California Biomass and Waste-To-Energy Statistics and Data

In 2020, biomass-produced electricity in our state totaled 5,628 gigawatt-hours (GWh) or 2.95 percent of California's in-state generation portfolio. A total of 87 operating biomass power plants, with an installed capacity about 1,259 megawatts, are in California.
Biomass power plant is the general term for waste-to-energy power plants that burn organic material. They are comprised of four specific types defined by the fuel they burn:
- Biomass
- Digester Gas (Anaerobic Digestion)
- Landfill Gas
- Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
For an animated movie about how a waste-to-energy plant works, go to: http://wheelabratortechnologies.com/index.cfm/plants/how-it-works/
Contact: Michael Nyberg
Biomass and Waste-to-Energy Electricity Production
(In Gigawatt-Hours; Includes Imports)
Year | Company Name | CEC Plant ID | Plant Name | State | Capacity (MW) | Gross MWh | Net MWh | |
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2020 | Ameresco Inc | E0071 | Ameresco Vasco Road LLC | CA | 4.3 | 36,621 | 34,399 | |
2020 | Ameresco Inc | E0214 | Ameresco Santa Cruz Energy | CA | 3.2 | 20,138 | 17,456 | |
2020 | Ameresco Inc | E0217 | Ameresco Keller Canyon | CA | 3.8 | 31,473 | 30,040 | |
2020 | Ameresco Inc | E0218 | Ameresco Half Moon Bay (Ox Mountain Landfill) | CA | 11.5 | 84,854 | 80,551 | |
2020 | Ameresco Inc | E0248 | Ameresco Butte County Neal Road Landfill | CA | 2.2 | 12,098 | 11,200 | |
2020 | Ameresco Inc | E0250 | Ameresco Chiquita Energy | CA | 9.2 | 54,066 | 41,662 | |
2020 | Ameresco Inc | E0252 | Ameresco Forward LLC | CA | 4.3 | 35,025 | 32,603 | |
2020 | Ameresco Inc | E0253 | Ameresco San Joaquin LLC | CA | 4.3 | 31,390 | 29,498 | |
2020 | Ameresco Inc | E0255 | Ameresco Johnson Canyon | CA | 2.2 | 11,407 | 10,570 | |
2020 | Aria Energy LLC | E0305 | Kiefer Landfill Phase II (KLG2) | CA | 6.0 | 48,595 | 43,972 | |
2020 | Bio Energy Partners/WM Renewable Energy | E0106 | Altamont Gas Recovery | CA | 6.2 | 47,499 | 36,723 | |
2020 | Bowerman Power LFG | E0226 | Bowerman Power Landfill Gas | CA | 23.6 | 149,840 | 137,603 | |
2020 | Brea Parent 2007 LLC c/o Broadrock Renewables LLC | E0249 | Brea Expansion Plant - Brea Power II LLC | CA | 32.8 | 261,711 | 222,752 | |
2020 | Buena Vista Biomass Power | E0201 | Buena Vista Biomass | CA | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | Burney Forest Power | E0005 | Burney Forest Products | CA | 31.0 | 235,477 | 215,948 | |
2020 | California Bioenergy LLC | E0257 | ABEC Bidart-Old River LLC | CA | 2.0 | 13,300 | 12,190 | |
2020 | California Bioenergy LLC | E0306 | Carlos Echeverria and Sons Dairy Biogas | CA | 1.0 | 8,240 | 7,970 | |
2020 | California Bioenergy LLC | E0308 | Lakeview Farms LLC | CA | 1.0 | 6,870 | 6,510 | |
2020 | California Bioenergy LLC | E0309 | West-Star North Dairy | CA | 1.0 | 8,150 | 7,920 | |
2020 | City of Oxnard Wastewater Division | E0211 | Oxnard Wastewater Treatment Plant | CA | 1.5 | 5,944 | 5,944 | |
2020 | City of San Diego | E0171 | Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant - Gas Utilization Facility | CA | 5.0 | 29,582 | 25,476 | |
2020 | City of San Diego | E0244 | North City Cogeneration Facility Expansion (NCCFE) | CA | 1.6 | 6,937 | 6,626 | |
2020 | City of San Diego Public Utilities Department | E0202 | MM San Diego LLC - North City | CA | 3.8 | 21,722 | 21,128 | |
2020 | City of Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant | E0181 | Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant | CA | 1.6 | 9,236 | 9,236 | |
2020 | Collins Pine Co | E0026 | Collins Pine Co Project | CA | 12.0 | 16,761 | 16,761 | |
2020 | Community Renewable Energy Services Inc | E0033 | Dinuba Energy | CA | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | County of Sacramento Department of Waste Management & Recycling | E0203 | Kiefer Landfill Gas-to-Energy Facility | CA | 9.1 | 74,756 | 67,848 | |
2020 | Covanta Delano/Mendota | E0029 | Covanta Delano Inc | CA | 58.0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | Covanta Delano/Mendota | E0052 | Covanta Mendota LP | CA | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | Covanta Energy Inc | E0150 | Stanislaus Resource Recovery Facility | CA | 24.0 | 172,080 | 148,579 | |
2020 | Desert View Power (formerly Colmac Energy Inc) | E0027 | Desert View Power (Mecca Plant) | CA | 54.2 | 366,687 | 320,277 | |
2020 | DTE Biomass Energy Inc | E0302 | Potrero Hills Energy Producers LLC | CA | 8.0 | 67,179 | 63,562 | |
2020 | DTE Energy Services | E0105 | Woodland Biomass Power Ltd | CA | 28.0 | 35,568 | 31,127 | |
2020 | DTE Stockton LLC | E0213 | DTE Stockton (POSDEF Repower C0004) | CA | 50.0 | 406,087 | 380,313 | |
2020 | East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) | E0036 | EBMUD Wastewater Treatment Plant Power Generation Station | CA | 6.5 | 26,551 | 23,691 | |
2020 | East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) | E0242 | EBMUD Wastewater Treatment Plant Digester Gas Turbine | CA | 4.6 | 29,835 | 24,714 | |
2020 | Encina Wastewater Authority | E0251 | Encina Water Pollution Control | CA | 3.0 | 14,601 | 14,601 | |
2020 | Energy 2001 Inc | E0225 | Lincoln Landfill - WPWMA | CA | 4.9 | 31,049 | 29,012 | |
2020 | EWP Renewable Corp | E0037 | DG Fairhaven Power Plant | CA | 15.0 | 9,560 | 8,068 | |
2020 | Fortistar Methane Group | E0054 | MM San Diego LLC - Miramar Landfill | CA | 6.5 | 50,133 | 47,745 | |
2020 | Fortistar Methane Group | E0095 | MM Tajiguas Energy LLC | CA | 3.0 | 20,684 | 19,396 | |
2020 | Fortistar Methane Group | E0132 | Santa Cruz Energy LLC | CA | 1.6 | 11,302 | 10,310 | |
2020 | Fortistar Methane Group | E0152 | MM West Covina LLC | CA | 7.1 | 48,471 | 42,781 | |
2020 | Fortistar Methane Group | E0168 | MM Lopez Energy LLC | CA | 3.0 | 25,448 | 24,236 | |
2020 | Fortistar Methane Group | E0194 | MM Prima Deshecha Energy LLC | CA | 6.1 | 51,278 | 45,733 | |
2020 | Fortistar Methane Group | E0205 | Miramar Energy LLC LFG | CA | 3.2 | 22,581 | 21,849 | |
2020 | G2 Energy (Hay Road) LLC | E0236 | Hay Road | CA | 1.6 | 13,077 | 12,548 | |
2020 | G2 Energy (Ostrom Road) LLC | E0237 | Ostrom Road | CA | 3.2 | 27,963 | 26,913 | |
2020 | Gas Recovery Systems Inc | E0075 | San Marcos | CA | 1.9 | 13,809 | 12,612 | |
2020 | Gas Recovery Systems Inc | E0094 | Sycamore Landfill San Diego | CA | 5.4 | 32,797 | 25,242 | |
2020 | Global Ampersand LLC | E0007 | Merced Power (El Nido) | CA | 12.5 | 67,471 | 56,524 | |
2020 | Global Ampersand LLC | E0018 | Chowchilla II Biomass | CA | 12.5 | 74,280 | 61,992 | |
2020 | HL Power Co | E0041 | HL Power Company (Honey Lake) | CA | 35.5 | 222,551 | 202,803 | |
2020 | Humboldt Redwood Company, LLC | E0063 | Scotia | CA | 32.5 | 140,932 | 131,062 | |
2020 | IHI Power Services Corp | E0098 | Rio Bravo Fresno | CA | 27.8 | 217,749 | 189,792 | |
2020 | IHI Power Services Corp | E0099 | Rio Bravo Rocklin | CA | 27.8 | 202,000 | 177,890 | |
2020 | IHI Power Services Corp (Pacific Ultrapower Chinese Station) | E0100 | Pacific Ultrapower Chinese | CA | 25.7 | 147,989 | 127,045 | |
2020 | J&A Santa Maria | E0228 | Santa Maria II Landfill | CA | 1.4 | 5,895 | 5,895 | |
2020 | LandGas Technology LLC | E0097 | Blue Lake | CA | 13.8 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) | E0153 | Bradley Landfill | CA | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | Madera Power LLC | E0050 | Madera Power (offline 3/28/2012 - repowered 2013) | CA | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | Monterey Regional Waste Mgmt Dist | E0135 | Marina Landfill Gas (Monterey Regional Waste Management Dst) | CA | 5.1 | 39,129 | 39,129 | |
2020 | MRWPCA | E0055 | Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Cogen | CA | 1.7 | 7,662 | 7,662 | |
2020 | Mt Poso Cogeneration Co | E0232 | Mt. Poso Cogeneration | CA | 63.6 | 344,417 | 294,376 | |
2020 | Orange County Sanitation District | E0025 | Plant No 2 | CA | 16.0 | 57,893 | 55,214 | |
2020 | Roseburg Forest Products | E0243 | Roseburg Forest Products (Weed Cogeneration Plant) | CA | 13.4 | 61,363 | 58,105 | |
2020 | Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County | E0127 | Puente Hills Energy Recovery | CA | 50.0 | 229,300 | 206,024 | |
2020 | Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County | E0212 | Total Energy Facilities | CA | 38.4 | 179,071 | 164,277 | |
2020 | Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County | E0227 | Calabasas Gas-to-Energy Facility | CA | 13.8 | 46,892 | 33,233 | |
2020 | SERRF Joint Powers Authority | E0112 | Southeast Resource Recovery | CA | 34.6 | 204,753 | 173,187 | |
2020 | SF Public Utilities Commission | E0110 | Southeast Digester Gas Cogen Plant | CA | 2.1 | 672 | 672 | |
2020 | Sierra Pacific Industries Inc | E0004 | SPI - Lincoln | CA | 19.2 | 93,758 | 81,045 | |
2020 | Sierra Pacific Industries Inc | E0038 | SPI - Sonora - Restarted 1/1/2012 (Shut Down 9/28/2009) | CA | 10.9 | 48,937 | 38,861 | |
2020 | Sierra Pacific Industries Inc | E0078 | SPI - Burney | CA | 20.0 | 108,190 | 96,561 | |
2020 | Sierra Pacific Industries Inc | E0081 | SPI - Quincy | CA | 35.3 | 192,772 | 162,757 | |
2020 | Sierra Pacific Industries Inc | E0301 | SPI-Anderson 2 | CA | 30.1 | 167,009 | 152,969 | |
2020 | Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works | E0195 | Central LF (Sonoma) Phase I | CA | 3.2 | 14,899 | 14,577 | |
2020 | Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works | E0196 | Central LF (Sonoma) Phase II | CA | 3.2 | 11,454 | 11,207 | |
2020 | Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works | E0197 | Central LF (Sonoma) Phase III | CA | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | Sunshine Gas Producers LLC | E0258 | Sunshine Gas Producers Renewable Energy Project | CA | 23.0 | 166,811 | 136,148 | |
2020 | Toro Energy of California LLC | E0254 | Cold Canyon | CA | 1.5 | 11,454 | 10,758 | |
2020 | Toyon Landfill Gas Conversion LLC | E0143 | Toyon Landfill Gas Conversion LLC (Indef Shutdown 6/2015) | CA | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | |
2020 | Wadham Energy LP | E0102 | Wadham | CA | 29.1 | 163,224 | 146,543 | |
2020 | West Contra Costa Energy Recovery Inc | E0137 | Nove Power Plant | CA | 3.0 | 1,868 | 1,384 | |
2020 | Wheelabrator Technologies Inc | E0086 | Wheelabrator Shasta | CA | 62.8 | 311,012 | 277,479 | |
2020 | WM Renewable Energy | E0304 | Redwood Renewable Energy Facility | CA | 4.0 | 27,482 | 23,659 | |
2020 | Yolo County General Services | E0154 | MM Yolo Power LLC Facility | CA | 3.1 | 22,602 | 20,694 | |
2020 | Zero Waste to Energy Development Company | E0303 | Zero Waste to Energy | CA | 1.6 | 2,836 | 2,836 | |
Total | 1,259.5 | 6,332,761 | 5,628,257 |
Biomass and Waste-to-Energy Electricity Production
(Annual Totals)
Year | Capacity (MW) | Gross MWh | Net MWh |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | 1,259.5 | 6,332,761 | 5,628,257 |
2019 | 1,303.1 | 6,611,414 | 5,877,276 |
2018 | 1,322.7 | 6,605,471 | 5,842,360 |
2017 | 1,306.7 | 6,564,855 | 5,782,734 |
2016 | 1,321.3 | 6,651,324 | 5,849,204 |
2015 | 1,321.0 | 7,228,268 | 6,350,802 |
2014 | 1,301.4 | 7,670,150 | 6,767,779 |
2013 | 1,215.7 | 7,420,278 | 6,543,129 |
2012 | 1,206.1 | 6,955,442 | 6,198,798 |
2011 | 1,176.2 | 6,773,682 | 6,051,560 |
2010 | 1,127.2 | 6,711,330 | 5,990,267 |
2009 | 1,116.8 | 6,845,388 | 6,119,952 |
2008 | 1,120.4 | 6,590,779 | 5,913,115 |
2007 | 1,093.5 | 6,397,004 | 5,764,123 |
2006 | 1,098.7 | 6,498,358 | 5,862,603 |
2005 | 1,104.6 | 6,807,679 | 6,078,118 |
2004 | 1,106.6 | 6,732,556 | 6,081,858 |
2003 | 1,159.7 | 6,752,911 | 6,093,587 |
2002 | 1,154.7 | 6,901,172 | 6,217,232 |
2001 | 1,176.0 | 6,226,634 | 5,781,812 |
2000 | N/A | N/A | 6,086,000 |
1999 | N/A | N/A | 5,663,000 |
1998 | N/A | N/A | 5,266,000 |
1997 | N/A | N/A | 5,701,000 |
1996 | N/A | N/A | 5,557,000 |
1995 | N/A | N/A | 5,969,000 |
1994 | N/A | N/A | 7,173,000 |
1993 | N/A | N/A | 5,760,000 |
1992 | N/A | N/A | 7,362,000 |
1991 | N/A | N/A | 7,312,000 |
1990 | N/A | N/A | 6,644,000 |
1989 | N/A | N/A | 5,204,000 |
1988 | N/A | N/A | 4,092,000 |
1987 | N/A | N/A | 2,461,000 |
1986 | N/A | N/A | 2,063,000 |
1985 | N/A | N/A | 1,171,000 |
1984 | N/A | N/A | 1,099,000 |
1983 | N/A | N/A | 731,000 |
Biomass and Waste-to-Energy Electricity Production by County
County | Capacity (MW) | Net MWh |
---|---|---|
Alameda | 21.6 | 119,527 |
Amador | 22.5 | 0 |
Butte | 2.2 | 11,200 |
Colusa | 29.1 | 146,543 |
Contra Costa | 6.8 | 31,424 |
Fresno | 55.8 | 189,792 |
Humboldt | 61.3 | 139,130 |
Kern | 126.6 | 328,966 |
Lassen | 35.5 | 202,803 |
Los Angeles | 188.9 | 821,548 |
Madera | 37.5 | 61,992 |
Marin | 4.0 | 23,659 |
Merced | 12.5 | 56,524 |
Monterey | 9.0 | 57,361 |
Orange | 78.5 | 461,302 |
Placer | 51.9 | 287,947 |
Plumas | 47.3 | 179,518 |
Riverside | 54.2 | 320,277 |
Sacramento | 15.1 | 111,820 |
San Diego | 30.4 | 175,279 |
San Francisco | 2.1 | 672 |
San Joaquin | 58.7 | 442,414 |
San Luis Obispo | 1.5 | 10,758 |
San Mateo | 11.5 | 80,551 |
Santa Barbara | 4.4 | 25,291 |
Santa Clara | 3.2 | 12,072 |
Santa Cruz | 4.8 | 27,766 |
Shasta | 143.9 | 742,957 |
Siskiyou | 13.4 | 58,105 |
Solano | 9.6 | 76,110 |
Sonoma | 8.0 | 25,784 |
Stanislaus | 24.0 | 148,579 |
Tulare | 11.5 | 0 |
Tuolumne | 36.6 | 165,906 |
Ventura | 1.5 | 5,944 |
Yolo | 31.1 | 51,821 |
Yuba | 3.2 | 26,913 |