Suburban Landfill Gas Recovery

🌿 BiomassIPP Non-CHP5 MW capacity

116th largest plant in Ohio · 6807th nationally

Suburban Landfill Gas Recovery is a biomass power plant in Ohio with a nameplate capacity of 5.6 MW. It generates roughly 30.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 2,905 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 62% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%62%
Mid-merit — steady but not full-time
Capacity6 MWnameplate
Annual Generation30.5k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor62%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂—metric tons

Location

Plant NameSuburban Landfill Gas Recovery
OperatorWm Renewable Energy Llc
CityGlenford
CountyPerry County
StateOhio
ZIP43739
Coordinates39.91244, -82.24499

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

Natural GasHydroelectricSolarBiomass

Generators (7)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
GEN1Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2011
GEN2Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2011
GEN3Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2011
GEN4Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2011
GEN5Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2011
GEN6Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2011
GEN7Landfill GasLandfill Gas0.8 MWOperating2011

Emissions (annual)

SO₂6 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 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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