Packaging of America Tomahawk Mill
Other power plant · Lincoln County, Wisconsin
Nameplate capacity
19 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#88
of 278 plants
In service since
1948
June 1948
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Wood/Wood Waste Biomass
- Operator
- PCA-Tomahawk Mill
- County
- Lincoln County
- Generating units
- 5
- Share of state capacity
- 0.09%
- Rank among other plants in Wisconsin
- #6 of 36
- EIA plant code
- 50476
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN2 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 9.4 MW | 8.2 MW | 1978 | Operating |
| GEN1 | Wood/Wood Waste Biomass | 6.3 MW | 5.4 MW | 1948 | Operating |
| GEN3 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.0 MW | 0.5 MW | 2020 | Operating |
| GEN4 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.0 MW | 0.3 MW | 2020 | Operating |
| GEN5 | Conventional Hydroelectric | 1.0 MW | 0.3 MW | 2020 | 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 Wisconsin
| Shirley Wind | Wind | 20 MW |
| Flambeau Hydroelectric Station | Hydro | 19 MW |
| Kaukauna Gas Turbine | Natural gas | 18 MW |
| Dane County Solar LLC | Solar | 17 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 19 MW solar plant and a 19 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 Wisconsin power plants · What Wisconsin actually generates