Manatee Solar Energy Center
Battery storage power plant · Manatee County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
484 MW
Rank in Florida
#40
of 346 plants
In service since
2016
December 2016
Details
- Primary fuel
- Battery storage
- Technology
- Batteries
- Operator
- Florida Power & Light Co
- County
- Manatee County
- Generating units
- 2
- Share of state capacity
- 0.60%
- Rank among battery storage plants in Florida
- #1 of 9
- EIA plant code
- 60014
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMS | Batteries | 409 MW | 409 MW | 2021 | Operating |
| 1 | Solar Photovoltaic | 75 MW | 75 MW | 2016 | 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
| Osceola Generating Station (FL) | Natural gas | 580 MW |
| Shady Hills Generating Station | Natural gas | 541 MW |
| Deerhaven Generating Station | Natural gas | 471 MW |
| Hardee Power Station | Natural gas | 470 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 484 MW solar plant and a 484 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