| The Bergen Generating Station is located in Ridgefield, NJ, between the Hackensack River and Overpeck Creek. The stations ncludes 2 gas-fired combined-cycle plants and one combustion turbine. |
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The plant was originally constructed in 1959 as a coal-fired station on land purchased by the company 30 years earlier. The plant was needed to meet the growing demand for electricity, which was doubling every 10 years with peak usage at Christmas time (driven by the use of holiday lights) and not the current summer peak (driven by the use of air conditioners). To make the marshland site suitable for construction, an entire mountain outside Newburgh, NY was moved to the site and used as fill.
The plant was repowered with state-of-the-art technology and converted from coal to gas in 1993, significantly reducing both air and water emissions.
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The plant uses combined-cycle technology. In combined-cycle generation, combustion turbines generate electricity which produces steam to power steam turbines and additional electricity from waste heat. The plant also uses treated wastewater from a Bergen County Utilities Authority sewage treatment plant as cooling water make-up, effectively recycling a waste product and eliminating the need for using any water from the Hackensack River or discharging any effluent into the river.
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| Key Facts: |
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| Location: |
Ridgefield, NJ |
| MW: |
1246 |
| Fuel: |
Natural Gas (Kerosene) |
| Technology: |
Combined-Cycle, Small Simple-Cycle |
| Commercial Operation: |
Combined-Cycle - 2002, 1995; Peaker 1967 |
| Market: |
Mid-Merit, Peaker |
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