Blackburn Landfill Co-GenerationRetired
Catawba County, North Carolina · EIA plant ID 55488 · Operator: Catawba County
×3 MW other retired since 2020 (latest Jul 2022)
Nameplate—MWSummer — MW
Generators0in service
Net generation—GWh12 mo
Capacity factor—no 923 generation in the last 12 months
Heat rate—thermal plants only
First online—
Monthly net generation
EIA-923, all units at the plant. Net of station use; storage can go negative.
FinalPreliminary
Capacity factor by year
Net MWh ÷ (summer MW × hours), primary-fuel units. Each year uses that year's EIA-860 ratings; the hollow dot is the latest 12 months.
Heat rate by year
Electric fuel MMBtu × 1000 ÷ net MWh (Btu/kWh, HHV), fossil units only; CT + CA counted as one combined-cycle block.
Heat rate applies to fuel-burning (thermal) units only.
Annual data table
| Year | Net GWh | Capacity factor | Heat rate (Btu/kWh) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14.8 | 84.2% | — |
| 2002 | 13 | 53.9% | — |
| 2003 | 17.2 | 67.8% | — |
| 2004 | 16.8 | 65.8% | — |
| 2005 | 15.9 | 62.5% | — |
| 2006 | 18 | 70.9% | — |
| 2007 | 13.5 | 53.2% | — |
| 2008 | 13.5 | 52.8% | — |
| 2009 | 16.3 | 64.0% | — |
| 2010 | 19.8 | 77.9% | — |
| 2011 | 17.9 | 70.5% | — |
| 2012 | 18.6 | 72.9% | — |
| 2013 | 21.4 | 84.3% | — |
| 2014 | 21.2 | 83.6% | — |
| 2015 | 19.5 | 76.8% | — |
| 2016 | 16.6 | 65.3% | — |
| 2017 | 17.9 | 70.5% | — |
| 2018 | 15.7 | 61.6% | — |
| 2019 | 14.1 | 55.4% | — |
| 2020 | 13.9 | 54.5% | — |
| 2021 | 12.3 | 48.4% | — |
| 2022 | 5.6 | 21.9% | — |
| 2023 | 0 | — | — |
Generators
EIA-860 (annual) with EIA-860M updates through Sep 2026. EIA-923 reports generation by plant, prime mover and fuel, not by unit, so unit-level output isn't shown.
| Gen ID | Technology | Prime mover | Nameplate MW | Summer MW | Online | Status | Planned retirement | OEM / model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB1 | Landfill Gas | IC | 1 | 1 | Sep 1999 | Retired Jul 2022 | — | coming soon |
| BB2 | Landfill Gas | IC | 1 | 1 | Dec 1999 | Retired Jul 2022 | — | coming soon |
| BB3 | Landfill Gas | IC | 0.9 | 0.9 | Mar 2002 | Retired Jul 2022 | — | coming soon |
Owner / operator
Operator: Catawba County. Ownership shares by in-service nameplate MW (EIA-860 Schedule 4; units not listed there are wholly owned by the operator).
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Within 80 km.
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