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Sierra Pacific Aberdeen

Waste power plant in Washington, United States of America. Approximate location 46.9728, -123.7739.

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Sierra Pacific Aberdeen is a 18 MW waste power plant in Washington, United States of America. It is operated by Sierra Pacific Industries Inc. Based on reported annual generation of 118 GWh, it can supply roughly 33,657 homes. It ranks #3953 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2003, it is around 23 years old — relatively modern. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

18MW installed capacity
118GWh reported / yr
33,657homes powered
2003commissioned (~23 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055882.

Reported generation trend

2013: 119 GWh20132014: 122 GWh20142015: 124 GWh20152016: 119 GWh20162017: 122 GWh20172018: 122 GWh20182019: 118 GWh2019124 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Sierra Pacific Industries 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 warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 47.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.0°Cannual mean temp
2,916heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
79 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 5 °CJF: 6 °CFM: 7 °CMA: 9 °CAM: 11 °CMJ: 14 °CJJ: 16 °CJA: 16 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 11 °CON: 7 °CND: 5 °CD16 °C

Heating degree-days here run 19% 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: 60/100 — 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 #153 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 46.9728, -123.7739 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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