Pheasant Run Landfill Gas Recovery

🌿 BiomassIPP Non-CHP8 MW capacity

107th largest plant in Wisconsin · 6091st nationally

Pheasant Run Landfill Gas Recovery is a biomass power plant in Wisconsin with a nameplate capacity of 8.8 MW. It generates roughly 40.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 3,860 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 53% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%53%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time
Capacity9 MWnameplate
Annual Generation40.5k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor53%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂metric tons

Location

Plant NamePheasant Run Landfill Gas Recovery
OperatorWm Renewable Energy Llc
CityBristol
CountyKenosha County
StateWisconsin
ZIP53104
Coordinates42.58250, -88.04360

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

Natural GasCoalOilSolarBiomass

Generators (11)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GE10Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2002
GE11Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2002
GEN1Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating1992
GEN2Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOut of Service1992
GEN3Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOut of Service1996
GEN4Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2000
GEN5Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2000
GEN6Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2000
GEN7Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2000
GEN8Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2002
GEN9Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2002

Emissions (annual)

SO₂8 metric tons

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 RegionRFC
Balancing AuthorityMidcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc..

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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