Tropicana Products Bradenton
Natural gas power plant · Manatee County, Florida
Nameplate capacity
47 MW
Rank in Florida
#254
of 346 plants
In service since
1990
February 1990
Details
- Primary fuel
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
- Operator
- Tropicana Products Inc
- County
- Manatee County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.06%
- Rank among natural gas plants in Florida
- #51 of 65
- EIA plant code
- 50971
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN1 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | 47 MW | 31 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.
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| Field Street | Other | 48 MW |
| Hillsborough County Resource Recovery | Other | 47 MW |
| Big Bend II Solar | Solar | 46 MW |
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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 47 MW solar plant and a 47 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