WHEELABRATOR WESTCHESTER

How WHEELABRATOR WESTCHESTER compares

With 60 MW of capacity, WHEELABRATOR WESTCHESTER ranks 80th among the 320 operating power plants Bywatts maps in New York and 2nd of the 22 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 14% of New York's operating Biomass capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 59th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1984, it is older than 51% of the 312 operating New York plants with a recorded commissioning year. Its operator, WHEELABRATOR ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, runs 2 operating plants in New York totaling 74 MW.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 60 MW of nameplate capacity, all municipal solid waste technology. Net generation was 398 GWh in 2024 (a 76% capacity factor), up 8% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is BUCHANAN (345 kV), about 0.9 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by CONSOLIDATED EDISON CO-NY INC, under 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 3,221 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BOWLINE POINT (1,242 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 28 mapped data centers; the nearest is Digital Realty EWR (100 Delawanna) in Clifton, about 32.4 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