Power plant · Pennsylvania, United States
Fairless Hills Power Plant
Fairless Hills Power Plant is a closed biomass power plant in Pennsylvania, United States, with 60 MW of capacity, operated by Constellation Power, Inc.
Grid connection
It closed in 2020, which freed up a 60 MW grid connection at 66 kV to the grid of PECO Energy Co, unless it has been reassigned since.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Pennsylvania | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1996 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| End year | 2020 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Constellation Power, Inc | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 60 MW (nameplate of its retired generators) | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill Gas | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | PECO Energy Co | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 66 kV | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 40.1405, -74.7506 | EIA-860 / 860M / 923 · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Fairless Hills is the 41st-largest of 42 power plants in Pennsylvania and the 988th-largest of 1,009 in the United States by capacity; its 60 MW is <0.1% of the 917,512 MW we hold for the United States. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 41st of 42 | 44,040 MW | 0.14% |
| United States | 988th of 1,009 | 917,512 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,278th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
- Retired
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 16 data centers, 2 AI supercomputers and 2 mines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton Della Phase 1 | AI supercomputer | 100 H100e | Operating | 25 km |
| Princeton Della Phase 2 | AI supercomputer | 396 H100e | Operating | 25 km |
| Kingston Quarry | Mine | — | Operating | 30 km |
| Wissahickon Stone Quarry | Mine | — | Operating | 37 km |
| Verizon Freehold Data Center | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
| Terminal Commerce Building | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| Data center, Ocean County (OSM way 1549253250) | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
More from Constellation Power, Inc
- Handley1,315 MW
- Wolf Hollow II1,231 MW
- Colorado Bend II1,230 MW
- Muddy Run1,072 MW
- Eddystone Generating Station862 MW
- Croydon CT Generating Station546 MW
- Conowingo531 MW
- Southeast Chicago Energy Project407 MW
Other power plants in Pennsylvania
- Peach Bottom2,876 MW
- TalenEnergy Susquehanna2,532 MW
- Limerick2,277 MW
- Conemaugh1,963 MW
- Keystone1,883 MW
- Beaver Valley1,847 MW
- TalenEnergy Montour1,758 MW
- TalenEnergy Martins Creek1,701 MW
Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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