Bergen Generating Station

Gas-fired power plant in New Jersey

Bergen Generating Station

Country| United States
Location| Ridgefield, New Jersey
Coordinates| 40°50′22″N 74°01′28″W﻿ / ﻿40.8394444°N 74.0244444°W﻿ / 40.8394444; -74.0244444﻿ (Bergen Generating Station)
Status| Operational
Commission date| 1960
Owner| Parkway Generation, LLC
Thermal power station
Primary fuel| Pipeline natural gas
Secondary fuel| Diesel oil
Turbine technology| CCCT
Cooling source| BCUA Treated Effluent
Power generation
Nameplate capacity| 1229 MW

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Bergen Generating Station is a natural gas-fired power plant located in Ridgefield, New Jersey. The plant is owned and operated by Parkway Generation, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VII, L.P.[1] It is adjacent to the Little Ferry railyard, within the New Jersey Meadowlands, on the banks of Overpeck Creek, near its confluence with the Hackensack River.

The plant supplies electricity to New Jersey and, via the Hudson Project submarine power cable, to New York City.[2]

Originally fueled by coal it was converted to heavy fuel and gas in 1970.[3]

The power plant uses a closed loop cooling system, which eliminates the need to withdraw water from the Hackensack River for cooling. The cooling tower make-up water for the power plant uses treated wastewater from the nearby Bergen County Utilities Authority sewage treatment plant in Little Ferry, thereby eliminating the need to use potable water for cooling.[4]

## See also

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* List of power stations in New Jersey

## References

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1. ^ "ArcLight Closes Acquisition of 4.8 GW Power Generation Portfolio from PSEG". 2022-02-18.
2. ^ "Description - Hudson Profect". Fairfield, CT: Hudson Transmission Partners, LLC. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
3. ^ "Bergen station repowered". February 1996.
4. ^ "NJ DEP Commissioner Campbell Visits PSEG Power's Bergen Generating Station". Wastewater Digest. Endeavor Business Media, LLC. 2002-08-19. Retrieved 2013-10-08.

## External links

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* Emissions 2011