List of power stations in New Hampshire

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, sorted by type and name. In 2019, New Hampshire had a total summer capacity of 4,497 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 18,027 GWh.[2] New Hampshire's electrical energy generation mix in August 2020 was 57% nuclear, 27% natural gas, 8% hydroelectric and 8% other renewables.

Sources of New Hampshire electricity generation: August 2020 [1]

  Natural Gas (27%)

  Hydroelectric (8%)

  Other Renewables (8%)

  Nuclear (57%)

During 2019, New Hampshire had two of the three coal power plants, and one of two nuclear power plants operating in New England. Renewables sources generated 17% of all electrical energy from New Hampshire. Wind generated more electricity than coal for the first time in 2016, while most renewable generation came from biomass and hydroelectric sources.[1]

Nuclear power stations

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Refs	Year Opened	Note
Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant	Rockingham County	42°53′56″N 70°51′03″W	1250	[3][4]	1990

Fossil-fuel power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[5]

Coal-fired

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Refs	Year Opened	Note
Merrimack Station	Merrimack County	43.1411°N 71.4692°W	460	[6][7][8][9]	1960(Unit 1) 1968(Unit 2)
Schiller Station	Rockingham County	43.0978°N 70.7842°W	150	[10][11]	1949(Unit 1 - coal) 1949(Unit 2 - coal) 1949(Unit 3 - oil) 1952(Unit 4 - coal/oil) 1955(Unit 5 - coal/oil/wood) 1957(Unit 6 - coal/oil)	Units 1,2 closed 1968 Unit 3 closed 1991 Units 4,5,6 closing 2020[12]

Natural gas-fired

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Refs	Fuel	Year Opened
Granite Ridge Energy Center	Rockingham County	42.9042°N 71.4261°W	745	[13][14]	2003	combined cycle
Hampton Facility Gas Plant	Rockingham County	42.9383°N 70.8406°W	5.0	[15]	2000
Newington Power Plant	Rockingham County	43.1047°N 70.8061°W	575	[16][17]	2002	combined cycle

Petroleum-fired

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Refs	Year Opened	Note
Dartmouth College Cogen Plant	Grafton County	43.7019°N 72.2867°W	7.0	[18][19]	1970 (4MW) 1992 (3MW)	combined heat&power
Newington Plant	Rockingham County	43.0986°N 70.7908°W	414	[20][21]	1974
Lost Nation Plant	Coos County	44.5951°N 71.4944°W	14	[22][23]	1969	peaker plant
Plymouth College Cogen Plant	Grafton County	43.7644°N 71.6881°W	2.8	[24][25]	1994 (1.2MW) 2000 (1.6MW)	combined heat&power
White Lake Plant	Carroll County	43.8478°N 71.2069°W	18	[26][27]	1968	peaker plant

Renewable power stations

Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[5]

Biomass

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Refs	Fuel	Year Opened	Note
Bridgewater Power Plant	Grafton County	43.7155°N 71.6585°W	20	[28][29]	wood chips	1987
Burgess Biopower	Coos County	44.4719°N 71.1753°W	75	[30]	wood waste	2013
D G Whitefield Plant	Coos County	44.3580°N 71.5449°W	16	[31][32][33]	wood waste	1988	closed 2019[34]
Indeck Energy Alexandria Plant	Grafton County	43.5608°N 71.7806°W	15	[35]	wood waste	2008	closed 2017[36][37]
Pinetree Power Plant	Grafton County	44.3274°N 71.6800°W	17.5	[38]	wood waste	1986
Pinetree Power Tamworth Plant	Caroll County	43.8358°N 71.1967°W	25	[39]	wood waste	1987
Springfield Power Plant	Sullivan County	43.4429°N 72.0560°W	20	[32]	wood waste	1987	closed 2019[40]
Turnkey Landfill Gas Plant	Strafford County	43.2416°N 70.9664°W	9.2	[41]	landfill gas	1992
UNH Landfill Gas Plant	Strafford County	43.1367°N 70.9361°W	7.9	[42]	landfill gas	2009
Wheelabrator Claremont Facility	Sullivan County	43.3440°N 72.3773°W	4.5	[43]	municipal solid waste	1989	closed 2013[44]
Wheelabrator Concord Facility	Merrimack County	43.2866°N 71.5769°W	14	[45][46]	municipal solid waste	1989

Hydroelectric

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Refs	Year Opened	Note
Amoskeag Hydropower Plant	Hillsborough County	43.0022°N 71.4721°W	16	[47][48][49]	1922	6.0MW added 1924
Ayers Island Hydropower Plant	Grafton County	43.5978°N 71.7177°W	8.4	[47][48][50]	1925
Berlin Gorham Hydropower Plant	Coos County	44.3889°N 71.1645°W	29.2	[47][51]	1914	additional units 1916-1929 and 1980
Comerford Hydropower Station	Grafton County	44.3251°N 72.0010°W	168	[52][53]	1930
Dodge Falls Hydroelectric Plant	Grafton County	44.2081°N 72.0581°W	5.0	[54]	1990
Eastman Falls Hydropower Plant	Merrimack County	43.4472°N 71.6579°W	6.4	[47][48][55]	1937	4.6MW added 1983
Errol Hydroelectric Project	Coos County	44.7866°N 71.1243°W	3.0	[56]	1986
Garvins Falls Hydropower Plant	Merrimack County	43.1655°N 71.5094°W	12.4	[47][48][57]	1925	6.8MW added 1981
Gregg Falls Hydropower Plant	Hillsborough County	43.0168°N 71.5679°W	3.5	[58]	1985
Jackman Hydropower Plant	Hillsborough County	43.1106°N 71.9489°W	3.2	[47][48][59]	1926
Mine Falls Generating Station	Hillsborough County	42.7503°N 71.5053°W	3.0	[60]	1985
Moore Hydropower Station	Grafton County	44.3356°N 71.8742°W	192	[61][62]	1957
Penacook Lower Falls Hydro Plant	Merrimack County	43.2858°N 71.5950°W	4.6	[63]	1983
Penacook Upper Falls Hydro Plant	Merrimack County	43.2832°N 71.6008°W	3.4	[64]	1986
Pontook Hydropower Facility	Coos County	44.6328°N 71.2472°W	10.5	[65]	1986
Rolfe Canal Hydro Plant	Merrimack County	43.2746°N 71.6040°W	4.3	[66]	1987
Smith Hydropower Plant	Coos County	44.4694°N 71.1781°W	15	[47][48][67]	1948

Wind

Name	Location	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Refs	Year Opened	Turbine Mfg Spec
Antrim Wind Project	Hillsborough County	43.0644°N 72.0064°W	28.8	[68][69][70]	2019	Siemens 3.2MW
Granite Reliable Wind Farm	Coos County	44.7044°N 71.2925°W	99	[71]	2011	Vestas 3.0MW
Groton Wind Power Project	Grafton County	43.7681°N 71.8189°W	48	[72][73]	2012	Gamesa 2.0MW
Jericho Mountain Wind Farm	Coos County	44.4669°N 71.2250°W	14.3	[74]	2015	GE 2.85MW
Lempster Mountain Wind Power Project	Sullivan County	43.2330°N 72.1455°W	24	[75][76]	2008	Gamesa 2.0MW

Solar

New Hampshire had no utility-scale photovoltaic or solar thermal generating stations in 2019.[5]

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