Charles City

🌿 BiomassIPP Non-CHP14 MW capacity

135th largest plant in Virginia · 5201st nationally

Charles City is a biomass power plant in Virginia with a nameplate capacity of 14.4 MW. It generates roughly 54.0k MWh per year — enough to power about 5,142 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 43% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 88 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Capacity14 MWnameplate

Annual Generation54.0k MWhEPA eGRID

Capacity Factor43%of theoretical max

Annual CO₂2.4kmetric tons

Location

Plant Name	Charles City
Operator	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
City	Providence Forge
County	Charles City County
State	Virginia
ZIP	23030
Coordinates	37.43889, -77.12861

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

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Generators (48)

ID	Technology	Fuel	Capacity	Status	Online
1	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
10	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
11	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
12	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
13	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
14	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
15	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
16	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
17	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
18	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
19	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
2	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
20	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
21	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
22	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
23	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
24	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
25	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
26	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
27	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
28	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
29	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
3	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
30	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
31	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
32	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
33	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
34	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
35	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
36	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
37	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
38	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
39	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
4	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
40	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
41	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
42	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
43	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
44	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
45	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
46	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
47	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
48	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
5	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
6	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
7	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
8	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003
9	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2003

Emissions (annual)

CO₂	2.4k metric tons
SO₂	11 metric tons
CO₂ Rate	88 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 Region	SERC
Balancing Authority	Pjm 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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