U.S. Biomass Power Plants

Last Modified on November 21, 2022
*Capacity noted in (MW)


Plant Location Feedstock Capacity
Evergreen Biopower LLC  OR  Mill residue  10.00
SDS Lumber Gorge Energy Division  WA  Logging/mill residue  10.00
Potlatch Land & Lumber Power Plant  AR  Bark, sawdust, shavings  10.00
SPI-Sonora Biomass Power   CA  Logging/mill residue  10.90
Deerhaven Renewable Generating Station  FL  Wood waste  102.50
Southern Co. Nacogdoches Generating Facility  TX  Forest/wood processing residue  115.00
Agrilectric Power Partners Ltd.  LA  Rice hulls   12.00
Eagle Valley Clean Energy  CO  Forest restoration thinnings/residue   12.00
Collins Pine Co. Power Plant  CA  Forest thinnings/residue  12.00
Covanta MacArthur  NY  MSW  12.00
Merced Power  CA  Ag waste   12.50
Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center  VA  *Woody biomass  120.00
Covanta Marion  OR  MSW  13.00
Westervelt Renewable Energy Moundville  AL  Wood waste  13.00
Roseburg Forest Products Biomass   CA  Wood waste  13.00
Wheelabrator Hudson Falls  NY  MSW  14.00
Wheelabrator Gloucester  NJ  MSW  14.00
Wheelabrator Concord  NH  MSW  14.00
Ecomaine Waste-to-Energy Plant  ME  MSW  14.00
Telogia Power  FL  Logging/mill residue, hog fuel, peanut hulls  14.00
Stored Solar Whitefield  NH  Woody biomass  15.00
Wheelabrator Lisbon  CT  MSW  15.00
Covanta Lake  FL  MSW  15.00
Covanta Bristol  CT  MSW  16.00
Covanta Tulsa  OK  MSW  17.00
Covanta Babylon  NY  MSW  17.00
Covanta Kent  MI  MSW  17.00
Covanta SECONN  CT  MSW  17.00
Stored Solar Fitchburg  MA  Woody biomass  17.00
DG Fairhaven Power  CA  Wood waste  18.00
Multitrade Rabun Gap  GA  Woody biomass  18.00
Wilmarth Generating Station  MN  MSW/RDF, woody biomass  18.00
SPI-Lincoln Biomass Power  CA  Logging/mill residue  18.00
National Energy-Lincoln  MI  Wood waste   18.00
National Energy-McBain  MI  Wood waste  18.00
SPI-Aberdeen Biomass Power  WA  Logging/mill residue  18.00
Stored Solar Springfield  NH  Woody biomass  19.00
SPI-Eugene  OR  Mill, forest residue  19.80
North Fork Community Power  CA  High-hazard forest material  2.00
Barron County Waste-to-Energy & Recycling Facility  WI  MSW  2.00
Hillman Power LLC  MI  Wood waste  20.00
L'Anse Warden Electric Company  MI  Wood waste, railroad ties  20.00
Bridgewater Power LP  NH  Woody biomass  20.00
Stored Solar Bethlehem  NH  Logging residue, forest thinnings  20.00
Stored Solar Tamworth  NH  Woody biomass  20.00
Allendale Biomass  SC  Mill/forestry residue  20.00
Dorchester Biomass  SC  Mill/forestry residue  20.00
Savannah River Site Biomass Cogeneration Facility  SC  Forest residue  20.00
Stored Solar Ryegate  VT  Woody biomass  20.00
SPI-Burney  CA  Logging/mill residue  20.00
Covanta Harrisburg  PA  MSW  21.00
Covanta Camden  NJ  MSW  21.00
City of Spokane Waste to Energy Facility  WA  MSW  22.00
Red Wing Generating Station  MN  MSW/RDF  22.00
McKay Bay Refuse-to-Energy Plant  FL  MSW  22.00
Covanta Stanislaus  CA  MSW  22.00
North Carolina Renewable Power  NC  C&D waste, wood waste, poultry litter  22.00
Covanta Alexandria  VA  MSW  22.00
Fernandina Biomass Plant  FL  Mill residuals  22.50
Koda Energy LLC  MN  Oat/rice hulls, corn, barley and malt screening, urban tree waste  23.40
Covanta Huntington  NY  MSW  24.00
Rio Bravo Fresno  CA  Ag/urban wood waste  24.30
Rio Bravo Rocklin  CA  High-hazard forest material, ag/urban waste  24.40
Stored Solar Jonesboro  ME  Woody biomass  25.00
Stored Solar West Enfield  ME  Woody biomass  25.00
Kapstone Kraft Paper Corp.-Longview  WA  Mill residue, wood waste  25.00
Woodland Biomass Power  CA  Wood chips, urban wood waste, ag waste  25.00
Pacific Ultrapower Chinese Station  CA  Woody biomass  25.00
Penobscot Energy Recovery  ME  MSW  25.00
Novo BioPower LLC  AZ  Wood waste  27.00
French Island Generating Station  WI  MSW/RDF, wood waste, railroad ties  28.00
Scotia Cogen  CA  Wood waste  28.00
SPI-Burlington Biomass Power   WA  Logging/mill residue  28.00
Rapids Energy Center  MN  Logging/mill residue   28.60
Stoltze Cogeneration Power Plant  MT  Mill residue  3.00
Biomass One  OR  Logging/wood debris  30.00
Wadham Energy LP  CA  Rice hulls  30.00
Honey Lake Power  CA  High-hazard forest material/thinnings  30.00
Resolute Forest Products Coosa Pines  AL  Wood-processing waste  30.00
Covanta Pasco  FL  MSW  30.00
SPI-Anderson Biomass Power   CA  Logging/mill residue  30.00
Burney Forest Power  CA  Wood waste  31.00
Covanta Plymouth  PA  MSW  32.00
St. Paul Cogeneration LLC  MN  Urban wood residue  33.00
Covanta Lancaster  PA  MSW  33.00
SPI-Quincy Biomass Power   CA  Mill residue  35.20
Covanta Long Beach  CA  MSW  36.00
Plainfield Renewable Energy  CT  C&D/forestry waste  37.50
Grayling Generating Station  MI  Forestry residue, mill waste, bark  38.00
Macon Mill  GA  Logging waste  38.00
ReEnergy Livermore Falls  ME  Forest residue, C&D waste  39.00
Covanta Onondaga  NY  MSW  39.00
Oswego Energy Recovery Facility  NY  MSW  4.00
Arnold O. Chantland Incineration Plant  IA  MSW/Refused-derived fuel (RDF)  4.00
Cadillac Renewable Energy  MI  Forest residue  40.00
Genesee Power Station  MI  Landscaping/storm debris, waste wood  40.00
Hennepin Energy Recovery Center  MN  MSW  40.00
Wheelabrator North Andover  MA  MSW  40.00
Covanta York  PA  MSW  42.00
Covanta Union  NJ  MSW  42.00
Mt. Poso Cogeneration Co. LLC  CA  Wood waste  44.00
Desert View Power  CA  Woody biomass  45.00
Covanta Haverhill  MA  MSW  45.00
DTE Stockton Biomass Power  CA  Woody biomass, ag residue  45.00
Covanta Hillsborough  FL  MSW  47.00
ReEnergy Stratton  ME  Forest/mill residue  48.00
Wheelabrator Millbury  MA  MSW  48.00
Halifax County Biomass Plant  VA  Logging waste, forest slash  49.90
Cox Waste-to-Energy  KY  Wood waste  5.00
MMWAC Resource Recovery Facility  ME  MSW  5.00
Rothschild Biomass Cogeneration Plant  WI  Urban wood waste, mill residue  50.00
Craven County Wood Energy  NC  Wood chips, forestry residue, mill waste, bark, sawdust, poultry litter  50.00
Joseph C McNeil Generating Station  VT  Logging residue, bark, shavings, clean urban wood waste  50.00
Albany Green Energy  GA  Forest residue, urban wood waste, pecan shells, peanut hulls  50.00
Covanta Niagara  NY  MSW  50.00
U.S. Sugar Corp. Cogeneration Plant  FL  Bagasse  50.00
Altavista Power Station  VA  Woody biomass  51.00
Hopewell Power Station  VA  Woody biomass  51.00
Southampton Power Station  VA  Woody biomass  51.00
Dillard Complex Cogeneration Plant  OR  Mill residue  51.50
Kettle Falls Generating Station  WA  Logging/mill residue  53.00
Wheelabrator Falls  PA  MSW  53.00
Wheelabrator Saugus  MA  MSW  54.00
RockTenn-Tacoma Mill  WA  Mill residue  55.00
Piedmont Green Power  GA  Urban wood waste, mill and logging residue  55.00
Bay Front Power Plant  WI  Wood waste  56.00
Shasta-Sustainable Resource Management   CA  Wood waste, forest residue  56.00
Covanta Lee  FL  MSW  57.00
Douglas County Forest Products  OR  Wood residue  6.00
Plummer Cogen  ID  Wood waste  6.20
Covanta Indianapolis  IN  MSW  6.50
ReEnergy Black River  NY  Woody biomass  60.00
Wheelabrator Westchester LP  NY  MSW  60.00
Wheelabrator Portsmouth  VA  MSW  60.00
Covanta Palm Beach Renewable Energy #1  FL  MSW  62.00
Covanta Montgomery  MD  MSW  63.00
Wheelabrator Baltimore  MD  MSW  64.50
GRP-Madison LLC  GA  C&D waste   65.00
GRP-Franklin LLC  GA  C&D waste  65.00
Covanta Essex  NJ  MSW  66.00
Wheelabrator South Broward  FL  MSW  66.00
Wheelabrator Bridgeport  CT  MSW  67.00
Buckeye Florida Biomass  FL  Wood waste, black liquor  69.40
Green Energy Team LLC  HI  Eucalyptus, albizia  7.50
Covanta Hempstead  NY  MSW  72.00
M.L. Hibbard Energy Center  MN  Wood waste  72.80
Okeelanta Biomass Cogeneration  FL  Baggasse, natural gas  74.90
WestRock Covington  VA  Logging, papermaking residue  75.00
Covanta Pinellas  FL  MSW  75.00
Burgess BioPower  NH  Wood waste  75.00
Covanta Dade  FL  MSW, wood waste  77.00
Covanta SEMASS  MA  MSW  78.00
Covanta Delaware Valley  PA  MSW  87.00
Wheelabrator Dutchess County  NY  MSW  9.00
McKinley Paper Cogeneration Facility  WA  Logging/mill residue  9.50
Olmsted Waste-To-Energy Facility  MN  MSW  9.60
Covanta Honolulu  HI  MSW  90.00
Covanta Fairfax  VA  MSW  93.00
Covanta Palm Beach Renewable Energy #2  FL  MSW  95.00
Total Plants: 159Total capacity(MW):5,583.90