250th largest plant in Florida · 5584th nationally
Florida's Natural Growers is a natural gas power plant in Florida with a nameplate capacity of 10.7 MW. It generates roughly 40.8k MWh per year — enough to power about 3,888 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 44% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 606 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
| Plant Name | Florida's Natural Growers |
|---|---|
| Operator | Citrus World Inc |
| City | Lake Wales |
| County | Polk County |
| State | Florida |
| ZIP | 33859 |
| Coordinates | 27.91140, -81.60060 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA70 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 7.2 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| CE50 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 3.5 MW | Operating | 1989 |
| CO₂ | 12.4k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 34 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 606 lb/MWh |
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Duke Energy Florida Inc |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.