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Wheelabrator Environmental Systems — power plant portfolio

Wheelabrator Environmental Systems operates 17 power plants across 2 countries, with a combined installed capacity of 694 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 4,561,372 t CO₂/yr.

17power plants
694MW total capacity
2countries
4,561,372t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Waste: 15 plants15WasteCoal: 1 plants1CoalBiomass: 1 plants1Biomass

Fleet interpretation

Wheelabrator Environmental Systems is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 2 countries; the largest concentration is United States of America (17), United States (0).

The fuel mix by asset count is waste (15), coal (1), biomass (1). The largest listed asset is Wheelabrator Bridgeport in United States of America (67 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 44 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 11 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 1 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 17 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
Wheelabrator BridgeportWasteUnited States of America671,012,876
Wheelabrator South BrowardWasteUnited States of America66553,520
Wheelabrator Baltimore RefuseWasteUnited States of America64540,920
Wheelabrator PortsmouthWasteUnited States of America60253,380
Wheelabrator WestchesterWasteUnited States of America60500,660
Wheelabrator ShastaWasteUnited States of America55
Wheelabrator SaugusWasteUnited States of America54484,740
Wheelabrator FallsWasteUnited States of America53
Wheelabrator Frackville EnergyCoalUnited States of America48
Wheelabrator Millbury FacilityWasteUnited States of America48399,210
Wheelabrator Ridge EnergyBiomassUnited States of America46
Wheelabrator North AndoverWasteUnited States of America40338,010
McKay Bay FacilityWasteUnited States of America22
Wheelabrator LisbonWasteUnited States of America15122,454
Wheelabrator Hudson FallsWasteUnited States of America14120,762
Wheelabrator Concord FacilityWasteUnited States of America14117,420
Wheelabrator Gloucester LPWasteUnited States of America14

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Wheelabrator Environmental Systems operate?

Wheelabrator Environmental Systems operates 17 power plants across 2 countries, with about 694 MW of total capacity.

What is Wheelabrator Environmental Systems's largest power plant?

Wheelabrator Bridgeport in United States of America is its largest at about 67 MW.

What types of power plants does Wheelabrator Environmental Systems run?

Its fleet is mostly waste (15), coal (1), biomass (1).

How much CO₂ do Wheelabrator Environmental Systems's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 4,561,372 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology