Cox Waste to Energy
Other power plant · Taylor County, Kentucky
Nameplate capacity
5.0 MW
Rank in Kentucky
#44
of 63 plants
In service since
1995
January 1995
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
- Operator
- Cox Companies, LLC
- County
- Taylor County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among other plants in Kentucky
- #3 of 11
- EIA plant code
- 54850
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 4.0 MW | 3.0 MW | 1995 | Operating |
| 02 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 1.0 MW | 0.3 MW | 2002 | Operating |
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 5.0 MW solar plant and a 5.0 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 Kentucky power plants · What Kentucky actually generates