KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COGEN

How KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COGEN compares

With 121 MW of capacity, KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COGEN ranks 44th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 26th of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 0.6% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 0.3% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 644th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1994, it is newer than 70% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Queens County with 8 other operating plants, including RAVENSWOOD and ASTORIA GENERATING STATION.

EIA-860 lists 3 generators at the site with 121 MW of nameplate capacity, all natural gas fired combined cycle technology. Net generation was 399 GWh in 2024 (a 37% capacity factor), down 29% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1994 and 1995.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MOTT HAVEN, about 13.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO-NY INC, about 4.2 miles away. Another 58 operating power plants totaling 16,309 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 501 Franklin Ave in Garden City, about 9.6 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