Power Plants in Florida

Florida operates 405 power plants totaling 80,477 MW of nameplate capacity. Natural Gas dominates the mix at 72%, followed by Solar (14%) and Nuclear (6%). The largest plant is West County Energy Center at 4,263 MW.

Plants405operating sites
Capacity80,476 MWnameplate
Generation258.1M MWhannual
CO₂101.5Mmetric tons/year
Natural Gas 72%Solar 14%Nuclear 6%Coal 5%

Plant locations

Showing the 120 largest plants by capacity. Florida operates another 285 plants below this size — browse the lists below to reach them.

Largest plants in Florida

PlantCityFuelCapacity
West County Energy CenterLoxahatcheeNatural Gas4,263 MW
Crystal RiverCrystal RiverNatural Gas3,449 MW
ManateeParrishNatural Gas2,951 MW
Turkey PointHomesteadNuclear2,861 MW
Fort MyersFt. MyersNatural Gas2,681 MW
LauderdaleFt. LauderdaleNatural Gas2,664 MW
Seminole (Fl)PalatkaCoal2,612 MW
MartinIndiantownNatural Gas2,449 MW
H L Culbreath Bayside Power StationTampaNatural Gas2,399 MW
SanfordDebaryNatural Gas2,378 MW
Big BendApollo BeachNatural Gas2,275 MW
Hines Energy ComplexBartowNatural Gas2,266 MW
St LucieJensen BeachNuclear2,160 MW
Gulf Clean Energy CenterPensacolaNatural Gas2,108 MW
Okeechobee Clean Energy CenterOkeechobeeNatural Gas1,723 MW
PolkMulberryNatural Gas1,493 MW
P L BartowSt. PetersburgNatural Gas1,476 MW
Dania Beach 7Ft. LauderdaleNatural Gas1,448 MW
Northside Generating StationJacksonvilleNatural Gas1,407 MW
Port EvergladesFt. LauderdaleNatural Gas1,352 MW
Cape CanaveralCocoaNatural Gas1,295 MW
RivieraRiviera BeachNatural Gas1,295 MW
Stanton Energy CenterOrlandoCoal1,262 MW
Intercession CityIntercession CityNatural Gas1,197 MW
AncloteHolidayNatural Gas1,112 MW
Oleander Power Project LpCocoaNatural Gas994 MW
Midulla Generating StationBowling GreenNatural Gas853 MW
Brandy BranchBaldwinNatural Gas783 MW
DebaryDebaryNatural Gas748 MW
Vandolah Power StationWauchulaNatural Gas728 MW
Cane IslandIntercession CityNatural Gas706 MW
Curtis H Stanton Energy CenterOrlandoNatural Gas688 MW
Arvah B HopkinsTallahasseeNatural Gas673 MW
Lansing SmithSouthportNatural Gas662 MW
Osprey Energy Center Power PlantAuburndaleNatural Gas644 MW
Indian RiverTitusvilleNatural Gas609 MW
Osceola Generating Station (Fl)St. CloudNatural Gas580 MW
C D Mcintosh JrLakelandNatural Gas546 MW
Shady Hills Generating StationShady HillsNatural Gas541 MW
Manatee Solar Energy CenterParrishSolar484 MW
Deerhaven Generating StationGainesvilleNatural Gas471 MW
Hardee Power StationBowling GreenNatural Gas470 MW
Treasure Coast Energy CenterFt. PierceNatural Gas411 MW
Greenland Energy CenterJacksonvilleNatural Gas381 MW
J D KennedyJacksonvilleNatural Gas370 MW
Indian River PlantTitusvilleNatural Gas343 MW
Tiger BayFt. MeadeNatural Gas278 MW
Santa Rosa Energy CenterPaceNatural Gas275 MW
S O PurdomSt MarksNatural Gas270 MW
BayboroSt. PetersburgOil227 MW

By county

Polk County33 plants · 6,556 MWPalm Beach County11 plants · 6,167 MWBroward County7 plants · 5,541 MWHillsborough County29 plants · 5,466 MWManatee County13 plants · 3,930 MWBrevard County12 plants · 3,555 MWCitrus County2 plants · 3,523 MWVolusia County9 plants · 3,324 MWSt Lucie County16 plants · 3,241 MWPutnam County10 plants · 3,214 MWMiami Dade County11 plants · 3,070 MWDuval County20 plants · 3,054 MWLee County2 plants · 2,739 MWOsceola County10 plants · 2,720 MWMartin County6 plants · 2,672 MWEscambia County10 plants · 2,657 MWOrange County12 plants · 2,222 MWHardee County6 plants · 2,201 MWOkeechobee County10 plants · 2,095 MWPasco County6 plants · 1,809 MWPinellas County6 plants · 1,784 MWBay County5 plants · 960 MWAlachua County13 plants · 956 MWLeon County5 plants · 753 MWHendry County13 plants · 645 MWSanta Rosa County5 plants · 477 MWSuwannee County5 plants · 460 MWDesoto County9 plants · 401 MWIndian River County6 plants · 372 MWColumbia County5 plants · 328 MWBaker County5 plants · 298 MWCalhoun County9 plants · 298 MWWakulla County1 plants · 270 MWGilchrist County4 plants · 235 MWNassau County5 plants · 235 MWJackson County6 plants · 228 MWClay County3 plants · 223 MWWalton County6 plants · 223 MWGadsden County3 plants · 192 MWOkaloosa County3 plants · 179 MWHamilton County5 plants · 174 MWCharlotte County5 plants · 162 MWMadison County4 plants · 149 MWMonroe County4 plants · 137 MWCollier County4 plants · 78 MWLevy County4 plants · 74 MWDesoto County1 plants · 74 MWSt Johns County1 plants · 74 MWUnion County1 plants · 74 MWWashington County1 plants · 74 MWHighlands County6 plants · 62 MWLake County4 plants · 23 MWSarasota County1 plants · 6 MWSeminole County2 plants · 6 MWGulf County1 plants · 5 MWTaylor County2 plants · 5 MWMarion County1 plants · 2 MWHernando County1 plants · 1 MWJefferson County1 plants · 0 MW