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Piedmont Green Power— 60 MW Waste

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The Piedmont Green Power is a key infrastructure asset in United States of America's power generation grid, located on the continent of North America. Designated as a fossil fuel electricity generation station, the facility features an installed capacity of 60 MW. Its primary operation relies on harnessing waste energy resources to generate bulk electricity. To ensure flexibility and reliability, the station is also configured to utilize other as an auxiliary or secondary fuel source. Operational management and ownership of the facility are handled by the Piedmont Green Power LLC, which oversees daily maintenance and grid dispatch integration. The facility was officially connected to the commercial grid in 2013, since which it has maintained regular output, playing a structured role in domestic power supply security. In terms of domestic production capacity within United States of America, Piedmont Green Power occupies the #41 position among all operational waste power plants. Its 60 MW capacity represents a 0.61% share of United States of America's total installed waste generating capacity, which currently stands at 9,769 MW. The largest operational waste installation in United States of America is the Covington Facility with an output of 161 MW, making the Piedmont Green Power approximately 2.7 times smaller by comparison. Across all fuel types and electricity generation technologies country-wide, this facility accounts for 0.0043% of United States of America's aggregate generation capacity of 1,386,385 MW. Based on historical capacity factors characteristic of waste power plants (modeled at 30% for analysis), the facility's expected annual electricity generation is calculated at approximately 157,680 MWh. Applying domestic consumption statistics where an average household in United States of America consumes 11 MWh of electricity annually, this level of production is sufficient to meet the energy demands of roughly 14,335 homes. By utilizing traditional thermal power processes, the station delivers reliable dispatchable energy to the grid, supporting grid resilience during periods of low renewable resource availability and satisfying industrial base-load demands. The physical site of the station is located at geographic coordinates 33.0453° latitude and -84.1256° longitude. Analysis of local grid infrastructure shows a density of other assets within a 50-kilometer radius. These nearby facilities include the Scherer (coal-fired, 3564 MW), the Edward L. Addison Generating Plant (gas-fired, 701.2 MW), the Smarr Energy Center (gas-fired, 242 MW), representing a cluster of localized power assets. This geographic placement is vital for reinforcing regional distribution infrastructure and minimizing transmission line losses across this sector of United States of America.