COVANTA NIAGARA

How COVANTA NIAGARA compares

With 50 MW of capacity, COVANTA NIAGARA ranks 89th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 3rd of the 22 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 12% of New York's operating Biomass capacity and 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 76th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1980, it is older than 56% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Niagara County with 7 other operating plants, including ROBERT MOSES NIAGARA and LEWISTON NIAGARA.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 50 MW of nameplate capacity, all municipal solid waste technology. Net generation was 210 GWh in 2024 (a 48% capacity factor), up 5% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is PACKARD (230 kV), about 1.1 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 115 kV line owned by NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP., under 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 3,056 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is ROBERT MOSES NIAGARA (2,429 MW, Hydro). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, ixColo in Buffalo, about 15.3 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