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Wood/Wood Waste Biomass Power Plants

Nationwide, by state — U.S. Energy Information Administration (Forms EIA-860/860M).

Power plants
146
Total nameplate capacity
7,688.3 MW
States with plants
31
Generating units
255

By state

StatePlantsCapacity
Georgia13887.3 MW
Alabama10734.9 MW
Virginia8603.8 MW
Louisiana7574.9 MW
South Carolina8451.9 MW
Florida5417.6 MW
California16416.1 MW
Maine8404 MW
North Carolina7357.5 MW
Michigan7342.5 MW
Mississippi4307 MW
Arkansas3269.5 MW
Minnesota4256.6 MW
Texas4241.7 MW
Washington7223.3 MW
Oregon8198.6 MW
New Hampshire6177.4 MW
Wisconsin4146.8 MW
Idaho2100 MW
Kentucky293 MW
Ohio182.2 MW
Vermont381.8 MW
Tennessee172.5 MW
Oklahoma168 MW
Pennsylvania154 MW
Connecticut143 MW
New York129 MW
Arizona127.2 MW
Massachusetts118 MW
South Dakota15.4 MW
Montana12.8 MW

Largest wood/wood waste biomass plants

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.

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