Denton Power LLC

Waste power plant in Texas, United States of America. Approximate location 33.1919, -97.0761.

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Denton Power LLC is a 2 MW waste power plant in Texas, United States of America. It is operated by Denton Power LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 12 GWh, it can supply roughly 3,542 homes. It ranks #8515 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2009, it is around 17 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

2MW installed capacity
12GWh reported / yr
3,542homes powered
2009commissioned (~17 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0057071.

Reported generation trend

2013: 14 GWh20132014: 13 GWh20142015: 12 GWh20152016: 13 GWh20162017: 12 GWh20172018: 12 GWh20182019: 12 GWh201914 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Denton Power 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 33.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

18.3°Cannual mean temp
1,217heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,331cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
168 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 6 °CJF: 9 °CFM: 14 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 22 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 29 °CJA: 29 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 19 °CON: 13 °CND: 8 °CD29 °C

Heating degree-days here run 50% 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: 29/100 — 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 #505 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 33.1919, -97.0761 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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