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Municipal Solid Waste Power Plants
Nationwide, by state — U.S. Energy Information Administration (Forms EIA-860/860M).
Power plants
54
Total nameplate capacity
2,220.5 MW
States with plants
15
Generating units
71
By state
| State | Plants | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 9 | 475.6 MW |
| New York | 10 | 312.3 MW |
| Massachusetts | 5 | 290.2 MW |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | 271.7 MW |
| New Jersey | 4 | 163.8 MW |
| Virginia | 2 | 153 MW |
| Maryland | 2 | 132.3 MW |
| Connecticut | 4 | 116.2 MW |
| Hawaii | 1 | 100.2 MW |
| Minnesota | 4 | 97.1 MW |
| Maine | 3 | 43.6 MW |
| Washington | 1 | 26 MW |
| Michigan | 1 | 18 MW |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 14 MW |
| Indiana | 1 | 6.5 MW |
Largest municipal solid waste plants
1.Covanta Fairfax Energy (VA)124 MW2.H Power (HI)100.2 MW3.SEMASS Resource Recovery (MA)98.5 MW4.Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility 2 (FL)96 MW5.Covanta Delaware Valley (PA)90 MW6.Covanta Hempstead (NY)78.6 MW7.Pinellas County Resource Recovery (FL)76.5 MW8.Covanta Essex Company (NJ)69.8 MW9.Montgomery County Resource Recovery (MD)67.8 MW10.Wheelabrator Bridgeport (CT)67 MW11.Wheelabrator South Broward (FL)66 MW12.Wheelabrator Baltimore Refuse (MD)64.5 MW13.Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility 1 (FL)62.3 MW14.Wheelabrator Westchester (NY)59.5 MW15.Lee County Solid Waste Energy (FL)59 MW16.Wheelabrator Saugus (MA)57.8 MW17.Wheelabrator Falls (PA)53.3 MW18.Reworld Niagara I (NY)50 MW19.Wheelabrator Millbury Facility (MA)47.6 MW20.Hillsborough County Resource Recovery (FL)47 MW21.Covanta Haverhill (MA)46 MW22.Union County Resource Recovery (NJ)45 MW23.Wheelabrator North Andover (MA)40.3 MW24.Covanta Hennepin Energy (MN)39.5 MW25.Onondaga County Resource Recovery (NY)39.5 MW
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Forms EIA-860 and EIA-860M (electric generator inventory). Nameplate capacity is the maximum rated output of a plant's generators, not its actual output.