United States

Southampton Power Station — 71 MW Waste

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Southampton Power Station is a 71 MW waste power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
71 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1992

Year online

Owner
Virginia Electric & Power Co

Operator

Location
36.65, -77.00

Coordinates

Insights

#2,577
largest in %s
#34
largest %s worldwide
#11,679
largest worldwide
1992
%d yrs older than avg
38
operated by %s
147
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Waste
Capacity
71 MW
Commissioned
1992
Status
Operational
Owner
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Country
United States
Coordinates
36.653, -76.995

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
143,875 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
3.6M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
330 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

31,277
cars / year
19,183
homes / year
6.5M
trees to offset

Indicative estimate from standard life-cycle emission and capacity factors — not a measured figure. Open calculator

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About this plant

Southampton Power Station is a 71.1 MW waste-fired power plant in the United States, operated by Virginia Electric & Power Co since 1992.

Ranked #28 of 541 waste plants in the United States. Its 71.1 MW accounts for 0.73% of the United States’ total waste capacity of 9,768 MW. The largest waste plant in the United States is Covington Facility at 161 MW, making Southampton Power Station 2.3 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Southampton Solar LLC (100 MW, Solar) and International Paper Franklin Mill (82.5 MW, Gas). The facility is located in Virginia, approximately 60 km from Norfolk.

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