The United States added 254 MW of biomass energy capacity last year, according to the December edition of The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Office of Energy Projects Energy Infrastructure Update.
In December, the U.S. added five biomass generating units with a combined capacity of 23 MW. During the full year 2014, the U.S. added 58 biomass generating units with a combined capacity of 254 MW. In 2013, 142 biomass units were added with a combined 858 MW of capacity.
Within its report, the FERC highlighted LES Service LLC’s 6 MW landfill gas-to-energy, which came online in December. The project, the Zimmerman Energy Facility, is located in Fulton County, Indiana. Power generated at the facility is sold to Northern Indiana Public Service Co. under a long-term contract.
Overall, the U.S. added a total of 490 new energy generation units in 2014 with a combined capacity of 15,384 MW. More than half of that new capacity came from renewable energy sources.