Woodland Landfill Gas Recovery
Other power plant · Kane County, Illinois
Nameplate capacity
4.8 MW
Rank in Illinois
#243
of 580 plants
In service since
1992
May 1992
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Landfill Gas
- Operator
- WM Illinois Renewable Energy LLC
- County
- Kane County
- Generating units
- 4
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Illinois
- #35 of 45
- EIA plant code
- 54662
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN3 | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| GEN4 | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 2010 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1992 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
| GEN2 | Landfill Gas | 0.8 MW | 0.8 MW | 1992 | Out of service and NOT expected to return to service in next calendar year |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 4.8 MW solar plant and a 4.8 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Illinois power plants · What Illinois actually generates