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Green Knight Energy Center

Other power plant · Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Nameplate capacity
9.9 MW
Rank in Pennsylvania
#178
of 273 plants
In service since
2001
February 2001

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Landfill Gas
Operator
Waste Management Inc
County
Northampton County
Generating units
3
Share of state capacity
0.02%
Rank among other plants in Pennsylvania
#27 of 58
EIA plant code
55765

Generating units

Individual generating units at Green Knight Energy Center
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
TG1Landfill Gas3.3 MW2.4 MW2001Operating
TG2Landfill Gas3.3 MW2.4 MW2001Operating
TG3Landfill Gas3.3 MW2.4 MW2001Operating

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 9.9 MW solar plant and a 9.9 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 Pennsylvania power plants · What Pennsylvania actually generates