How many natural gas power plants are in Florida?

Florida has 72 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 55 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest natural gas power plant in Florida?

West County Energy Center in Palm Beach County, Florida is the largest, at 4,263 MW. It came online in 2011.

How many natural gas power plants were built in Florida in 2025?

2 natural gas power plants came online in Florida in 2025, with 737 MW of capacity.

Who is developing natural gas power plants in Florida?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Natural gas power plants in Florida

Florida has 72 operating natural gas power plants with 55 GW of capacity. 2 came online in 2025.

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See planned natural gas power plants in Florida

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 250 MW250–999 MW1 GW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Florida had 58 natural gas power plants online in 2016 and 72 in 2026

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Natural gas power plants online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest natural gas power plants in Florida

Operating, by capacity

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	West County Energy Center	Palm Beach County	2011	4,263 MW
2	Manatee	Manatee County	2005	2,951 MW
3	Fort Myers	Lee County	2016	2,557 MW
4	Martin	Martin County	2005	2,448 MW
5	Sanford	Volusia County	2003	2,378 MW
6	H L Culbreath Bayside Power Station	Hillsborough	2009	2,294 MW
7	Hines Energy Complex	Polk County	2007	2,266 MW
8	Gulf Clean Energy Center	Escambia County	2021	2,107 MW
9	Crystal River	Citrus County	2018	1,971 MW
10	Big Bend	Hillsborough	2021	1,797 MW

Natural gas power plants that came online most recently in Florida

Newest first

#	Natural gas power plant	County	Year online	Capacity
1	South Tampa Resilience Project	Hillsborough	2025	75 MW
2	C D McIntosh Jr	Polk County	2025	661 MW
3	Seminole (FL)	Putnam County	2023	1,183 MW
4	Jax LNG	Duval County	2023	13 MW
5	Dania Beach 7	Broward County	2022	1,448 MW
6	Gulf Clean Energy Center	Escambia County	2021	2,107 MW
7	Big Bend	Hillsborough	2021	1,797 MW
8	John R Kelly	Alachua County	2021	142 MW
9	Arvah B Hopkins	Leon County	2020	673 MW
10	Okeechobee Clean Energy Center	Okeechobee County	2019	1,723 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks natural gas power plants

Operating natural gas power plants come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about natural gas power plants in Florida

How many natural gas power plants are in Florida?: Florida has 72 operating utility-scale natural gas power plants with 55 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest natural gas power plant in Florida?: West County Energy Center in Palm Beach County, Florida is the largest, at 4,263 MW. It came online in 2011.
How many natural gas power plants were built in Florida in 2025?: 2 natural gas power plants came online in Florida in 2025, with 737 MW of capacity.
Who is developing natural gas power plants in Florida?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.