Big Bend II Solar
Solar power plant · Hillsborough County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
46 MW
Rank in Florida
#255
of 346 plants
In service since
2022
January 2022
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Tampa Electric Co
- County
- Hillsborough County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among solar plants in Florida
- #176 of 225
- EIA plant code
- 64641
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Solar Photovoltaic | 46 MW | 46 MW | 2022 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
Similarly sized plants in Florida
| Hillsborough County Resource Recovery | Other | 47 MW |
| Tropicana Products Bradenton | Natural gas | 47 MW |
| J Woodruff | Hydro | 44 MW |
| FL Solar 4, LLC | Solar | 42 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 46 MW solar plant and a 46 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Florida power plants · What Florida actually generates