Waxdale

Other power plant · Racine County, Wisconsin

Nameplate capacity
12 MW
Rank in Wisconsin
#98
of 278 plants
In service since
2003
December 2003

Details

Primary fuel
Other
Technology
Landfill Gas
Operator
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
County
Racine County
Generating units
7
Share of state capacity
0.06%
Rank among other plants in Wisconsin
#9 of 36
EIA plant code
59448

Generating units

Individual generating units at Waxdale
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
CGEN1Landfill Gas3.5 MW3.5 MW2003Operating
CGEN2Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine3.5 MW3.5 MW2005Operating
WEC01Onshore Wind Turbine1.5 MW1.5 MW2012Operating
WEC02Onshore Wind Turbine1.5 MW1.5 MW2012Operating
SITEASolar Photovoltaic1.3 MW1.3 MW2024Operating
SITEBSolar Photovoltaic0.4 MW0.4 MW2024Operating
SITECSolar Photovoltaic0.4 MW0.4 MW2024Operating

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 12 MW solar plant and a 12 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