Citrus Solar Energy Center Hybrid
Solar power plant · DeSoto County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
79 MW
Rank in Florida
#80
of 346 plants
In service since
2016
December 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Florida Power & Light Co
- County
- DeSoto County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.10%
- Rank among solar plants in Florida
- #13 of 225
- EIA plant code
- 60061
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 75 MW | 75 MW | 2016 | Operating |
| BA | Batteries | 4.0 MW | 4.0 MW | 2018 | 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
| Mosaic Co Bartow Facility | Other | 82 MW |
| Georgia-Pacific Palatka Operations | Other | 80 MW |
| Pinellas County Resource Recovery | Other | 77 MW |
| South Tampa Resilience Project | Natural gas | 75 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 79 MW solar plant and a 79 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