Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy

Air Water Land Energy

Nebraska Energy Statistics

Biomass Energy Generation
in Nebraska

In 2023, the companies listed below reported that over 90 million kilowatthours of electricity were generated by biomass energy in Nebraska, an increase of 2.8 percent from the 2022 generation of 89,116,539 kilowatthours (see graph and table below).

The City of Lincoln and Lincoln Electric System have partnered on the Landfill Gas to Energy Project to harness the methane gas produced at the City of Lincoln's Bluff Road Landfill. The Landfill Gas to Energy Project is a 4.8 megawatt Lincoln Electric System power generating facility fueled with methane gas produced at the City of Lincoln's Bluff Road Landfill. The plant began commercial operation January 1, 2014. The project will provide the area with annual greenhouse gas reductions equivalent to the emissions from about 24,000 cars. To operate the plant, the Lincoln Electric System will purchase about 300,000 million British thermal units (Btu) of landfill gas from the City of Lincoln and use it to produce electricity capable of serving about 2,500 local households. The Lincoln Electric System has agreed to purchase the methane gas recovered from the Bluff Road Landfill and to convert all of the methane gas to electricity.

Timberline Energy has constructed and is operating a methane recovery and processing solution that processes methane recovered from the Butler County landfill into clean energy that is used in the boilers of Henningsen Foods. This is an example of a direct use solution. The clean methane provides a renewable and sustainable fuel source, displacing natural gas to fire steam boilers. Only a portion of the natural gas used by Henningsen Foods is displaced by the landfill methane. The Butler County project went commercial in July of 2008.

OLean Energy, owned and operated by Danny and Josie Kluthe, began generating electricity from methane in September, 2005. The facility was the first methane recovery project that used animal waste as a renewable energy source to generate electricity. The 8,000-head hog operation was located in Colfax County, three miles west of Dodge, Nebraska. Manure was pumped into a digester where it was heated and stirred to generate methane gas. The methane was captured by the digester cover and piped to the genset building where it was used to power an engine. The engine powered a generator that distributed electricity into Cuming County Public Power District's power lines. Nebraska Public Power District assisted in the project's electrical interconnection to Cuming County Public Power District's distribution system. OLean Energy had a total capacity of 0.08 megawatt. The average annual output could power 35 homes. As of July 2020, OLean no longer generates.

Elk City Station, operated by the Omaha Public Power District, is the first power plant in Nebraska to collect and burn methane to produce electricity. The station started generating electricity from methane in April, 2002. The methane is obtained from the nearby Douglas County Landfill. Elk City Station is a base load unit indicating that it can run year round. Elk City Station completed an expansion and now has a total capacity of 6.2 megawatts. The average annual output could power 4,000 homes.

The Theresa Street Waste Water Treatment Plant, operated by the City of Lincoln, started generating electricity from biomass in November, 1995. The Theresa Street generator went offline June 26, 2019. All of the electricity was used by the plant in its operations. The Theresa Street facility used an anaerobic digestion process which is the breaking down of organic solids by microorganisms into a more stable form. The production of methane gas is a by-product of the anaerobic digestion process. At the Theresa Street facility, the methane gas was used by two enginators as fuel to generate electrical power and to provide heat for the digestion process. The enginators can produce as much as 900 kilowatts of power while maintaining a temperature of 98 degrees Fahrenheit in the three egg–shaped digesters. This benefits the environment by reducing the need for electricity produced from fossil fuels and utilizes the methane gas which would otherwise be wasted.

The City of Omaha operates the Missouri River Water Resource Recovery Facility and the Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility. The facilities started generating electricity from methane in 1985. The Missouri River Water Resource Recovery Facility added a 1 megawatt generator in 2001 in addition to the existing 1 megawatt generator installed in 1985.

For more information, see Generating Units in Nebraska and the Nebraska Methane Production report.

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bar chart representing Nebraska Biomass Energy Generation

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Biomass Energy Generation
Nebraska, 2021–2024

Table 1 of 5

[Kilowatthours (kWh)]
Year
Company
Facility		 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Total
2024
Lincoln Electric System
Bluff Road Landfill 994,000 1,574,000 1,495,000 1,347,000 1,741,000 2,014,000 2,456,000 2,772,000 2,418,000 NA NA NA NA
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Water Resource Recovery Facility NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 4,202,000 4,124,000 4,388,000 3,603,000 3,882,000 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
2024 Total NA
2023
Lincoln Electric System
Bluff Road Landfill 2,447,000 1,713,000 1,612,000 1,427,000 2,379,000 2,385,000 2,238,000 2,381,000 1,952,000 1,573,000 1,772,000 1,509,000 23,388,000
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Water Resource Recovery Facility 1,136,010 952,018 1,133,842 1,031,689 1,060,270 1,040,773 1,001,726 849,486 1,097,651 1,107,394 1,026,046 1,135,044 12,571,949
Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility 624,000 534,000 580,000 563,000 607,000 529,000 628,000 625,000 595,000 633,000 607,000 377,000 6,902,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 3,965,000 3,271,000 3,754,000 4,273,000 4,442,000 4,240,000 4,332,000 4,064,000 3,656,000 4,135,000 4,277,000 4,338,000 48,747,000
2023 Total 91,608,949
2022
Lincoln Electric System
Bluff Road Landfill 2,747,000 2,212,000 2,045,000 2,416,000 2,617,000 1,906,000 1,895,000 1,031,000 1,200,000 744,000 1,624,000 1,110,000 21,547,000
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Water Resource Recovery Facility 1,307,410 1,163,485 1,237,926 1,174,416 1,161,183 996,134 737,414 1,011,823 1,111,658 1,031,237 1,043,007 1,137,846 13,113,539
Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility 663,000 363,000 560,000 605,000 556,000 446,000 333,000 377,000 342,000 288,000 450,000 669,000 5,652,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 3,878,000 3,502,000 4,119,000 4,403,000 4,495,000 4,316,000 4,431,000 4,139,000 3,720,000 4,100,000 3,994,000 3,707,000 48,804,000
2022 Total 89,116,539
2021
Lincoln Electric System
Bluff Road Landfill 2,773,000 2,104,000 1,586,000 1,908,000 2,690,000 2,662,000 2,681,000 3,061,000 2,278,000 1,111,000 2,393,000 2,019,000 27,266,000
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Water Resource Recovery Facility 1 667,507 750,086 827,272 817,016 868,171 584,917 717,823 1,119,235 1,064,589 1,131,703 1,048,615 1,211,579 10,808,513
Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility 661,000 623,000 663,000 631,000 653,000 610,000 637,000 570,000 612,000 516,000 540,000 635,000 7,351,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 4,471,000 3,493,000 4,200,000 4,396,000 4,537,000 4,173,000 3,856,000 4,408,000 4,288,000 4,254,000 3,827,000 3,970,000 49,875,000
2021 Total 95,300,513

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Biomass Energy Generation
Nebraska, 2013–2020

Table 2 of 5

[Kilowatthours (kWh)]
Year
Company
Facility		 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Total
2020
Cuming County Public Power District
OLean Energy 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 5
Lincoln Electric System
Bluff Road Landfill 2,173,000 2,997,000 1,917,000 2,604,000 2,862,000 2,720,000 2,841,000 2,632,000 1,930,000 2,538,000 2,192,000 1,890,000 29,296,000
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 1,009,000 958,000 946,000 883,000 824,000 611,000 567,000 555,000 520,000 542,000 580,000 678,000 8,673,000
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 661,000 623,000 663,000 631,000 653,000 610,000 637,000 570,000 612,000 516,000 540,000 635,000 7,351,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 4,535,000 4,059,000 4,477,000 4,091,000 4,540,000 3,899,000 4,324,000 2,524,000 3,732,000 3,790,000 4,018,000 4,445,000 48,434,000
2020 Total 93,754,000
2019
Cuming County Public Power District
OLean Energy 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4
Lincoln Electric System
Bluff Road Landfill 2,577,000 2,585.000 3,038,000 3,037,000 2,812,000 1,945,000 1,846,000 211,000 1,954,000 1,737,000 1,811,000 1,948,000 16,841,000
Lincoln Waste Water System –
Theresa Street Generator		 431,016 394,210 407,743 384,718 390,147 194,236 2,202,070
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 1,125,000 1,243,000 1,060,000 595,000 816,000 703,000 624,000 818,000 682,000 962,000 1,027,000 1,041,000 10,696,000
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 669,000 602,000 329,000 0 562,000 648,000 679,000 672,000 680,000 673,000 658,000 657,000 6,829,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 4,414,104 3,302,746 3,498,599 3,476,015 3,562,661 1,005,124 3,798,256 4,365,055 3,917,548 3,999,422 3,810,832 3,530,638 42,681,000
2019 Total 79,249,070
2018
Cuming County Public Power District
OLean Energy 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 1,104 1,764 15,788 147 47 0 4 0 4 0 4 18,850
Lincoln Electric System
Bluff Road Landfill 2,884,000 2,138,000 2,872,000 2,941,000 2,816,000 2,584,000 2,957,000 2,955,000 2,855,000 2,435,000 2,972,000 2,903,000 33,312,000
Lincoln Waste Water System –
Theresa Street Generator		 526,060 477,772 510,134 494,618 471,690 426,395 414,390 412,552 428,180 454,772 408,207 417,212 4,915,922
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 766,000 854,000 845,000 964,000 1,100,000 1,096,000 953,000 951,000 750,000 716,000 747,000 973,000 10,715,000
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 655,000 603,000 620,000 636,000 610,000 600,000 593,000 604,000 625,000 653,000 650,000 665,000 7,514,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 3,877,939 2,941,259 3,826,539 3,677,392 3,569,393 3,200,142 3,607,300 3,468,000 4,121,000 4,350,000 4,046,000 4,378,000 45,063,000
2018 Total 101,519,922
2017
Cuming County Public Power District
OLean Energy 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 4
Lincoln Electric System
Bluff Road Landfill 2,640,000 2,309,000 2,387,000 2,097,000 2,784,000 2,626,000 2,279,200 2,936,000 2,902,000 2,468,000 2,860,000 2,883,000 31,684,000
Lincoln Waste Water System –
Theresa Street Generator		 515,503 469,901 511,249 499,599 503,248 473,966 461,664 469,637 488,220 500,241 496,738 525,649 5,915,615
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 1,100,420 1,047,643 1,247,011 1,211,335 1,179,391 821,214 712,095 685,966 671,243 678,461 671,489 715,387 10,741,655
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 634,000 591,000 661,000 622,000 904,000 575,000 607,000 671,000 800,000 721,000 578,000 643,000 8,007,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 4,579,755 4,131,981 4,267,551 2,418,659 4,103,943 4,233,192 4,216,648 4,218,392 NA 4,120,200 3,862,672 3,958,755 44,111,748
2017 Total 100,460,018
2016
Cuming County Public Power District
OLean Energy 601 0 1 0 1 874 10,649 0 2 10 3 3,320 1,131 0 4 0 4 0 4 16,585
Lincoln Electric System
Bluff Road Landfill 2,432,000 2,744,000 3,107,000 2,949,000 3,176,000 2,675,000 2,858,000 2,788,000 2,597,000 2,710,000 1,266,000 1,446,000 30,748,000
Lincoln Waste Water System –
Theresa Street Generator		 547,348 503,494 548,517 570,547 521,351 465,447 520,129 493,446 463,891 492,257 479,084 531,339 6,136,850
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 938,395 877,560 1,009,050 750,711 785,918 650,016 742,927 762,455 1,075,745 1,248,157 1,233,302 1,215,437 11,289,672
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 662,000 765,000 665,000 648,000 678,000 630,000 657,000 740,000 659,000 675,000 635,000 526,000 7,940,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 3,753,466 7,893,849 4,388,245 3,960,991 3,984,194 3,892,302 4,011,162 4,094,965 4,304,319 4,078,250 4,304,797 4,285,918 52,952,458
2016 Total 109,083,565
2015
Cuming County Public Power District
OLean Energy 18,521 43,196 20,150 28,200 10,932 31,836 28,950 4,211 869 15,011 9,985 4,153 216,014
Lincoln Electric System
Bluff Road Landfill 2,676,000 2,481,000 2,784,000 2,739,000 3,060,000 2,786,000 3,033,000 3,204,000 2,736,000 3,130,000 2,785,000 2,922,000 34,336,000
Lincoln Waste Water System –
Theresa Street Generator		 267,234 204,405 337,355 516,011 371,660 508,977 506,947 491,238 485,619 520,475 500,277 550,626 5,260,824
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 983,082 903,678 793,527 872,979 901,190 817,686 689,981 689,923 683,390 641,831 737,945 896,354 9,611,568
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 604,000 478,000 542,000 624,000 632,000 614,000 647,000 655,000 577,000 669,000 613,000 656,000 7,311,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 2,983,831 3,795,412 3,949,518 4,104,792 4,305,948 4,074,847 4,347,906 4,318,517 4,388,237 4,335,740 4,161,083 4,259,850 49,025,681
2015 Total 105,761,087
2014
Lincoln Electric System
Bluff Road Landfill 1,683,000 1,558,000 1,672,000 1,530,000 1,414,000 1,216,000 1,607,000 2,180,000 2,020,000 2,434,000 3,055,000 2,989,000 23,358,000
Lincoln Waste Water System –
Theresa Street Generator		 430,491 274,331 289,149 275,371 278,769 263,740 271,614 270,769 264,046 282,136 273,554 290,431 3,464,401
Nebraska Public Power District
OLean Energy 12,439 26,184 11,410 15,272 17,724 8,386 18,029 354 18,509 193 9,447 6,732 144,679
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 1,063,018 1,057,772 1,039,887 918,476 943,454 900,758 637,901 615,228 623,442 691,001 676,298 887,156 10,054,391
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 624,170 597,964 638,472 630,113 639,857 596,304 617,995 647,899 619,331 653,264 600,025 521,857 7,387,250
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 3,750,438 3,423,769 3,757,368 3,735,724 4,186,552 4,128,151 4,288,015 3,968,146 3,972,581 3,849,580 3,803,586 4,216,292 47,080,202
2014 Total 91,488,923
2013
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 517,969 480,474 544,135 396,324 440,958 499,554 413,845 448,453 467,749 518,372 534,008 510,768 5,772,609
Nebraska Public Power District
OLean Energy 2,184 4,427 19,389 12,189 28,890 17,683 570 9,696 8,854 16,381 3,337 252 123,852
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 1,348,225 710,560 1,290,477 682,678 731,295 1,068,054 965,496 798,586 794,656 775,582 816,800 995,524 10,977,933
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 629,000 484,000 606,000 620,000 661,000 495,000 621,000 650,000 658,000 657,000 591,000 621,000 7,293,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 3,899,903 3,552,545 3,811,361 4,219,215 4,382,530 4,342,396 4,548,917 4,221,662 4,358,559 3,931,591 4,004,451 3,851,102 49,124,232
2013 Total 73,291,626

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Biomass Energy Generation
Nebraska, 2005 – 2012

Table 3 of 5

[Kilowatthours (kWh)]
Year
Company
Facility		 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Total
2012
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 470,653 511,239 519,954 501,565 495,737 466,869 380,153 354,257 402,264 487,465 496,223 539,700 5,626,079
Nebraska Public Power District
OLean Energy 25,664 13,272 5,913 15,167 4,645 6,631 2,016 9 1,446 11,662 3,107 364 89,896
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 977,924 751,015 921,631 895,271 1,102,655 918,593 914,045 873,701 796,013 858,081 976,351 963,367 10,948,647
Omaha, City of
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 466,000 404,000 509,000 487,000 584,000 605,000 634,000 633,000 619,000 626,000 572,000 653,000 6,792,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 4,132,096 3,568,080 2,100,153 3,730,582 3,963,808 3,712,944 3,819,326 3,994,118 4,254,534 4,521,127 4,381,408 3,905,274 46,083,450
2012 Total 69,540,072
2011
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 294,386 362,136 437,342 490,696 482,374 419,238 396,413 422,711 455,136 534,449 537,532 565,008 5,397,421
Nebraska Public Power District
OLean Energy 5,143 184 51 24,068 8,942 40,359 16,232 6,450 21,199 8,040 19,588 20,250 170,506
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 1,124,932 1,072,866 1,239,856 1,031,970 1,029,245 862,182 1,064,250 960,184 1,108,148 718,518 750,648 728,391 11,691,189
Omaha, City of
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 481,000 402,000 466,000 302,000 465,000 511,000 454,000 427,000 449,000 554,000 475,000 437,000 5,423,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 4,448,695 3,988,183 4,426,186 4,404,438 4,236,111 4,285,143 4,528,703 4,510,503 4,029,754 4,080,961 4,307,019 4,168,014 51,413,710
2011 Total 74,095,826
2010
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 459,268 470,288 NA 442,634 454,472 453,209 440,291 470,682 504,890 549,489 514,680 298,487 5,058,390
Nebraska Public Power District
OLean Energy 1,247 13,536 6,381 0 13,764 32,826 6,145 0 8,639 44,570 19,588 27,759 174,455
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 904,669 685,052 1,012,679 1,263,300 1,239,287 1,082,834 1,010,366 1,068,188 1,076,682 1,279,814 1,002,158 916,792 12,541,821
Omaha, City of
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 361,000 351,000 381,000 388,000 557,000 508,000 607,000 636,000 621,000 657,000 357,000 396,000 5,820,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 4,509,982 4,105,327 4,559,827 4,420,842 4,590,770 4,267,856 4,524,420 4,570,558 4,418,684 4,590,668 4,440,814 4,264,932 53,264,680
2010 Total 76,859,346
2009
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 309,484 353,023 473,571 519,833 505,290 443,960 227,550 257,040 253,695 263,859 257,338 499,203 4,363,846
Nebraska Public Power District
OLean Energy 527 16,863 47,058 32,728 53,601 14,554 898 146 44 1,450 13,475 18,667 200,011
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 928,483 1,124,669 1,608,151 1,712,412 1,194,182 1,075,499 1,283,968 1,162,294 1,010,430 1,146,295 1,032,713 1,134,511 14,413,607
Omaha, City of
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 335,000 299,000 320,000 327,000 582,000 603,000 441,000 336,000 366,000 412,000 350,000 384,000 4,755,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 3,599,895 3,357,678 3,616,578 3,599,937 3,845,420 3,845,420 3,803,723 4,066,658 4,393,427 4,592,751 4,442,246 4,479,501 47,643,234
2009 Total 71,375,698
2008
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 499,382 538,503 541,430 537,787 531,725 508,322 446,822 432,821 381,507 489,299 376,448 313,255 5,597,301
Nebraska Public Power District
OLean Energy 25,854 50,560 55,156 46,784 53,419 47,607 28,013 29,292 48,899 55,727 44,805 22,381 508,497
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 1,086,421 1,041,496 1,084,584 1,056,869 1,132,246 989,281 1,092,167 1,134,838 1,038,576 1,131,643 945,322 1,190,255 12,923,698
Omaha, City of
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 337,000 309,000 337,000 331,000 380,000 480,000 556,000 507,000 460,000 499,000 317,000 360,000 4,873,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 3,908,130 3,448,933 3,515,835 3,879,574 3,980,753 3,666,428 3,771,870 3,713,694 3,322,901 3,813,071 3,796,033 3,741,397 44,558,619
2008 Total 68,461,115
2007
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 341,803 285,683 405,347 524,203 484,101 398,771 442,894 459,920 418,440 377,573 449,601 507,614 5,095,950
Nebraska Public Power District
OLean Energy 24,022 11,386 45,928 48,622 51,644 34,436 51,212 48,899 55,138 39,764 32,115 45,613 488,779
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 1,103,334 833,348 893,166 858,385 980,249 1,011,977 1,089,264 1,115,486 1,057,953 1,164,689 1,029,223 1,189,823 12,326,897
Omaha, City of
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 229,000 240,000 318,000 347,000 305,000 282,000 311,000 339,000 266,000 230,000 201,000 209,000 3,277,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 3,932,422 3,507,015 3,903,094 3,746,656 3,817,969 3,720,893 3,906,880 3,900,823 3,868,109 4,008,518 3,849,507 4,020,499 46,182,385
2007 Total 67,371,011
2006
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 476,396 349,794 275,203 282,155 441,164 492,296 402,349 405,955 395,431 415,596 438,710 472,777 4,847,826
Nebraska Public Power District
OLean Energy 22,739 16,645 21,180 18,944 14,530 18,153 41,756 48,660 50,546 54,830 40,806 28,872 377,661
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 1,028,305 983,075 1,011,015 1,031,873 1,047,320 806,660 1,047,606 1,163,909 817,619 894,836 926,088 954,161 11,712,467
Omaha, City of
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 364,000 325,000 342,000 347,000 381,000 345,000 313,000 389,000 425,000 401,000 422,000 523,000 4,577,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 2,250,000 2,027,300 2,369,600 2,172,990 2,262,060 3,165,710 3,326,220 3,973,310 3,840,150 4,052,060 3,935,592 4,020,420 37,395,412
2006 Total 58,910,366
2005
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 472,769 351,382 273,159 262,521 306,386 399,691 373,565 305,994 347,047 480,041 482,768 524,297 4,579,620
Nebraska Public Power District
OLean Energy 10,457 7,028 20,602 22,575 60,662
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 1,199,149 912,449 1,133,768 1,025,940 822,402 853,461 774,682 765,182 728,305 759,694 733,649 1,051,650 10,760,331
Omaha, City of
Papillion Creek Treatment Plant 389,000 345,000 751,000 948,000 931,000 877,000 868,000 806,000 652,000 605,000 605,000 683,000 8,460,000
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 2,348,080 2,067,200 2,320,220 2,229,580 2,305,270 2,093,480 2,279,130 2,318,660 2,197,750 1,810,150 2,671,990 2,270,760 26,912,270
2005 Total 50,772,883

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Biomass Energy Generation
Nebraska, 2002 – 2004

Table 4 of 5

[Kilowatthours (kWh)]
Year
Company
Facility		 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Total
2004
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 355,374 403,792 482,435 447,215 413,743 372,889 363,310 404,140 400,774 393,540 396,783 494,980 4,928,975
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 1,106,210 912,449 921,146 993,668 1,280,822 1,340,503 1,127,654 997,775 1,122,228 987,337 989,329 1,114,236 12,893,357
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 2,323,210 2,118,560 2,324,940 2,228,740 2,245,020 2,050,020 2,332,240 2,208,140 2,156,130 2,292,420 2,184,890 2,274,360 26,738,670
2004 Total 44,561,002
2003
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 409,730 410,086 478,173 474,506 372,398 312,186 354,124 387,408 334,554 244,006 298,510 397,668 4,473,349
Omaha, City of
Missouri River Treatment Plant 778,793 698,537 666,710 588,479 649,225 835,126 1,136,587 1,299,479 1,206,082 963,469 573,067 1,050,193 10,445,747
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 2,334,780 2,134,500 2,322,810 2,259,930 2,331,240 2,263,890 2,226,230 2,194,070 2,241,680 2,303,380 2,264,740 2,211,980 27,089,230
2003 Total 42,008,326
2002
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 501,382 304,316 425,097 528,152 493,526 417,135 454,020 467,004 440,354 548,120 502,591 496,613 5,578,310
Omaha Public Power District
Elk City Station 1,480,300 2,097,840 2,141,070 2,200,580 2,272,140 2,081,680 2,222,640 2,275,330 2,355,120 19,126,700
2002 Total 24,705,010

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Biomass Energy Generation
Nebraska, 1995 – 2001

Table 5 of 5

[Kilowatthours (kWh)]
Year
Company
Facility		 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Total
2001
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 439,301 307,709 318,799 478,894 487,150 465,260 413,381 434,901 432,526 537,962 482,764 445,511 5,244,158
2000
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 423,376 439,912 485,576 437,202 452,717 457,117 353,261 428,277 445,165 444,748 527,568 493,516 5,388,435
1999
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 386,161 50,334 444,357 534,458 438,728 440,902 469,599 379,075 390,186 445,960 468,213 528,134 4,976,107
1998
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 356,184 353,546 515,692 495,127 475,022 455,485 518,262 474,437 531,461 585,938 527,152 575,747 5,864,053
1997
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 475,145 470,193 465,408 444,243 451,930 395,536 427,047 444,824 430,869 405,310 421,076 594,752 5,426,333
1996
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 475,835 455,180 531,466 496,895 494,386 452,030 444,374 NA 449,145 518,997 533,345 495,673 5,347,326
1995
Lincoln, City of
Theresa Street 527,967 536,704 1,064,671

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Sources: Omaha Public Power District, Omaha, NE. The City of Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. The City of Omaha, Omaha, NE. Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

Notes: NA indicates data is not available.

1 The OLean motor blew up and hasn't been replaced yet.

2 OLean was out of commission.

3 OLean continued to have problems.

4 OLean did not generate.

5 OLean no longer generates.

6 Ongoing construction/rehabilitation of anaerobic digestion improvements at the Missouri River Water Resource Recovery Facility limited process gas availability and production in the first half of 2021.

This table was updated on October 21, 2024.
Typically, there is one month between updates

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