Cedar Station — United States of America

Cedar Station is a retired oil power station in New Jersey, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #3305 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 0.7% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-1792.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 67.2 MW, Cedar Station is well above the median oil plant in United States of America (7.2 MW). Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #90 largest oil power plant of 902 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 902 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 40,022 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Forked River nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 1,070 MW · New Jersey
• Forked River · Gas · 76.8 MW · New Jersey
• Oyster Creek nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 300 MW · New Jersey
• Atlantic nuclear power plant · Nuclear · 4,600 MW ·
• Bayville Central Facility · Oil · 7.1 MW · New Jersey
• Seaside Heights Power Plant · Oil · 6 MW · New Jersey

Location

Coordinates 39.6893, -74.2618 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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