INTERNATIONAL PAPER SAVANNA MILL

How INTERNATIONAL PAPER SAVANNA MILL compares

With 154 MW of capacity, INTERNATIONAL PAPER SAVANNA MILL ranks 37th among the 104 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Georgia and is the largest of the 11 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 22% of Georgia's operating Biomass capacity and 0.4% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 4th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1981, it is older than 58% of the 101 operating Georgia plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO, runs 2 operating plants in Georgia totaling 224 MW. It shares Chatham County with 4 other operating plants, including PORT WENTWORTH MILL and IMPERIAL SAVANNAH LP.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 154 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly wood/wood waste biomass technology. Net generation was 687 GWh in 2024 (a 51% capacity factor), up 17% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1981 and 1998.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by GEORGIA POWER CO, about 0.4 miles away. Another 9 operating power plants totaling 3,806 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is JASPER (1,002 MW, Natural Gas).

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records and EIA-860/923 survey data; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology