Covanta Lake County Energy
Other power plant · Lake County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
16 MW
Rank in Florida
#276
of 346 plants
In service since
1990
September 1990
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- Covanta Lake Inc
- County
- Lake County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.02%
- Rank among other plants in Florida
- #28 of 41
- EIA plant code
- 50629
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 16 MW | 13 MW | 1990 | 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
| Swift Creek Chemical Complex | Other | 19 MW |
| Sub 12 | Natural gas | 19 MW |
| Pea Ridge | Natural gas | 14 MW |
| Standby Generation Plant | Natural gas | 14 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 16 MW solar plant and a 16 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