GRP Madison Renewable Energy Facility

GRP Madison Renewable Energy Facility is a 58 MW waste power plant in Georgia, United States of America. It is operated by GRP Madison Renewable Energy Facility LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 55 GWh, it can supply roughly 15,800 homes. It ranks #2579 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2020, it is around 6 years old — recently built. 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 USA0061213.

Capacity vs largest waste plants in United States of America

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by GRP Madison Renewable Energy Facility 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 34.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 40% 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: 34/100 — 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 #48 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 34.0406, -83.1929 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.