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| The Kearny Generating Station |
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| The Kearny Generating station, located on the banks of the Hackensack River in Kearny, NJ, currently consists of four simple cycle combustion units totaling 446 MW. Ground was broken for the original Kearny Station on July 12, 1923, and the founder of modern electricity, Thomas A. Edison, helped inaugurate the station in 1925.
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At that time it was the largest electric generating station in New Jersey. The plant originally had 6 coal-fired units, which have been retired.
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Starting in 1967, the steam units were supplemented by peaker units. The four current simple-cycle peaker units all burn natural gas: two were installed in the late 1960s, one in the 1970s and the last in 2001. The last steam units were retired in 2006.
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| Key Facts: |
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| Location: |
Kearny, NJ |
| MW: |
446 |
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Gas (Combustion) |
Technology:
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Combustion Turbine
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| Commercial Operation: |
Combustion 1967, 1969, 1970, 2001 |
| Market: |
Load Following Peaking |
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