List of power stations in Vermont
Sources of Vermont utility-scale electricity generation:
full-year 2023[1]
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Vermont, sorted by type and name. In 2020, Vermont had a total summer capacity of 829 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 2,156 GWh.[2] In 2023, the electrical energy generation mix was 56.5% hydroelectric, 17.3% biomass, 16.3% wind, 9.6% solar photovoltaics, 0.1% petroleum, and 0.1% other. Small-scale solar, which includes customer-owned photovoltaic panels, delivered an additional net 239 GWh to the state's electrical grid in 2023. This was about 20 percent more than the generation by Vermont's utility-scale photovoltaic plants.[1]
Vermont's 99.9% share of electricity from renewable sources was the highest in the United States during 2019. Vermont had the second lowest population after Wyoming, and total electricity consumption was the lowest among all 50 states. Vermont consumed three times more electricity than it generated in-state, and imported most of its electricity needs from Canada and New York.[3] Vermont's Renewable Electricity Standard aims for the state to obtain 90% of all electricity from renewable sources by 2050, in part by further reducing per-capita consumption through less waste and greater efficiency of electricity use.[4]
Nuclear power stations
The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant generated 620 MW of base load electricity during years 1972–2014.[5] Vermont had no operating utility-scale plants that used fissile material as a fuel in 2019.[1]
Fossil-fuel power stations
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[6]
Coal-fired
Vermont had no operating utility-scale plants that used coal as a fuel in 2019.[1]
Natural gas-fired
Vermont had no operating utility-scale plants that used fossil gas as a primary fuel in 2019 (see also Biomass).[1]
Petroleum-fired
Note: All plants fueled by petroleum in Vermont were peaker plants in 2019.
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Refs | Year Opened |
Note |
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Ascutney Plant | Windsor County | 43°24′04″N 72°25′13″W / 43.4011°N 72.4203°W | 13.2 | [7][8][9] | 1961 | |
Berlin 5 Plant | Washington County | 44°15′04″N 72°36′10″W / 44.251°N 72.6027°W | 42 | [7][10][11] | 1972 | |
Burlington GT Plant | Chittenden County | 44°28′53″N 73°13′26″W / 44.4814°N 73.2239°W | 25 | [12][13] | 1971 | |
Colchester 16 Plant | Chittenden County | 44°29′26″N 73°10′13″W / 44.4906°N 73.1703°W | 18 | [14][15] | 1965 | |
Florence Plant | Rutland County | 43°42′32″N 73°03′47″W / 43.7089°N 73.0631°W | 9.2 | [16][17] | 1992 | |
Project 10 Plant | Franklin County | 44°55′00″N 73°06′00″W / 44.9166°N 73.1000°W | 48 | [18][19] | 2010 | |
Rutland Plant | Rutland County | 43°36′11″N 72°59′32″W / 43.603°N 72.9923°W | 13.2 | [7][20][21] | 1962 | |
Vergennes 9 Plant | Addison County | 44°09′59″N 73°15′27″W / 44.1664°N 73.2575°W | 4 | [7][22][23] | 1964 | paired with 2MW hydro |
Renewable power stations
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration serves as a general reference.[6]
Biomass
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Refs | Year Opened |
Fuel |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coventry Clean Energy | Orleans County | 44°54′31″N 72°13′17″W / 44.9087°N 72.2214°W | 8.0 | [24] | 2019 | landfill gas |
J C McNeil Generating Station | Chittenden County | 44°29′30″N 73°12′29″W / 44.4917°N 73.2080°W | 50 | [25] | 1984 | primary: wood chips (99%) secondary: fossil gas or oil |
Moretown Renewable Energy | Washington County | 44°18′44″N 72°42′41″W / 44.3122°N 72.7113°W | 1.6 | [26] | 2009 | landfill gas |
Ryegate Power Station | Caledonia County | 44°12′47″N 72°03′26″W / 44.2131°N 72.0572°W | 20 | [27][28] | 1992 | primary: wood chips secondary: propane |
Hydroelectric
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Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Refs | Year Opened |
Note |
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Beldens Hydropower Plant | Addison County | 44°03′09″N 73°10′34″W / 44.0525°N 73.1762°W | 5.7 | [7][29] | 1913 | 4.1MW added 1988 |
Bellows Falls Hydropower Station | Windham County | 43°08′15″N 72°26′47″W / 43.1375°N 72.4464°W | 40.8 | [30] | 1928 | |
Bolton Falls Hydroelectric | Washington County | 44°21′34″N 72°49′00″W / 44.3594°N 72.8167°W | 8.8 | [7][31] | 1986 | |
Chace Mill Winooski One Hydro | Addison County | 44°29′24″N 73°11′15″W / 44.4900°N 73.1875°W | 7.5 | [32] | 1993 | |
Essex 19 Hydroelectric | Chittenden County | 44°28′56″N 73°06′59″W / 44.4821°N 73.1164°W | 8.0 | [7] | 1917 | |
Harriman Hydropower Station | Windham County | 42°47′37″N 72°54′52″W / 42.7936°N 72.9144°W | 33.6 | [33][34] | 1924 | |
Highgate Falls Hydroelectric | Franklin County | 44°56′01″N 73°03′04″W / 44.9336°N 73.0511°W | 11.1 | [35] | 1930 | 3.2MW added 1954 5.8MW added 1990 |
Huntington Falls Hydroelectric | Addison County | 44°04′13″N 73°11′46″W / 44.0703°N 73.1961°W | 5.7 | [7] | 1911 | 25% increase 1989 |
Marshfield 6 Hydropower Plant | Washington County | 44°21′38″N 72°20′08″W / 44.3606°N 72.3356°W | 5.0 | [7][36] | 1927 | |
Mcindoes Hydropower Station | Caledonia County | 44°15′37″N 72°03′33″W / 44.2603°N 72.0592°W | 10.4 | [37][38] | 1931 | |
Milton Hydropower Plant | Chittenden County | 44°38′29″N 73°06′48″W / 44.6414°N 73.1134°W | 7.4 | [7][39] | 1929 | |
Peterson Hydropower Plant | Chittenden County | 44°38′17″N 73°09′45″W / 44.6381°N 73.1625°W | 6.3 | [7][40] | 1948 | |
Pownal Tannery | Bennington County | 0.5 | [41] | 1866 | ||
Proctor Hydropower Plant | Rutland County | 43°39′46″N 73°02′02″W / 43.6628°N 73.0340°W | 10.0 | [7][42] | 1905 | 1.6MW added 1927 2.9MW added 1984 |
Sheldon Springs Hydroelectric | Franklin County | 44°54′39″N 72°58′25″W / 44.9108°N 72.9736°W | 25.2 | [43] | 1988 | |
Vernon Dam Hydropower Station | Windham County | 42°46′18″N 72°30′53″W / 42.7716°N 72.5146°W | 35.9 | [44][45] | 1909 | 8.4MW added 1921 |
Waterbury 22 Hydropower Plant | Washington County | 44°22′53″N 72°46′04″W / 44.3813°N 72.7677°W | 5.5 | [7][46] | 1953 | |
Wilder Hydropower Station | Windsor County | 43°40′04″N 72°18′13″W / 43.6679°N 72.3036°W | 35.6 | [47][48] | 1950 | 3.2MW added 1987 |
Wrightsville Hydroelectric Plant | Washington County | 44°18′31″N 72°34′34″W / 44.30873°N 72.57598°W | 0.8 | [49] |
Wind
Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) |
Refs | Year Opened |
Turbine Mfg Spec |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deerfield Wind Farm | Bennington County | 42°52′38″N 72°59′37″W / 42.8772°N 72.9937°W | 30 | [50][51] | 2017 | Gamesa 2.0MW |
Georgia Mountain Wind Farm | Chittendon County | 44°39′42″N 73°04′12″W / 44.6617°N 73.07°W | 10 | [52] | 2012 | Goldwind 2.5MW |
Kingdom Community Wind Project | Orleans County | 44°44′54″N 72°25′31″W / 44.7483°N 72.4253°W | 63 | [7][53] | 2012 | Vestas 3.0MW |
Searsburg Wind Energy Facility | Bennington County | 42°51′45″N 72°57′46″W / 42.8625°N 72.9628°W | 6 | [7][54] | 1997 | Zond 0.5MW |
Sheffield Wind Farm | Caledonia County | 44°40′34″N 72°06′05″W / 44.6760°N 72.1013°W | 40 | [55] | 2011 | Clipper 2.5MW |
Solar
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Name | Location | Coordinates | Capacity (MWAC) ( Storage (MW) ) |
Refs | Year Opened |
Note |
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Boardman Hill Solar Farm | Rutland County | 43°35′02″N 73°01′18″W / 43.583941°N 73.021632°W | 1.5 | [56] | 2015 | |
Coolidge Solar Farm | Windsor County | 43°25′29″N 72°39′55″W / 43.4248°N 72.6653°W | 19.6 | [57] | 2018 | |
Elizabeth Mines Solar Array | Orange County | 43°49′26″N 72°19′52″W / 43.824°N 72.3311°W | 5.0 | [58] | 2017 | |
Essex Solar Storage Hybrid | Chittendon County | 44°17′09″N 73°01′24″W / 44.2859°N 73.0233°W | 4.5 (2) | [59] | 2019 | |
Ferrisburgh Solar Storage Hybrid | Addison County | 44°08′00″N 73°08′39″W / 44.1334°N 73.1441°W | 5.0 (2) | [59] | 2019 | |
Hartford Solar Array | Windsor County | 43°37′55″N 72°25′07″W / 43.6320°N 72.41856°W | 5.0 | [60] | 2016 | |
Milton Solar Storage Hybrid | Chittendon County | 44°23′32″N 73°06′08″W / 44.3921°N 73.1023°W | 5.0 (2) | [59] | 2019 | |
Panton Solar Project | Addison County | 44°05′09″N 73°11′43″W / 44.0858°N 73.1954°W | 4.9 (1) | [61] | 2016 | |
Williamstown 2 Solar Array | Orange County | 44°08′10″N 72°30′38″W / 44.1361°N 72.5105°W | 5.0 | [62] | 2016 | |
Williston Solar Farm | Chittendon County | 44°27′56″N 73°06′12″W / 44.4655°N 73.1032°W | 4.7 | [63] | 2016 |
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