Caithness Long Island Energy Center
Caithness Long Island Energy Center is a 350 MW natural gas fired power power plant in Yaphank, New York, on Long Island operated by Caithness Energy. It began operation in 2009 as the first major baseload plant to be built on Long Island in over 30 years, and by 2020 produced the second most net energy generated among power plants on Long Island.- Type: Power station
- Description: power plant on Long Island, New York
- Address: 50 Zorn Blvd, Yaphank, NY 11980
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brookhaven Rail Terminal and Yaphank station.
Brookhaven Rail Terminal
The Brookhaven Rail Terminal is a truck-train trans-load facility in Yaphank in Brookhaven on Long Island, New York. The 28-acre initial site was built with $40 million in private funds and opened on September 27, 2011. Brookhaven Rail Terminal is situated 4,000 feet north of Caithness Long Island Energy Center.Yaphank station
Railway station
Photo: Kuzzel540, Public domain.
Yaphank is a station in the hamlet of Yaphank, New York on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Park Street near Yaphank Avenue. Yaphank station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Caithness Long Island Energy Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yaphank and North Bellport.
Yaphank
Town
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Yaphank is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Yaphank had a population of 5,974. Yaphank is located in the south part of the Town of Brookhaven. Yaphank is situated 2 miles northeast of Caithness Long Island Energy Center.
North Bellport
Town
North Bellport is a hamlet and census-designated place located within the Town of Brookhaven, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Bellport had a population of 11,900. North Bellport is situated 2½ miles south of Caithness Long Island Energy Center.
Medford
Town
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Medford is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 24,247 at the 2020 census. Medford is situated 3 miles west of Caithness Long Island Energy Center.
Caithness Long Island Energy Center
- Categories: combined cycle power station, natural gas-fired power station, and industry
- Location: Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.8143° or 40° 48′ 52″ northLongitude
-72.94045° or 72° 56′ 26″ westInception
August 2009Open location code
87G9R375+PROpenStreetMap ID
way 826242294OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q11962992
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Norwegian Bokmål—“Caithness Long Island Energy Center” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Caithness Long Island Energy gasskraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Caithness Long Island Energy gasskraftverk”
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