Wheelabrator Baltimore Refuse
Other power plant · Baltimore City County, Maryland
Nameplate capacity
65 MW
Rank in Maryland
#21
of 234 plants
In service since
1984
November 1984
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- Wheelabrator Environmental Systems
- County
- Baltimore City County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.49%
- Rank among other plants in Maryland
- #7 of 19
- EIA plant code
- 10629
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 60 MW | 57 MW | 1984 | Operating |
| GEN2 | Municipal Solid Waste | 4.3 MW | 4.3 MW | 2001 | 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 Maryland
| Criterion | Wind | 70 MW |
| Montgomery County Resource Recovery | Other | 68 MW |
| Jones Farm Solar | Solar | 64 MW |
| Dans Mountain | Wind | 55 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 65 MW solar plant and a 65 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 Maryland power plants · What Maryland actually generates