Gulf Clean Energy Center

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Gulf Clean Energy Center is an operating power station of at least 2108-megawatts (MW) in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States with multiple units, some of which are not currently operating. It is also known as Crist Plant.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gulf Clean Energy Center Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States 30.565986, -87.224511 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the power station.

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7: 30.565986, -87.224511
  • Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8A, Unit 8B, Unit 8C, Unit 8D: 30.5661, -87.2244

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 4 retired coal - bituminous 93.7 subcritical 1959 2020
Unit 4 operating[1] gas[1] 94[1] steam turbine[1] no[2] 2021[2]
Unit 5 retired coal - bituminous 93.7 subcritical 1961 2020
Unit 5 operating[1] gas[1] 94[1] steam turbine[1] no[2] 2021[2]
Unit 6 retired coal - bituminous 369.7 subcritical 1970 2020
Unit 6 operating[1] gas[1] 370[1] steam turbine[1] no[2] 2021[2][3]
Unit 7 retired coal - bituminous 578 subcritical 1973 2020
Unit 7 operating[1] gas[1] 578[1] steam turbine[1] no[2] 2021[2][3]
Unit 8A operating[1] gas, fuel oil[1][4] 243[1] gas turbine[1] no[5] 2021[6]
Unit 8B operating[1] gas, fuel oil[1][4] 243[1] gas turbine[1] no[5] 2021[6]
Unit 8C operating[1] gas, fuel oil[1][4] 243[1] gas turbine[1] no[5] 2021[6]
Unit 8D operating[1] gas, fuel oil[1][4] 243[1] gas turbine[1] no[5] 2021[6]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
Unit 4 Florida Power & Light Co (FPL) [100.0%]
Unit 4 Florida Power & Light Company[6] NextEra Energy, Inc. [100.0%]
Unit 5 Florida Power & Light Co (FPL) [100.0%]
Unit 5 Florida Power & Light Company[6] NextEra Energy, Inc. [100.0%]
Unit 6 Florida Power & Light Co (FPL) [100.0%]
Unit 6 Florida Power & Light Company[2] NextEra Energy, Inc. [100.0%]
Unit 7 Florida Power & Light Co (FPL) [100.0%]
Unit 7 Florida Power & Light Company[2] NextEra Energy, Inc. [100.0%]
Unit 8A Florida Power & Light Company[6] NextEra Energy, Inc. [100.0%]
Unit 8B Florida Power & Light Company[6] NextEra Energy, Inc. [100.0%]
Unit 8C Florida Power & Light Company[6] NextEra Energy, Inc. [100.0%]
Unit 8D Florida Power & Light Company[6] NextEra Energy, Inc. [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

  • Coal source(s): Sugar Camp mine

Coal – Crist Plant

  • Units and In-Service Dates: Unit 4: 93.7 MW (1959), Unit 5: 93.7 MW (1961), Unit 6: 369.7 MW (1970), Unit 7: 578.0 MW (1973)
  • Technology: Subcritical
  • Coal type: Bituminous
  • Coal Source: Sugar Camp Mine (Foresight)[7]
  • Unit Conversions: Units 6 and 7 were converted from coal-fired to gas-fired in 2020.[8]
  • Unit Retirements: Units 4 and 5 were retired from burning coal in 2020.[9]


According to an April 2020 article by S&P Global, units 4 and 5 will be retired before the end of 2025 and 2027, respectively. [10]

However, after Hurricane Sally damaged the plant's coal-handling equipment in September 2020, Gulf Power decided to retire its coal operations completely.[11]

According to the 10-year site plan of plant owners FPL and Gulf Power (2020-2029), Gulf Power was in the process of converting units 6 and 7 of the Crist Plant from coal to natural gas. The effort was underway and scheduled to be completed before the end of September 2020.[12]

Gas – Gulf Clean Energy Center

Units 4, 5, 6, 7 of previously Crist power station were coal-fired before converting to gas in 2021. The power station was renamed Gulf Clean Energy Center.

Florida Power & Light Company and Gulf Power Company have integrated and are now doing business as Florida Power & Light Company in Northwest Florida since January 2022.[13]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (May 2023)". Archived from the original on September 18, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (July 2021)". Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20211021182306/https://www.power-eng.com/coal/fpl-shuts-down-its-last-coal-fired-plant-in-florida-and-converting-another-to-natural-gas/. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221020160050/http://www.psc.state.fl.us/Files/PDF/Utilities/Electricgas/TenYearSitePlans/2021/Florida%20Power%20and%20Light%20and%20Gulf%20Power%20Company.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (November 2022)". Archived from the original on January 22, 2023. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 "U.S. Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (April 2022)". Archived from the original on July 12, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  7. "EIA 923 July 2020" EIA 923 July 2020.
  8. "FPL shuts down its last coal-fired plant in Florida and converting another to natural gas". Power Engineering. 2021-01-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (based on Form EIA-860M as a supplement to Form EIA-860) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  10. "Resource plan adds solar, gas, batteries in place of coal at Gulf Power" S&P Global, April 16, 2020.
  11. Little, Jim (2021-01-22). "Gulf Power's Plant Crist converts to natural gas, renamed Gulf Clean Energy Center". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  12. "Ten Year Power Plant Site Plan 2020 – 2029," Gulfpower.com, page 22 and 91, accessed May 2020.
  13. "FPL completes integration of Gulf Power; expands America's best energy value to Northwest Florida". www.investor.nexteraenergy.com. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

Additional data

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