Nameplate capacity
8.5 MW
Rank in Maine
#70
of 274 plants
In service since
2016
October 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
- Operator
- Athens Energy, LLC
- County
- Somerset County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.14%
- Rank among other plants in Maine
- #16 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 60457
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 8.5 MW | 7.1 MW | 2016 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Maine
| Ellsworth Hydro Station | Hydro | 8.9 MW |
| Shawmut | Hydro | 8.8 MW |
| Milford Hydro Station | Hydro | 7.8 MW |
| West Buxton | Hydro | 7.7 MW |
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 8.5 MW solar plant and a 8.5 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 Maine power plants · What Maine actually generates