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Greater Detroit Resource Recovery — United States of America

Retired waste power-station site in Michigan, United States of America. Approximate location 42.3678, -83.0514.

WasteMichiganUnited States of AmericaRetired

Greater Detroit Resource Recovery is a retired waste power station in Michigan, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #3289 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

68.4MW installed capacity

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-1937.

Data status

Known data

FacilityGreater Detroit Resource Recovery Climate TRACE

CountryUnited States of America · Michigan Climate TRACE

Coordinates42.3678, -83.0514 Climate TRACE

FuelWaste Climate TRACE

MW installed capacity68.4 MW EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; retired/historical capacity

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#3289 / 10884 calculated

Fuel-specific rank in country#33 / 551 calculated

Capacity vs country/fuel peers10.36× · 6.6 MW · n=551 calculated

Climate9.4°C · HDD 3,417 derived from coordinates

Environmental severityC3 · 35/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset

CommissionedNot available not in dataset

TechnologyNot available not in dataset

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset

CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 68.4 MW, Greater Detroit Resource Recovery is well above the median waste plant in United States of America (6.6 MW). Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #33 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

East Windsor Cogeneration · Gas · 92 MW · Ontario
Delray · Gas · 142.2 MW · Michigan
Northeast (MI) · Gas · 129.8 MW · Michigan
West Windsor · Gas · 122.8 MW · Michigan
Brighton Beach · Gas · 580 MW · Michigan
Windsor Cogeneration · Gas · 72 MW · Ontario

Location

Coordinates 42.3678, -83.0514 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Greater Detroit Resource Recovery?

Greater Detroit Resource Recovery was a waste-fired power station in Michigan, United States of America and was retired.

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