King & Queen

🌿 BiomassIPP Non-CHP10 MW capacity

152nd largest plant in Virginia · 5556th nationally

King & Queen is a biomass power plant in Virginia with a nameplate capacity of 10.8 MW. It generates roughly 53.8k MWh per year — enough to power about 5,120 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 57% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 66 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

Mid-merit — steady but not full-time

Capacity11 MWnameplate

Annual Generation53.8k MWhEPA eGRID

Capacity Factor57%of theoretical max

Annual CO₂1.8kmetric tons

Location

Plant Name	King & Queen
Operator	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
City	Little Plymouth
County	King And Queen County
State	Virginia
ZIP	23091
Coordinates	37.67110, -76.76000

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

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Generators (36)

ID	Technology	Fuel	Capacity	Status	Online
1	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
10	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
11	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
12	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
13	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
14	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
15	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
16	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
17	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
18	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
19	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
2	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
20	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
21	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
22	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
23	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
24	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
25	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
26	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
27	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
28	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
29	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
3	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
30	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
31	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
32	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
33	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
34	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
35	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
36	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
4	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
5	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
6	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
7	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
8	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008
9	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Operating	2008

Emissions (annual)

CO₂	1.8k metric tons
SO₂	10 metric tons
CO₂ Rate	66 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.