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New York power
Produced 3,427.5 gigawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 — enough electricity for about 340,000 homes for a year.*
Air quality & health in Albany County
Albany County has a population of 316,659. Across five conditions the American Lung Association tracks — childhood asthma, adult asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and cardiovascular disease — it reports a combined 64,742 cases in the county.
The county received a grade of B for ozone pollution. For particle pollution — the fine soot and dust that can be breathed deep into the lungs — it received a grade of D.
Federal monitoring recorded 184 days of good air quality and 84 moderate days in the county over the most recent year, with 5 days rated unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to certain health conditions, particularly for children and older adults. Where electricity comes from affects how much combustion pollution is produced on the grid.
These figures describe the county as a whole and are not specific to this facility. Sources: American Lung Association – State of the Air (New York); U.S. EPA Air Quality Index.
The story behind this New York power plant
Of New York’s 100 natural gas plants, the Bethlehem Energy Center in Glenmont ranks #6 for the electricity it produced in 2024. It uses a natural gas fired combined cycle design, meaning gas burns to spin one set of turbines, and the leftover heat makes steam that spins another. It began operating in 2005 and draws water from the Hudson River.
In 2024 it produced 3,427.5 gigawatt-hours of electricity, a gigawatt-hour being a billion watts of power sustained for one hour. That is enough for about 340,000 homes. Its capacity, the most power it can deliver at one moment, is 893.1 MW, or megawatts, which are millions of watts.
Generation profile
The plant can produce 893 megawatts of electricity at once, across 4 generating units. In 2024 it produced 3,427.5 gigawatt-hours in total, which works out to about 44% of what it could have produced running flat out all year — the pattern of a plant that runs through much of the year.
Nearby places worth exploring
Glenmont sits just south of Albany, where visitors can see the Empire State Plaza and the University at Albany. The Hudson River waterfront is close by. Thacher State Park, up in the Helderberg hills, is a popular spot for views and walks.
Local school district
Bethlehem Central School District
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* Homes-powered and emissions comparisons are annual estimates based on national averages from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. “Homes powered” describes a quantity of electricity, not direct service to specific households. How we calculate this.
