Brunswick Landfill Gas

🌿 BiomassIPP Non-CHP10 MW capacity

155th largest plant in Virginia · 5596th nationally

Brunswick Landfill Gas is a biomass power plant in Virginia with a nameplate capacity of 10.5 MW. It generates roughly 45.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 4,291 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 49% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 70 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%49%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time
Capacity11 MWnameplate
Annual Generation45.1k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor49%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂1.6kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameBrunswick Landfill Gas
OperatorIndustrial Power Generating Company Llc
CityLawrenceville
CountyBrunswick County
StateVirginia
ZIP23868
Coordinates36.76390, -77.81080

This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.

Natural GasOilHydroelectricSolarBiomass

Generators (35)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
10Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
11Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
12Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
13Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
14Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
15Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
16Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
17Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
18Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
19Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
2Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
20Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
21Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
22Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
23Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
24Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
25Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
26Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
27Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
28Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
29Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
3Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
30Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
31Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
32Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
33Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
34Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
35Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
36Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
4Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
5Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
6Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
7Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
8Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007
9Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.3 MWOperating2007

Emissions (annual)

CO₂1.6k metric tons
SO₂8 metric tons
CO₂ Rate70 lb/MWh
This plant69 lb/MWhU.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 lb/MWh

Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.

Grid context

NERC RegionSERC
Balancing AuthorityPjm Interconnection, Llc

About Biomass plants

Biomass plants burn wood, agricultural waste, or methane from landfills to generate steam and electricity. They are considered carbon-neutral over long timescales when fuel is sustainably sourced, but they produce particulate emissions similar to coal.

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