Retired biomass power-station site in North Carolina, United States of America. Approximate location 35.0217, -77.8583.
BiomassNorth CarolinaUnited States of AmericaRetired
Coastal Carolina Clean Power is a retired biomass power station in North Carolina, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #3898 of 10,938 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. 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 CT-1826.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; fuel: Climate TRACE
At 44.1 MW, Coastal Carolina Clean Power is well above the median biomass plant in United States of America (17.9 MW). Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. 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.
The #66 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.
Coordinates 35.0217, -77.8583 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Coastal Carolina Clean Power was a biomass-fired power station in North Carolina, United States of America and was retired.
