Central Heating Plant
Natural gas power plant · Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- County
- Hampshire County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.15%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Massachusetts
- #21 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 68493
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTG | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 11 MW | 10 MW | 2007 | Operating |
| STG2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 4.0 MW | 4.0 MW | 2007 | Operating |
| STG1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | 2.1 MW | 2.1 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| BAT2 | Batteries | 2.0 MW | 2.0 MW | 2022 | Operating |
| BAT1 | Batteries | 1.3 MW | 1.3 MW | 2019 | 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 Massachusetts
| Boott Hydropower | Hydro | 23 MW |
| Nantucket Hybrid | Other | 22 MW |
| Berkshire Wind Power Project | Wind | 20 MW |
| NE Renewable Fitchburg, LLC | Other | 18 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 20 MW solar plant and a 20 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 Massachusetts power plants · What Massachusetts actually generates