Canoe Brook Solar
Solar power plant · Essex County, New Jersey
Nameplate capacity
6.3 MW
Rank in New Jersey
#114
of 425 plants
In service since
2023
January 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- NJR Clean Energy Ventures Corporation
- County
- Essex County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.03%
- Rank among solar plants in New Jersey
- #59 of 343
- EIA plant code
- 65705
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANOE | Solar Photovoltaic | 6.3 MW | 6.3 MW | 2023 | 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 New Jersey
| Livingston Solar Canopies | Solar | 6.6 MW |
| Solvay Solar | Solar | 6.5 MW |
| College of New Jersey | Natural gas | 6.2 MW |
| Essex County Correctional Facility Cogen | Natural gas | 6.2 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 6.3 MW solar plant and a 6.3 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 New Jersey power plants · What New Jersey actually generates