Virginia Beach

🌿 BiomassIPP Non-CHP10 MW capacity

152nd largest plant in Virginia · 5556th nationally

Virginia Beach is a biomass power plant in Virginia with a nameplate capacity of 10.8 MW. It generates roughly 4.2k MWh per year — enough to power about 398 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 4% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 211 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

Peaking — intermittent or backup

Capacity11 MWnameplate

Annual Generation4.2k MWhEPA eGRID

Capacity Factor4%of theoretical max

Annual CO₂442metric tons

Location

Plant Name	Virginia Beach
Operator	Industrial Power Generating Company Llc
City	Virginia Beach
County	Virginia Beach City County
State	Virginia
ZIP	23464
Coordinates	36.78580, -76.20190

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	Retired	2001
10	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
11	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
12	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
13	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
14	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
15	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
16	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
17	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
18	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
19	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
2	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
20	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
21	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
22	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
23	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
24	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
25	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
26	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
27	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
28	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
29	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
3	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
30	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
31	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
32	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
33	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
34	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
35	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
36	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
4	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
5	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
6	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
7	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
8	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001
9	Landfill Gas	Landfill Gas	0.3 MW	Retired	2001

Emissions (annual)

CO₂	442 metric tons
SO₂	1 metric tons
CO₂ Rate	211 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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