Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility 1
Other power plant · Palm Beach County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
62 MW
Rank in Florida
#237
of 346 plants
In service since
1989
May 1989
Details
- Primary fuel
- Other
- Technology
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Operator
- Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach Co
- County
- Palm Beach County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.08%
- Rank among other plants in Florida
- #17 of 41
- EIA plant code
- 50071
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Municipal Solid Waste | 62 MW | 50 MW | 1989 | 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
| Wheelabrator South Broward | Other | 66 MW |
| Lake Placid Solar Power Plant | Solar | 62 MW |
| Laurel Oaks Solar | Solar | 61 MW |
| Grange Hall Solar | Solar | 61 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 62 MW solar plant and a 62 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