Blackwater River Solar Energy Center
Solar power plant · Santa Rosa County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
149 MW
Rank in Florida
#53
of 346 plants
In service since
2023
January 2023
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Florida Power & Light Co
- County
- Santa Rosa County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.18%
- Rank among solar plants in Florida
- #1 of 225
- EIA plant code
- 65433
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 75 MW | 75 MW | 2023 | Operating |
| 2 | Batteries | 75 MW | 75 MW | 2025 | 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
| Suwannee River | Natural gas | 198 MW |
| Orange Cogeneration Facility | Natural gas | 157 MW |
| Canoe | Solar | 149 MW |
| FPL Chipola River Solar Energy Center | Solar | 149 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 149 MW solar plant and a 149 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