Lennon Generating

Waste power plant in Michigan, United States of America. Approximate location 42.9817, -83.9794.

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Lennon Generating is a 10 MW waste power plant in Michigan, United States of America. It is operated by North American Natural Res. Based on reported annual generation of 37 GWh, it can supply roughly 10,514 homes. It ranks #4747 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).

10MW installed capacity
37GWh reported / yr
10,514homes powered
2010commissioned (~16 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0059436.

Reported generation trend

2014: 25 GWh20142015: 25 GWh20152016: 26 GWh20162017: 29 GWh20172018: 31 GWh20182019: 37 GWh201937 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by North American Natural Res. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 43.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

8.2°Cannual mean temp
3,743heating degree-days (base 18°C)
198cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
246 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -6 °CJF: -5 °CFM: 1 °CMA: 7 °CAM: 14 °CMJ: 19 °CJJ: 21 °CJA: 20 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 10 °CON: 4 °CND: -3 °CD21 °C

Heating degree-days here run 52% 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: 81/100 — this site sits in the top 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 #229 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 42.9817, -83.9794 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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