Carbon Limestone

Waste power plant in Pennsylvania, United States of America. Approximate location 40.9975, -80.5208.

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Carbon Limestone is a 26 MW waste power plant in Pennsylvania, United States of America. It is operated by EDL Inc. Based on reported annual generation of 123 GWh, it can supply roughly 35,085 homes. It ranks #3430 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2004, it is around 22 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

26MW installed capacity
123GWh reported / yr
35,085homes powered
2004commissioned (~22 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0056868.

Reported generation trend

2013: 149 GWh20132014: 146 GWh20142015: 141 GWh20152016: 135 GWh20162017: 138 GWh20172018: 130 GWh20182019: 123 GWh2019149 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by EDL Inc. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

9.6°Cannual mean temp
3,269heating degree-days (base 18°C)
242cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
319 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -4 °CJF: -2 °CFM: 3 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 21 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 11 °CON: 5 °CND: 0 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 33% above 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: 70/100 — this site sits in the top 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 #117 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 40.9975, -80.5208 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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