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Pennsauken Landfill

Waste power plant in New Jersey, United States of America. Approximate location 39.9894, -75.04.

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Pennsauken Landfill is a 2 MW waste power plant in New Jersey, United States of America. It is operated by EPP Renewable Energy. Based on reported annual generation of 5 GWh, it can supply roughly 1,542 homes. It ranks #8378 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2005, it is around 21 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

2MW installed capacity
5GWh reported / yr
1,542homes powered
2005commissioned (~21 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0056511.

Reported generation trend

2013: 10 GWh20132014: 9 GWh20142015: 8 GWh20152016: 8 GWh20162017: 6 GWh20172018: 5 GWh20182019: 5 GWh201910 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by EPP Renewable Energy. 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 40.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.4°Cannual mean temp
2,568heating degree-days (base 18°C)
528cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
23 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 0 °CJF: 1 °CFM: 6 °CMA: 11 °CAM: 17 °CMJ: 22 °CJJ: 24 °CJA: 24 °CAS: 20 °CSO: 13 °CON: 8 °CND: 3 °CD24 °C

Heating degree-days here run 4% 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: 52/100 — 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 #497 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 39.9894, -75.04 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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