Southbridge Landfill Gas-to-Energy
Other power plant · Worcester County, Massachusetts
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Landfill Gas
- Operator
- Southbridge Recycling and Disposal Park
- County
- Worcester County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Massachusetts
- #24 of 25
- EIA plant code
- 59011
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAT | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | 1.5 MW | 2011 | 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 1.6 MW solar plant and a 1.6 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 Massachusetts power plants · What Massachusetts actually generates