42nd largest plant in Florida · 774th nationally
Hardee Power Station is a natural gas power plant in Florida with a nameplate capacity of 470 MW. It generates roughly 804.5k MWh per year — enough to power about 76,623 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 20% reflects intermittent or peaking operation. At 12 lb CO₂/MWh, its emission rate sits below the national grid average of roughly 800 lb/MWh.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (470 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Hardee Power Station |
|---|---|
| Operator | Invenergy Services Llc |
| City | Bowling Green |
| County | Hardee County |
| State | Florida |
| ZIP | 33834 |
| Coordinates | 27.63640, -81.96360 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 95.9 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 95.9 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 95.9 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| GEN5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 95.9 MW | Operating | 2000 |
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.5 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| Owner | Location | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hardee Power Partners Ltd | Tampa, FL | 10000.0% |
Ownership reported to EIA Form 860. Percentages reflect reported generator-level ownership share, averaged when a plant has multiple generators.
| CO₂ | 5.0k metric tons |
|---|---|
| NOₓ | 1 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 12 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 | Tampa Electric Company |
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.