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Biomass power plants in California

157 biomass power plants in California, totaling 1.8 GW of nameplate capacity. Source: EIA.

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Ameresco Ox Mountain
Biomass · Half Moon Bay, California · Under construction · exp. 2026
14 MW
Scholl Canyon
Biomass · California · Under construction · exp. 2027
12 MW
Tracy Renewable Power Plant
Biomass · Tracy, California · Under construction · exp. 2027
5 MW
OES Biogas Power
Biomass · San Bernardino, California · Under construction · exp. 2026
3 MW

All biomass plants in California

Puente Hills Energy Recovery
Biomass · Whittier, California · Operating · COD 1986
63 MW
Sierra Pacific Quincy Facility
Biomass · Quincy, California · Operating · COD 2018
63 MW
Wheelabrator Shasta
Biomass · Anderson, California · Operating · COD 1987
63 MW
Mt Poso Cogeneration
Biomass · Bakersfield, California · Retired
62 MW
Covanta Delano Energy
Biomass · Delano, California · Operating · COD 1990
57 MW
Desert View Power
Biomass · Mecca, California · Retired
56 MW
Stockton Biomass
Biomass · Stockton, California · Operating · COD 1987
54 MW
Total Energy Facilities
Biomass · Carson, California · Operating · COD 1986
48 MW
HL Power
Biomass · Wendel, California · Operating · COD 1989
36 MW
Brea Expansion Plant
Biomass · Brea, California · Operating · COD 2012
36 MW
Southeast Resource Recovery
Biomass · Long Beach, California · Retired
36 MW
Hyperion Treatment Plant CHP Plant
Biomass · Playa del Rey, California · Operating · COD 2017
33 MW
Humboldt Sawmill Company
Biomass · Scotia, California · Operating · COD 1938
33 MW
Sierra Pacific Lincoln Facility
Biomass · Lincoln, California · Operating · COD 2004
32 MW
Burney Forest Products
Biomass · Burney, California · Operating · COD 1989
31 MW
SPI Anderson 2
Biomass · Anderson, California · Operating · COD 2015
30 MW
Wadham Energy
Biomass · Williams, California · Operating · COD 1989
29 MW
Covanta Mendota
Biomass · Mendota, California · Operating · COD 1989
28 MW
Woodland Biomass Power Ltd
Biomass · Woodland, California · Operating · COD 1989
28 MW
Rio Bravo Fresno
Biomass · Fresno, California · Retired
28 MW
Rio Bravo Rocklin
Biomass · Lincoln, California · Operating · COD 1989
28 MW
Pacific-Ultrapower Chinese Station
Biomass · Jamestown, California · Operating · COD 1986
25 MW
Covanta Stanislaus Energy
Biomass · Crows Landing, California · Retired
24 MW
Bowerman Power LFG, LLC
Biomass · Irvine, California · Operating · COD 2016
24 MW
Wheelabrator Martell
Biomass · Sutter Creek, California · Retired
23 MW
Sunshine Gas Producers
Biomass · Sylmar, California · Operating · COD 2014
23 MW
Thermal Energy Development Part LP
Biomass · California · Retired
23 MW
Buena Vista Biomass Power
Biomass · California · Retired
23 MW
Mesquite Lake Energy Park Plant 2
Biomass · Imperial, California · Operating · COD 1987
21 MW
Sierra Pacific Loyalton Facility
Biomass · California · Retired
20 MW
Sierra Pacific Burney Facility
Biomass · Burney, California · Operating · COD 1986
20 MW
GRS Coyote Canyon
Biomass · California · Retired
20 MW
Pulp Mill Power House
Biomass · California · Retired
20 MW
Fairhaven Power
Biomass · Samoa, California · Operating · COD 1986
19 MW
Mesquite Lake Water & Power Plant 1
Biomass · California · Retired
18 MW
Pacific Oroville Power Inc
Biomass · California · Retired
18 MW
Marina Landfill Gas
Biomass · Marina, California · Operating · COD 2006
18 MW
Collins Pine Project
Biomass · Chester, California · Retired · 2021
17 MW
Plant No 2 Orange County
Biomass · Huntington Beach, California · Operating · COD 1993
16 MW
Kiefer Landfill
Biomass · Sloughhouse, California · Operating · COD 1999
15 MW
Sierra Pacific Sonora
Biomass · Standard, California · Operating · COD 2018
15 MW
Georgia Pacific Fort Bragg
Biomass · California · Retired
15 MW
Ameresco Ox Mountain
Biomass · Half Moon Bay, California · Under construction · exp. 2026
14 MW
Renegy Susanville
Biomass · California · Retired
14 MW
Blue Lake Power LLC
Biomass · Blue Lake, California · Operating · COD 1985
14 MW
Calabasas Gas to Energy Facility
Biomass · Agoura, California · Operating · COD 2010
14 MW
Roseburg Forest Products Biomass
Biomass · Weed, California · Operating · COD 2010
13 MW
Palos Verdes Gas to Energy
Biomass · Rolling Hills Estates, California · Retired
13 MW
Ampersand Chowchilla Biomass LLC
Biomass · Chowchilla, California · Operating · COD 2008
13 MW
El Nido Facility
Biomass · El Nido, California · Operating · COD 2008
13 MW
Commerce Refuse To Energy
Biomass · Commerce, California · Retired
12 MW
Scholl Canyon
Biomass · California · Under construction · exp. 2027
12 MW
MM West Covina
Biomass · West Covina, California · Operating · COD 1993
12 MW
Dinuba Energy
Biomass · Reedley, California · Retired
12 MW
Mt Lassen Power
Biomass · California · Retired
11 MW
Burney Mountain Power
Biomass · California · Retired
11 MW
City of Tulare Water Facility
Biomass · Tulare, California · Operating · COD 2011
11 MW
Spadra Landfill Gas to Energy
Biomass · Walnut, California · Retired
11 MW
Otay Landfill Gas, LLC
Biomass · California · Retired
11 MW
Toyon Power Station
Biomass · Los Angeles, California · Retired · 2022
10 MW
Big Valley Power LLC
Biomass · Bieber, California · Operating · COD 1983
9 MW
Ameresco Chiquita Canyon
Biomass · Castaic, California · Operating · COD 2010
9 MW
Altamont Gas Recovery
Biomass · Livermore, California · Operating · COD 1989
9 MW
C&H Sugar Plant
Biomass · Crockett, California · Operating · COD 1957
8 MW
Potrero Hills Energy Producers
Biomass · Suisun City, California · Operating · COD 2016
8 MW
Sierra Power
Biomass · California · Retired
8 MW
Plant No 1 Orange County
Biomass · Fountain Valley, California · Operating · COD 1993
8 MW
Sycamore Energy LLC
Biomass · Santee, California · Operating · COD 2004
7 MW
Siskiyou Forest Products
Biomass · California · Retired
7 MW
WWTP Power Generation Station
Biomass · Oakland, California · Operating · COD 1985
7 MW
Bradley Gas Recovery
Biomass · California · Retired
7 MW
MM San Diego-Miramar
Biomass · San Diego, California · Operating · COD 1997
6 MW
Kiefer Landfill Generating Phase II
Biomass · California · Operating · COD 2012
6 MW
Gas Utilization Facility
Biomass · San Diego, California · Operating · COD 1985
6 MW
Prima Plant
Biomass · California · Retired
6 MW
MM Lopez Energy
Biomass · Lake View Terrace, California · Operating · COD 1998
6 MW
Santa Barbara ReSource Center
Biomass · Goleta, California · Operating · COD 2021
6 MW
Shasta Renewable Resources Plant
Biomass · California · Retired
6 MW
Olinda Landfill Gas Recovery Plant
Biomass · California · Retired
5 MW
Oxnard
Biomass · California · Retired
5 MW
Tracy Renewable Power Plant
Biomass · Tracy, California · Under construction · exp. 2027
5 MW
Lincoln Landfill
Biomass · Lincoln, California · Operating · COD 2004
5 MW
Encina Water Pollution Control
Biomass · Carlsbad, California · Operating · COD 2008
5 MW
Power Generation Station (PGS) 2
Biomass · Oakland, California · Operating · COD 2011
5 MW
Diamond Walnut
Biomass · California · Retired
5 MW
Ameresco San Joaquin
Biomass · Linden, California · Operating · COD 2014
4 MW
Ameresco Forward
Biomass · Manteca, California · Operating · COD 2014
4 MW
Ameresco Vasco Road
Biomass · Livermore, California · Operating · COD 2014
4 MW
Laguna Water Reclamation Facility
Biomass · Santa Rosa, California · Operating · COD 2013
4 MW
Waste Mangement Redwood LFGTE
Biomass · Novato, California · Operating · COD 2017
4 MW
Abel Road Bioenergy
Biomass · Williams, California · Operating · COD 2022
4 MW
Sierra Pacific Anderson Facility
Biomass · Anderson, California · Retired
4 MW
Apple Campus 2 Fuel Cell
Biomass · Cupertino, California · Operating · COD 2017
4 MW
El Sobrante Gas Recovery
Biomass · California · Retired
4 MW
Ameresco Keller Canyon
Biomass · Bay Point, California · Operating · COD 2009
4 MW
Hat Creek Bioenergy
Biomass · Burney, California · Operating · COD 2025
4 MW
MM Yolo Power
Biomass · Woodland, California · Operating · COD 1990
4 MW
North City - Landfill Gas Engines South
Biomass · San Diego, California · Retired
4 MW
G2 Energy Ostrom Road LLC
Biomass · Wheatland, California · Operating · COD 2009
4 MW
California Dairy Energy I LLC
Biomass · California · Retired
3 MW
GRS Newby II
Biomass · California · Retired
3 MW
Sonoma Central Landfill Phase II
Biomass · Petaluma, California · Operating · COD 1996
3 MW
Sonoma Central Landfill Phase I
Biomass · Petaluma, California · Operating · COD 1993
3 MW
RPI Fuel Cell LLC
Biomass · California · Retired
3 MW
Ameresco Santa Cruz Energy
Biomass · Watsonville, California · Operating · COD 2006
3 MW
Tajiguas Plant
Biomass · California · Retired
3 MW
Nove Power Plant
Biomass · Richmond, California · Operating · COD 1985
3 MW
Toyota Long Beach Trigen
Biomass · Long Beach, California · Operating · COD 2023
3 MW
Waste Management Simi Valley LFGTE
Biomass · California · Retired
3 MW
Guadalupe Power Plant
Biomass · California · Retired
3 MW
OES Biogas Power
Biomass · San Bernardino, California · Under construction · exp. 2026
3 MW
Mid Valley Plant
Biomass · California · Retired
3 MW
Ameresco Butte County
Biomass · Paradise, California · Operating · COD 2013
2 MW
Silicon Valley Clean Water
Biomass · Redwood City, California · Operating · COD 2015
2 MW
Milliken Plant
Biomass · California · Retired
2 MW
Whittier LFG Power Plant #1
Biomass · Whittier, California · Operating · COD 2006
2 MW
SF Southeast Cogen Plant
Biomass · San Francisco, California · Operating · COD 2002
2 MW
ABEC Bidart-Old River LLC
Biomass · Bakersfield, California · Operating · COD 2013
2 MW
Byxbee Park Sanitary Landfill
Biomass · California · Retired
2 MW
GRS Menlo Park
Biomass · California · Retired
2 MW
GRS Newby I
Biomass · San Jose, California · Retired
2 MW
Diamond H Dairy Power
Biomass · Chowchilla, California · Operating · COD 2021
2 MW
Godinho Dairy Digester
Biomass · Los Banos, California · Operating · COD 2026
2 MW
MM Tulare Energy
Biomass · Visalia, California · Operating · COD 1998
2 MW
Monterey One Water
Biomass · Marina, California · Operating · COD 1988
2 MW
Union Sanitary District Cogen
Biomass · Union City, California · Operating · COD 2015
2 MW
San Marcos Energy
Biomass · California · Retired
2 MW
Sonoma Central Landfill Phase III
Biomass · Petaluma, California · Operating · COD 2004
2 MW
North City - Landfill Gas Engine North
Biomass · San Diego, California · Operating · COD 2013
2 MW
Santa Cruz Energy
Biomass · Santa Cruz, California · Operating · COD 2009
2 MW
Sunnyvale City of WPCP
Biomass · Sunnyvale, California · Operating · COD 1997
2 MW
G2 Energy Hay Rd
Biomass · Vacaville, California · Operating · COD 2013
2 MW
Zero Waste Energy Development Co LLC
Biomass · San Jose, California · Operating · COD 2015
2 MW
GRS American Canyon
Biomass · American Canyon, California · Retired
2 MW
Lopez Canyon
Biomass · Los Angeles, California · Retired
2 MW
Oxnard Wastewater Treatment Plant
Biomass · Oxnard, California · Operating · COD 1981
2 MW
Central Valley Ag Power
Biomass · Oakdale, California · Operating · COD 2014
2 MW
Cold Canyon 1
Biomass · San Luis Obispo, California · Operating · COD 2013
2 MW
Riverside RWQCP Fuel Cell
Biomass · Riverside, California · Operating · COD 2016
1 MW
J&A-Santa Maria II LLC
Biomass · Santa Maria, California · Operating · COD 2010
1 MW
Salinas
Biomass · California · Retired
1 MW
Ameresco Johnson Canyon
Biomass · Gonzales, California · Operating · COD 2013
1 MW
Santa Clara
Biomass · California · Retired
1 MW
SB Water Reclamation Fuel Cell
Biomass · San Bernardino, California · Operating · COD 2021
1 MW
RCWMD Badlands Landfill Gas Project
Biomass · California · Retired
1 MW
Colton Plant
Biomass · California · Retired
1 MW
Turlock Irrigation District Fuel Cell
Biomass · Turlock, California · Retired
1 MW
Aliso Water Management Agency
Biomass · California · Retired
1 MW
Santa Maria LFG Power Plant
Biomass · Santa Maria, California · Operating · COD 2008
1 MW
ABEC #3 dba Lakeview Dairy
Biomass · Bakersfield, California · Operating · COD 2018
1 MW
Verwey-Hanford Dairy Digester #3
Biomass · Hanford, California · Operating · COD 2019
1 MW
ABEC #2 dba West-Star Dairy
Biomass · Buttonwillow, California · Operating · COD 2018
1 MW
Verwey-Hanford Dairy Digester #1
Biomass · Hanford, California · Operating · COD 2016
1 MW
Pacific Rim Dairy Digester
Biomass · California · Retired
1 MW
Still Water Power
Biomass · Hanford, California · Operating · COD 2020
1 MW
Verwey-Hanford Dairy Digester #2
Biomass · Hanford, California · Operating · COD 2019
1 MW
ABEC #4 dba CE&S Dairy
Biomass · Bakersfield, California · Operating · COD 2018
1 MW

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA-860M)