101st largest plant in Wisconsin · 5651st nationally
Waxdale is a natural gas power plant in Wisconsin with a nameplate capacity of 10.0 MW. It generates roughly 44.7k MWh per year — enough to power about 4,257 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 51% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 343 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Waxdale |
|---|---|
| Operator | S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc. |
| City | Sturtevant |
| County | Racine County |
| State | Wisconsin |
| ZIP | 53177 |
| Coordinates | 42.70944, -87.88528 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGEN1 | Landfill Gas | Landfill Gas | 3.5 MW | Operating | 2003 |
| CGEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | Operating | 2005 |
| WEC01 | Onshore Wind Turbine | Wind | 1.5 MW | Operating | 2012 |
| WEC02 | Onshore Wind Turbine | Wind | 1.5 MW | Operating | 2012 |
| SITEA | Solar Photovoltaic | Solar | 1.3 MW | Operating | 2024 |
| SITEB | Solar Photovoltaic | Solar | 0.4 MW | Operating | 2024 |
| SITEC | Solar Photovoltaic | Solar | 0.4 MW | Operating | 2024 |
| CO₂ | 7.7k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 343 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.
| NERC Region | RFC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc.. |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.