Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill — United States of America

Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill is a 20.8 MW other power plant in Wisconsin, United States of America. It is operated by Verso Corporation. Based on reported annual generation of 19 GWh, it can supply roughly 5.4k homes. It ranks #4633 of 10,884 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1966, it is around 60 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0010466.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 20.8 MW, Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill is around the median other plant in United States of America (22 MW). This facility converts its energy source into electricity for the grid; its capacity, fuel type and location determine its role in the national power mix.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

Key facts

Load factor

10%, from 19 GWh of reported generation; the median for 14 other plants in United States of America that report generation is 50%

Generation trend

33 GWh in 2013 and 19 GWh in 2019 (−44%)

Highest and lowest year

2013: 33 GWh; 2017: 7 GWh

Share of United States of America other capacity

3.1% of 681 MW across 19 plants in this dataset

Age among peers

3 of 16 dated other plants in United States of America are older

Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).

Reported generation trend

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

Owner

Operated by Verso Corporation.

Local climate & thermal context

This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 44.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

Monthly mean temperature

Heating degree-days here run 74% 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: 88/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

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.

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a mild atmospheric environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C2 — Low), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #12 largest other power plant of 19 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 19 other power plants in this dataset, together about 681 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Port Edwards Mill · Hydro · 6.7 MW · Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill · Biomass · 72.3 MW · Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Rapids · Hydro · 8.8 MW · Wisconsin
• Georgia-Pacific Corp - Nekoosa Mill · Gas · 39 MW · Wisconsin
• Biron · Hydro · 5.6 MW · Wisconsin
• Biron Mill · Coal · 61.6 MW · Wisconsin

Location

Coordinates 44.3989, -89.9403 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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