WHEELABRATOR SAUGUS

How WHEELABRATOR SAUGUS compares

With 54 MW of capacity, WHEELABRATOR SAUGUS ranks 27th among the 125 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Massachusetts and 3rd of the 10 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 12% of Massachusetts's operating Biomass capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 70th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1985, it is older than 58% of the 122 operating Massachusetts plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, WHEELABRATOR ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, runs 3 operating plants in Massachusetts totaling 142 MW. It shares Essex County with 9 other operating plants, including WATERS RIVER and COVANTA HAVERHILL.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 58 MW of nameplate capacity, all municipal solid waste technology. Net generation was 228 GWh in 2024 (a 45% capacity factor), up 6% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line, under 0.1 miles away. Another 26 operating power plants totaling 2,016 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is FORE RIVER GENERATING STATION (872 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 5 mapped data centers; the nearest is CoreSite - Boston (BO1) in Somerville, about 7.0 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