WEYERHAEUSER LONGVIEW WA

How WEYERHAEUSER LONGVIEW WA compares

With 59 MW of capacity, WEYERHAEUSER LONGVIEW WA ranks 63rd among the 126 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Washington and is the largest of the 7 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 24% of Washington's operating Biomass capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 61st-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1948, it is older than 81% of the 125 operating Washington plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Cowlitz County with 5 other operating plants, including MINT FARM GENERATING STATION and MERWIN.

EIA-860 lists 4 generators at the site with 62 MW of nameplate capacity, all wood/wood waste biomass technology. Net generation was 287 GWh in 2024 (a 52% capacity factor), up 24% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1948 and 1976.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is CHEMICAL, about 0.5 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by PUD NO 1 OF COWLITZ COUNTY, under 0.1 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 1,630 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is BEAVER (611 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 2 mapped data centers; the nearest is Digital Fortress (PTL) in Portland, about 44.6 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