Kendall Square Station
Natural gas power plant · Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
- Operator
- Kendall Green Energy, LLC
- County
- Middlesex County
- Generating units
- 3
- Share of state capacity
- 1.67%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Massachusetts
- #11 of 40
- EIA plant code
- 1595
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 186 MW | 183 MW | 2002 | Operating |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | 27 MW | 23 MW | 1958 | Operating |
| JET1 | Petroleum Liquids | 21 MW | 18 MW | 1970 | 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
| Medway Grid | Battery storage | 250 MW |
| Milford Power LP | Natural gas | 249 MW |
| Dighton Power Plant | Natural gas | 200 MW |
| Pittsfield Generating LP | Natural gas | 176 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 235 MW solar plant and a 235 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