Red Lion Energy Center
Natural gas power plant · New Castle County, Delaware
Nameplate capacity
25 MW
Rank in Delaware
#10
of 39 plants
In service since
2012
December 2012
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Other Natural Gas
- Operator
- Diamond State Generation Partners, LLC
- County
- New Castle County
- Generating units
- 6
- Share of state capacity
- 0.82%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Delaware
- #8 of 10
- EIA plant code
- 58433
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RED1 | Other Natural Gas | 5.9 MW | 5.9 MW | 2012 | Operating |
| RED2 | Other Natural Gas | 5.3 MW | 5.3 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| RED4 | Other Natural Gas | 3.6 MW | 3.6 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| RED3 | Other Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | 3.5 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| RED5 | Other Natural Gas | 3.4 MW | 3.4 MW | 2013 | Operating |
| RED6 | Other Natural Gas | 3.2 MW | 3.2 MW | 2013 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Delaware
| ENGIE Solidago Solar Project - Hybrid | Solar | 50 MW |
| Van Sant Station | Natural gas | 45 MW |
| Indian River Generating Station | Other | 19 MW |
| Delaware City 10 | Other | 19 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 25 MW solar plant and a 25 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Delaware power plants · What Delaware actually generates