Wheat is one of the most important crops worldwide. Mexicali, Baja California, is an important wheat producer in Mexico with an average production of 507,543 t. Wheat straw is generated as a residue which could be used for different purposes such as bioenergy, heat and power generation. In this work, an assessment and potential site determination of a biomass power plant operating with wheat straw as fuel was performed. Aspen Plus was used to evaluate a plant capacity of at least 10 MW considering the physicochemical properties and an higher heating value of 14.86 MJ kg⁻¹ of the wheat straw from the region. The combustion produced 39.76 MW, and the overall plant efficiency was 25.52%. The development of the multi-criteria geographic information system model allowed us to assess and analyse four factors and three restrictions to determine the potential site for the biomass power plant. The factors were raw material, wheat crops, electric transmission lines, paths and roads, water canals and aqueducts, while the restrictions were localities, Ramsar sites and faults. The biomass power plant is technically and geographically feasible. The geographical coordinates of the potential site of the biomass power plant that fulfils all the criteria are 32°29′29.72″N and 115°15′39.45″W.

小麦是世界上最重要的农作物之一。下加利福尼亚州墨西卡利（Mexicali）是墨西哥的重要小麦生产国，平均产量为507,543吨。小麦秸秆作为残留物产生，可用于不同目的，例如生物能源，热能和发电。在这项工作中，对使用麦秸作为燃料的生物质发电厂进行了评估和潜在的地点确定。考虑到物理化学性质和较高的发热量14.86 MJ kg ^-1， Aspen Plus用于评估至少10 MW的电厂容量该地区的小麦秸秆。燃烧产生了39.76兆瓦，整个电厂的效率为25.52％。多标准地理信息系统模型的开发使我们能够评估和分析四个因素和三个限制，以确定生物质发电厂的潜在地点。这些因素是原材料，小麦作物，输电线路，道路和道路，水渠和渡槽，而限制因素是地区，拉姆萨尔遗址和断层。生物质发电厂在技术和地理上都是可行的。满足所有条件的生物质电厂潜在站点的地理坐标为32°29'29.72“ N和115°15'39.45” W。