63rd largest plant in Florida · 2420th nationally
Pensacola Florida Plant is a natural gas power plant in Florida with a nameplate capacity of 102 MW. It generates roughly 487.1k MWh per year — enough to power about 46,387 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 55% puts it in the middle range — running steadily but not full-time. At 651 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 (102 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 | Pensacola Florida Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Ascend Performance Materials Llc |
| City | Cantonment |
| County | Escambia County |
| State | Florida |
| ZIP | 32533 |
| Coordinates | 30.59580, -87.25250 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 86.0 MW | Operating | 1993 |
| GEN3 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 6.0 MW | Operating | 1958 |
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 5.0 MW | Operating | 1953 |
| GEN2 | Natural Gas Steam Turbine | Natural Gas | 5.0 MW | Operating | 1957 |
| CO₂ | 158.5k metric tons |
|---|---|
| SO₂ | 2 metric tons |
| NOₓ | 324 metric tons |
| CO₂ Rate | 651 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 | Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans |
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.