Van Sant Station
Natural gas power plant · Kent County, Delaware
Nameplate capacity
45 MW
Rank in Delaware
#9
of 39 plants
In service since
1991
May 1991
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- NAES Corporation - (DE)
- County
- Kent County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 1.49%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Delaware
- #7 of 10
- EIA plant code
- 7318
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 45 MW | 42 MW | 1991 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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| Indian River Generating Station | 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 45 MW solar plant and a 45 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