Retired biomass power-station site in California, United States of America. Approximate location 36.8615, -120.339.
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Madera Biomass power station is a retired biomass power station in California, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #4501 of 10,938 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 1.0% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-1901.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.
capacity: Global Energy Monitor / Fluor public project profile; fuel: Climate TRACE
At 25 MW, Madera Biomass power station is well above the median biomass plant in United States of America (17.9 MW). Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
The #81 largest biomass power plant of 184 in United States of America by capacity.
United States of America has 184 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 6,324 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 36.8615, -120.339 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Madera Biomass power station was a biomass-fired power station in California, United States of America and was retired.
