SEMASS RESOURCE RECOVERY

How SEMASS RESOURCE RECOVERY compares

With 99 MW of capacity, SEMASS RESOURCE RECOVERY ranks 21st among the 125 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Massachusetts and 2nd of the 10 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 23% of Massachusetts's operating Biomass capacity and 1.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 22nd-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1988, it is older than 56% of the 122 operating Massachusetts plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Plymouth County with 4 other operating plants, including ACUSHNET AD MAKEPEACE and HULL WIND II.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 99 MW of nameplate capacity, all municipal solid waste technology. Net generation was 568 GWh in 2024 (a 66% capacity factor), down 4% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1988 and 1993.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 13 operating power plants totaling 1,907 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is CANAL (1,165 MW, Oil). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is Markley Group One Summer Street Boston in Boston, about 40.6 miles away.

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