technology. Net generation was 449 GWh in 2024 (a 73% capacity factor), up 5% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is PLANK ROAD, about 0.4 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PUBLIC SERVICE ELEC & GAS CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 73 operating power plants totaling 17,180 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is RAVENSWOOD (2,625 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 30 mapped data centers; the nearest is 165 Halsey Meet-Me Room in Newark, about 2.4 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