William F Wyman Hybrid

🛢 OilIPP Non-CHP862 MW capacity

1st largest plant in Maine · 384th nationally

William F Wyman Hybrid is a oil power plant in Maine with a nameplate capacity of 863 MW. It generates roughly 39.3k MWh per year — enough to power about 3,739 average U.S. homes.

Its capacity factor of 1% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 2250 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits above the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.

PeakingMid-meritBaseload0%40%80%100%1%
Peaking — intermittent or backup

Month by month in 2024

100% capacity0Jan: 8.6k MWh (1% of capacity)JFeb: 71 MWh (0% of capacity)FMAMJun: 6.5k MWh (1% of capacity)JJul: 1.8k MWh (0% of capacity)JAug: 3.7k MWh (1% of capacity)ASOct: 21 MWh (0% of capacity)ONov: 488 MWh (0% of capacity)NDec: 14.8k MWh (2% of capacity)D

Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (863 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.

Capacity863 MWnameplate
Annual Generation39.3k MWhEPA eGRID
Capacity Factor1%of theoretical max
Annual CO₂44.2kmetric tons

Location

Plant NameWilliam F Wyman Hybrid
OperatorFpl Energy Wyman Llc
CityYarmouth
CountyCumberland County
StateMaine
ZIP04096
Coordinates43.75080, -70.15670

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

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Generators (5)

IDTechnologyFuelCapacityStatusOnline
4Petroleum LiquidsResidual Oil632 MWOperating1978
3Petroleum LiquidsResidual Oil114 MWOperating1965
1Petroleum LiquidsResidual Oil50.0 MWOperating1957
2Petroleum LiquidsResidual Oil50.0 MWOperating1958
BESSBatteriesBattery16.7 MWOperating2016

Ownership

OwnerLocationShare
Fpl Energy Wyman LlcJuno Beach, FL8434.0%
Constellation NuclearWarrenville, IL590.0%
Massachusetts Mun Wholes Electric CoLudlow, MA367.0%
Public Service Co Of NhManchester, NH314.0%
Green Mountain Power CorpColchester, VT292.0%
The Town Of Lyndon Electric DepartmentLyndonville, VT3.0%

Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.

Emissions (annual)

CO₂44.2k metric tons
SO₂136 metric tons
NOₓ43 metric tons
CO₂ Rate2250 lb/MWh
U.S. grid average800 lb/MWhNatural gas combined-cycle average900 lb/MWhCoal plant average2,100 lb/MWhThis plant2,249 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 RegionNPCC
Balancing AuthorityIso New England Inc.

About Oil plants

Oil-fired plants typically run only during peak demand or grid emergencies because oil is expensive compared to gas and coal. They have the highest CO₂ emissions per MWh of any common generation technology.

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