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Wilkins Station

Other power plant · Essex County, Massachusetts

Nameplate capacity
5.4 MW
Rank in Massachusetts
#130
of 686 plants
In service since
1975
November 1975

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Petroleum Liquids
Operator
Town of Marblehead - (MA)
County
Essex County
Generating units
2
Share of state capacity
0.04%
Rank among other plants in Massachusetts
#20 of 25
EIA plant code
6586

Generating units

Individual generating units at Wilkins Station
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
1Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW2.5 MW1975Operating
2Petroleum Liquids2.7 MW2.5 MW1975Operating

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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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 5.4 MW solar plant and a 5.4 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