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Frederick County LFGTE Facility

Waste power plant in Virginia, United States of America. Approximate location 39.1408, -78.0975.

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Frederick County LFGTE Facility is a 2 MW waste power plant in Virginia, United States of America. It is operated by Frederick County Virginia. Based on reported annual generation of 9 GWh, it can supply roughly 2,628 homes. It ranks #7877 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2010, it is around 16 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

2MW installed capacity
9GWh reported / yr
2,628homes powered
2010commissioned (~16 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0057754.

Reported generation trend

2013: 12 GWh20132014: 13 GWh20142015: 12 GWh20152016: 12 GWh20162017: 11 GWh20172018: 10 GWh20182019: 9 GWh201913 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Frederick County Virginia.

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 39.1°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

11.6°Cannual mean temp
2,692heating degree-days (base 18°C)
391cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
320 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -1 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 11 °CAM: 16 °CMJ: 21 °CJJ: 23 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 19 °CSO: 12 °CON: 7 °CND: 2 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 10% 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: 54/100 — this site sits in the mid 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 #491 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 39.1408, -78.0975 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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