Red Oak is an 830-megawatt combined cycle gas turbine
power plant located in
Sayreville, New Jersey not far from the
South River opened in 2002.
Energy Capital acquired it from a subsidiary of the
AES Corporation in April 2012, which, in November 2013, sold it to the
Carlyle Group.
Damage to the plant due to Hurricane Sandy in 2012 took it offline line for five months.
TAQA subsidiary TAQA Gen-X owns 85% and
Morgan Stanley owns 15% of the
tolling agreement for the facility through its with partner.
Natural gas is provided by
New Jersey Resources. It is part of the
PJM Interconnection of the
Eastern Interconnection grid
electric transmission system. A 2013 report named It is one of the largest single sources of carbon pollution in the state.
The
Sayreville Energy Center
The Sayreville Energy Center, or Sayreville Cogen Facility, is a combined cycle power station in Sayreville, New Jersey owned in part and operated by NextEra Energy Resources. Built by Westinghouse, it opened in 1991. It provides power to the ...
operated by
NextEra Energy Resources is nearby.
See also
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Neptune Cable
The Neptune Cable is a 500kV and 660 MW high-voltage direct current submarine power cable between Sayreville, New Jersey and Levittown, New York on Long Island. It carries 22 percent of Long Island's electricity. It was developed by Anbaric D ...
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List of power stations in New Jersey
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List of neighborhoods in Sayreville, New Jersey
There are numerous historical and contemporary neighborhoods in Sayreville, New Jersey, Sayreville, a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
Sayreville has a total area of 18.704 square miles (48.442 ...
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External links
Wikimapia
Power stations in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Natural gas-fired power stations in New Jersey
Sayreville, New Jersey