Hudson Generating Station
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Aerial view of the Hudson Generating Station with coal-delivery barges in the foreground
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 Location of Hudson Generating Station in Hudson County, New Jersey
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| Location | Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40°44′50″N 74°04′21″W / 40.74722°N 74.07250°WCoordinates: 40°44′50″N 74°04′21″W / 40.74722°N 74.07250°W |
| Status | active |
| Commission date | Unit 1: 12/10/1964 Unit 2: 12/18/1968 Unit 3: 12/01/1967 |
| Decommission date | Unit 1:12/08/2011 Unit 3: 10/17/2003 |
| Owner(s) | PSEG Fossil LLC |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | low-sulphur bituminous coal from West Virginia, natural gas |
| Type | Steam |
| Cooling source | Hackensack River |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 660 MWe |
Hudson Generating Station is a power plant operated by PSEG Fossil LLC, a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG). It is located in Jersey City in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The site has been in operation since 1906, but as of 2011 only one unit is currently in operation at the facility - Unit 2, which runs primarily on coal to generate electricity and is also capable of burning natural gas as a secondary fuel. Unit 2 is also equipped with several back-end technology emission controls. The generating station will be retired on June 1, 2017.
The Hudson Generating Station occupies a 250-acre (100 ha) site north of the intersection of Duffield and Van Keuren Avenues. Located on the east bank of the Hackensack River near the Riverbend, three miles (5 km) upstream from Newark Bay, it creates the perimeter of Croxton and the Marion Section, and borders Secaucus at Penhorn Creek.
The Hudson Generating Station was built on the site of the former Marion Generating Station, the first PSEG plant, which started operation in 1906. The Marion Station was the largest in the PSEG fleet until 1924. The bulk of the Marion station was retired in 1961, as construction on the Hudson Station began. Unit 1 was installed in 1964 and retired in 2011. Unit 2 was installed in 1968 and acts as a load following unit. Unit 3, a gas-burning turbine, was installed in 1967 and shut down in 2003.
The Hudson Generating Station will be retired June 1, 2017, a decision the company stated was mostly because of tougher environmental regulations and a move toward natural gas.
Unit 2 typically burns a low-sulphur coal from West Virginia. In May 1996, a test on that coal indicated a 0.056 ppm (by weight) mercury content. -According to the PSE&G annual report Coal for this plant comes from Indonesia -According to PSE&G's website: total plant capacity is 620Mwe
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