How many natural gas power plants are in Delaware?

Delaware has 10 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 2.8 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Delaware?

Hay Road in New Castle County, Delaware is the largest, at 1,098 MW. It came online in 2002.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Delaware in 2025?

0 natural gas power plants came online in Delaware in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas power plants in Delaware?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Natural gas power plants in Delaware

Delaware has 10 operating natural gas power plants with 2.8 GW of capacity.

Operating10

See planned natural gas power plants in Delaware

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Delaware had 9 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 10 in 2026

2016’162017’172018’182019’192020’202021’212022’222023’232024’242025’252026’26

Natural gas power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Delaware

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Hay Road	New Castle County	2002	1,098 MW
2	Edge Moor	New Castle County	1973	698 MW
3	Garrison Energy Center LLC	Kent County	2015	361 MW
4	Delaware City Plant	New Castle County	2000	324 MW
5	Energy Center Dover	Kent County	2001	118 MW
6	Warren F Sam Beasley Generation Station	Kent County	2012	96 MW
7	Van Sant Station	Kent County	1991	45 MW
8	Red Lion Energy Center	New Castle County	2013	25 MW
9	Brookside Newark	New Castle County	2012	3 MW
10	AGT001 Centerville Fuel Cell	New Castle County	2019	1 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Delaware

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	AGT001 Centerville Fuel Cell	New Castle County	2019	1 MW
2	Garrison Energy Center LLC	Kent County	2015	361 MW
3	Red Lion Energy Center	New Castle County	2013	25 MW
4	Warren F Sam Beasley Generation Station	Kent County	2012	96 MW
5	Brookside Newark	New Castle County	2012	3 MW
6	Hay Road	New Castle County	2002	1,098 MW
7	Energy Center Dover	Kent County	2001	118 MW
8	Delaware City Plant	New Castle County	2000	324 MW
9	Van Sant Station	Kent County	1991	45 MW
10	Edge Moor	New Castle County	1973	698 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about natural gas power plants in Delaware

How many natural gas power plants are in Delaware?: Delaware has 10 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 2.8 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Delaware?: Hay Road in New Castle County, Delaware is the largest, at 1,098 MW. It came online in 2002.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Delaware in 2025?: 0 natural gas power plants came online in Delaware in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in Delaware?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.