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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
| State | Plants | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 13 | 887.3 MW |
| Alabama | 10 | 734.9 MW |
| Virginia | 8 | 603.8 MW |
| Louisiana | 7 | 574.9 MW |
| South Carolina | 8 | 451.9 MW |
| Florida | 5 | 417.6 MW |
| California | 16 | 416.1 MW |
| Maine | 8 | 404 MW |
| North Carolina | 7 | 357.5 MW |
| Michigan | 7 | 342.5 MW |
| Mississippi | 4 | 307 MW |
| Arkansas | 3 | 269.5 MW |
| Minnesota | 4 | 256.6 MW |
| Texas | 4 | 241.7 MW |
| Washington | 7 | 223.3 MW |
| Oregon | 8 | 198.6 MW |
| New Hampshire | 6 | 177.4 MW |
| Wisconsin | 4 | 146.8 MW |
| Idaho | 2 | 100 MW |
| Kentucky | 2 | 93 MW |
| Ohio | 1 | 82.2 MW |
| Vermont | 3 | 81.8 MW |
| Tennessee | 1 | 72.5 MW |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 68 MW |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 54 MW |
| Connecticut | 1 | 43 MW |
| New York | 1 | 29 MW |
| Arizona | 1 | 27.2 MW |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 18 MW |
| South Dakota | 1 | 5.4 MW |
| Montana | 1 | 2.8 MW |
Largest wood/wood waste biomass plants
1.Mansfield Mill (LA)172 MW2.Covington Facility (VA)160.9 MW3.Ashdown (AR)156.5 MW4.GCF US Holdings LLC Columbus Mill (MS)124.6 MW5.Escanaba Mill (MI)122.4 MW6.Mead Coated Board (AL)120.5 MW7.Deerhaven Renewable (FL)116.1 MW8.Domtar Paper Co LLC Plymouth NC (NC)114 MW9.Nacogdoches Power (TX)114 MW10.Sylvamo Corporation Eastover Facility (SC)109.6 MW11.Somerset Plant (ME)107.1 MW12.Georgia-Pacific Brewton Mill (AL)103.4 MW13.Rumford Cogeneration (ME)102.6 MW14.Gaylord Container Bogalusa (LA)99.5 MW15.Fernandina Beach Mill (FL)96.9 MW16.WestRock-West Point Mill (VA)96 MW17.International Paper Georgetown Mill (SC)95.6 MW18.Sappi Cloquet Mill (MN)94.5 MW19.Clearwater Paper IPP Lewiston (ID)93.8 MW20.Florence Mill (SC)91.5 MW21.International Paper Prattville Mill (AL)89.8 MW22.Kentucky Mills (KY)88 MW23.Georgia-Pacific Consr Prods LP-Naheola (AL)87.5 MW24.Pine Bluff Mill (AR)85 MW25.Clearwater Paper Corporation - Augusta (GA)84.7 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.