United States

Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill — 72 MW Biomass

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Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill is a 72 MW biomass power plant located in United States of America. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
72 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1980

Year online

Owner
Verso Corporation

Operator

Location
44.40, -89.83

Coordinates

Insights

#2,560
largest in %s
#142
largest %s worldwide
#11,611
largest worldwide
1980
%d yrs older than avg
4
operated by %s
33
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Biomass
Capacity
72 MW
Commissioned
1980
Status
Operational
Owner
Verso Corporation
Country
United States
Coordinates
44.395, -89.826

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
94,686 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
2.4M t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
230 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

20,584
cars / year
12,625
homes / year
4.3M
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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About this plant

Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill is a 72.3 MW biomass power plant in the United States, operated by Verso Corporation since 1980.

Ranked #27 of 156 biomass plants in the United States. Its 72.3 MW represents 1.39% of the total biomass capacity of 5,191 MW. The largest biomass plant in the United States is Mansfield Mill at 172 MW, making this facility 2.38 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Biron Mill (61.6 MW, Coal), Marshfield Utilities Gas Plant (60.4 MW, Gas), and Georgia-Pacific Corp – Nekoosa Mill (39 MW, Gas). The facility is located in Wisconsin, approximately 160 km north of Madison.

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