U.S. Biomass Power Plants

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


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