COVANTA DELAWARE VALLEY

How COVANTA DELAWARE VALLEY compares

With 90 MW of capacity, COVANTA DELAWARE VALLEY ranks 49th among the 170 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Pennsylvania and 2nd of the 21 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 18% of Pennsylvania's operating Biomass capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 26th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1991, it is older than 57% of the 168 operating Pennsylvania plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Delaware County with 4 other operating plants, including EDDYSTONE GENERATING STATION and FPL ENERGY MARCUS HOOK LP.

EIA-860 lists 1 generator at the site with 90 MW of nameplate capacity, all municipal solid waste technology. Net generation was 553 GWh in 2024 (a 70% capacity factor), up 7% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is DELCO TAP (230 kV), about 0.2 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PECO ENERGY CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 37 operating power plants totaling 5,860 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is HAY ROAD (1,193 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 4 mapped data centers; the nearest is IPR Wilmington CCC in Wilmington, about 10.0 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