RAVENSWOOD

How RAVENSWOOD compares

With 2,625 MW of capacity, RAVENSWOOD is the largest of the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and the largest of the 68 operating Natural Gas plants in the state. It accounts for about 13% of New York's operating Natural Gas capacity and 6.9% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 7th-largest of the 1,185 operating Natural Gas plants in the database. Commissioned in 1963, it is older than 64% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Queens County with 8 other operating plants, including ASTORIA GENERATING STATION and ASTORIA ENERGY II.

EIA-860 lists 5 generators at the site with 2,096 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas steam turbine technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 2,625 MW). Net generation was 2,532 GWh in 2024 (a 14% capacity factor), up 26% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1963 and 2003.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is MOTT HAVEN, about 4.0 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 348 kV line owned by CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO-NY INC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 67 operating power plants totaling 14,356 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is PSEG LINDEN GENERATING STATION (1,759 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 30 mapped data centers; the nearest is FiberNet Telecom Group New York (111 Eighth Ave) in New York, about 3.2 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