Central District Wastewater Treat Plant — United States of America

Central District Wastewater Treat Plant is a 4.8 MW biomass power plant in Florida, United States of America. It is operated by Miami Dade Water & Sewer Dept. Based on reported annual generation of 4 GWh, it can supply roughly 1.3k homes. It ranks #7212 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2014, it is around 12 years old — relatively modern. In context, biomass supplies about 1.0% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0054623.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 4.8 MW, Central District Wastewater Treat Plant is below the median biomass plant in United States of America (17.9 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Load factor

11%, from 4 GWh of reported generation; the median for 144 biomass plants in United States of America that report generation is 53%

Generation trend

14 GWh in 2013 and 4 GWh in 2019 (−68%)

Highest and lowest year

2014: 15 GWh; 2019: 4 GWh

Share of United States of America biomass capacity

less than 0.1% of 6,324 MW across 184 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

123 of 153 dated biomass plants in United States of America are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Reported generation trend

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

Owner

Operated by Miami Dade Water & Sewer Dept.

Local climate & thermal context

This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 25.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in an extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #116 largest biomass power plant of 184 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 184 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 6,324 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• FIU Solar · Solar · 1.6 MW · Florida
• Miami Dade County Resource Recovery Fac · Waste · 77 MW · Florida
• IKEA Miami 327 · Solar · 1 MW · Florida
• South District Wastewater Treatment Plt · Biomass · 8 MW · Florida
• Pembroke Lakes Mall · Solar · 1.1 MW · Florida
• Lauderdale · Gas · 1,215.9 MW · Florida

Location

Coordinates 25.7486, -80.1528 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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