St Joseph Landfill Generating Station
Other power plant · Buchanan County, Missouri
Nameplate capacity
1.6 MW
Rank in Missouri
#135
of 139 plants
In service since
2011
December 2011
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Landfill Gas
- Operator
- Evergy Missouri West
- County
- Buchanan County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Missouri
- #34 of 35
- EIA plant code
- 58024
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIT1 | 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 Missouri power plants · What Missouri actually generates