COVANTA FAIRFAX ENERGY

How COVANTA FAIRFAX ENERGY compares

With 124 MW of capacity, COVANTA FAIRFAX ENERGY ranks 25th among the 103 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Virginia and is the largest of the 16 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 24% of Virginia's operating Biomass capacity and 0.6% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 8th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1990, it is older than 51% of the 101 operating Virginia plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Fairfax County with one other operating plant, I 95 LANDFILL PHASE II.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 124 MW of nameplate capacity, all municipal solid waste technology. Net generation was 642 GWh in 2024 (a 59% capacity factor), down 11% from 2022.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is OCCOQUAN, about 1.9 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO, under 0.1 miles away. Another 15 operating power plants totaling 1,029 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is POSSUM POINT (613 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 13 mapped data centers; the nearest is Equinix DC7 - Ashburn, Vienna in Vienna, about 14.7 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