S D WARREN WESTBROOK

How S D WARREN WESTBROOK compares

With 71 MW of capacity, S D WARREN WESTBROOK ranks 12th among the 83 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Maine and 2nd of the 15 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 15% of Maine's operating Biomass capacity and 1.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 42nd-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1903, it is older than 97% of the 81 operating Maine plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Cumberland County with 7 other operating plants, including WILLIAM F WYMAN and WESTBROOK ENERGY CENTER POWER PLANT.

EIA-860 lists 16 generators at the site with 70 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly wood/wood waste biomass technology. Its generators came online between 1903 and 1985.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is SOUTH GORHAM (345 kV), about 4.9 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by CENTRAL MAINE POWER CO, about 1.8 miles away. Another 11 operating power plants totaling 1,523 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is WILLIAM F WYMAN (846 MW, Oil).

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