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Gulf Clean Energy Center

Natural gas power plant · Escambia County, Florida

Nameplate capacity
2,108 MW
Rank in Florida
#11
of 346 plants
In service since
1959
July 1959

Details

Primary fuel
Natural gas
Technology
Natural Gas Steam Turbine
Operator
Florida Power & Light Co
County
Escambia County
Generating units
8
Share of state capacity
2.60%
Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
#8 of 65
EIA plant code
641

Generating units

Individual generating units at Gulf Clean Energy Center
UnitTechnologyNameplateSummerOnlineStatus
7Natural Gas Steam Turbine578 MW475 MW1973Operating
6Natural Gas Steam Turbine370 MW299 MW1970Operating
8ANatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine243 MW236 MW2021Operating
8BNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine243 MW236 MW2021Operating
8CNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine243 MW231 MW2021Operating
8DNatural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine243 MW231 MW2021Operating
4Natural Gas Steam Turbine94 MW75 MW1959Operating
5Natural Gas Steam Turbine94 MW75 MW1961Operating

Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.

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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 2,108 MW solar plant and a 2,108 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