Brevard

Waste power plant in Florida, United States of America. Approximate location 28.3926, -80.8287.

WasteFloridaUnited States of America

Brevard is a 10 MW waste power plant in Florida, United States of America. It is operated by Brevard Energy LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 39 GWh, it can supply roughly 11,085 homes. It ranks #4738 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2008, it is around 18 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

10MW installed capacity
39GWh reported / yr
11,085homes powered
2008commissioned (~18 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0061777.

Reported generation trend

2017: 54 GWh20172018: 47 GWh20182019: 39 GWh201954 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Brevard Energy LLC.

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 28.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

22.3°Cannual mean temp
121heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,706cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
8 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 16 °CJF: 17 °CFM: 19 °CMA: 22 °CAM: 24 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 24 °CON: 20 °CND: 17 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 95% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 15/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #222 largest waste power plant of 541 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 541 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 9,768 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 28.3926, -80.8287 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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