Lanchester Generating Station
Other power plant · Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Landfill Gas
- Operator
- Energy Developments, Inc d/b/a EDL
- County
- Lancaster County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.01%
- Rank among other plants in Pennsylvania
- #49 of 58
- EIA plant code
- 56850
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 2006 | Operating |
| 2 | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | 1.6 MW | 2010 | 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 Pennsylvania
| GLRA Landfill | Other | 3.2 MW |
| L&S Sweetners | Other | 3.2 MW |
| Lycoming County | Other | 3.2 MW |
| PPL Frey Farm Landfill Wind | Wind | 3.2 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 3.2 MW solar plant and a 3.2 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