Wheelabrator Ridge Energy — United States of America

Wheelabrator Ridge Energy is a retired biomass power station in Florida, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #3815 of 10,884 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-1858.

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 45.5 MW, Wheelabrator Ridge Energy 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #63 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.

Nearby power plants

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Location

Coordinates 28.0274, -81.8475 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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