GOWANUS GAS TURBINES GENERATING

How GOWANUS GAS TURBINES GENERATING compares

With 640 MW of capacity, GOWANUS GAS TURBINES GENERATING ranks 20th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 11th of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 3.2% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 1.7% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 236th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1971, it is older than 60% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, U S POWER GENERATING COMPANY LLC, runs 3 operating plants in New York totaling 2,337 MW. It shares Kings County with 7 other operating plants, including NARROWS GAS TURBINES GENERATING and BROOKLYN NAVY YARD COGENERATION.

EIA-860 lists 32 generators at the site with 640 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas fired combustion turbine technology. Net generation was 10.9 GWh in 2024 (a 0.2% capacity factor).

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is BAYONNE SWITCHING STATION, about 5.7 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 345 kV line owned by CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO-NY INC, about 0.1 miles away. Another 79 operating power plants totaling 17,736 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 DataBank New York (LGA1) in New York, about 3.8 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