CSL Gas Recovery — United States of America

CSL Gas Recovery is a 11.2 MW waste power plant in Florida, United States of America. It is operated by WM Renewable Energy LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 52 GWh, it can supply roughly 15k homes. It ranks #5466 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1991, it is around 35 years old — long-established. Its modelled annual emissions are 11,625 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE), equivalent to about 2.7k cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0050572.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 11.2 MW, CSL Gas Recovery is well above the median waste plant in United States of America (6.6 MW). Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste to generate electricity and heat, cutting landfill volume while recovering energy from residual waste.

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

~11,625 t CO₂/yr (modelled) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; modelled emissions from Climate TRACE.

Key facts

Load factor

53%, from 52 GWh of reported generation; the median for 506 waste plants in United States of America that report generation is 62%

Share of United States of America waste capacity

0.1% of 10,154 MW across 551 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

123 of 541 dated waste 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 WM Renewable Energy LLC. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 26.3°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 #213 largest waste power plant of 551 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 551 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 10,154 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

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• Pembroke Lakes Mall · Solar · 1.1 MW · Florida
• Tom G Smith · Gas · 98.7 MW · Florida

Location

Coordinates 26.288, -80.1665 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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