WHEELABRATOR BALTIMORE REFUSE

How WHEELABRATOR BALTIMORE REFUSE compares

With 65 MW of capacity, WHEELABRATOR BALTIMORE REFUSE ranks 14th among the 48 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Maryland and 2nd of the 7 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 42% of Maryland's operating Biomass capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 55th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1984, it is older than 67% of the 46 operating Maryland plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Baltimore city with 4 other operating plants, including PHILADELPHIA and DOMINO SUGAR BALTIMORE.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 65 MW of nameplate capacity, all municipal solid waste technology. Net generation was 318 GWh in 2024 (a 56% capacity factor), up 45% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1984 and 2001.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is WAUGH CHAPEL (500 kV), about 15.7 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by BALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 12 operating power plants totaling 2,967 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BRANDON SHORES (1,370 MW, Coal). Within 50 miles are 12 mapped data centers; the nearest is Lumen Baltimore in Baltimore, about 1.6 miles away.

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