GRS Fall River

Waste power plant in Massachusetts, United States of America. Approximate location 41.7487, -71.1065.

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GRS Fall River is a 5 MW waste power plant in Massachusetts, United States of America. It is operated by Gas Recovery Systems Inc. Based on reported annual generation of 16 GWh, it can supply roughly 4,685 homes. It ranks #5543 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2000, it is around 26 years old — long-established. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

5MW installed capacity
16GWh reported / yr
4,685homes powered
2000commissioned (~26 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055589.

Reported generation trend

2013: 25 GWh20132014: 29 GWh20142015: 24 GWh20152016: 28 GWh20162017: 25 GWh20172018: 20 GWh20182019: 16 GWh201929 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Gas Recovery Systems Inc. All plants by this company →

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 41.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.1°Cannual mean temp
3,122heating degree-days (base 18°C)
255cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
10 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -2 °CJF: -1 °CFM: 3 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 22 °CJA: 22 °CAS: 17 °CSO: 12 °CON: 7 °CND: 1 °CD22 °C

Heating degree-days here run 27% 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: 66/100 — 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 #325 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 41.7487, -71.1065 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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