Crystal River

Gas power plant in Florida, United States of America. Approximate location 28.9656, -82.6977.

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Crystal River is a 3,449 MW gas power station in Florida, United States of America. It is operated by Duke Energy Florida LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 15,044 GWh, it can supply roughly 4,298,314 homes. It ranks #8 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2003, it is around 23 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 8,392,686 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 1,956,337 cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 40.0% of United States of America's electricity; the national grid averages 384 gCO₂/kWh (43.0% low-carbon) (2025).

3,449MW installed capacity
15,044GWh reported / yr
4,298,314homes powered
8,392,686t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
2003commissioned (~23 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0000628.

8,392,686 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,956,337passenger cars driven for a year
1,094,508homes' yearly energy use
139,878,100tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to US EPA GHGRP.

Reported generation trend

2013: 0 GWh20132014: 11,760 GWh20142015: 9,745 GWh20152016: 8,886 GWh20162017: 8,755 GWh20172018: 9,822 GWh20182019: 15,044 GWh201915k GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Duke Energy Florida LLC. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This gas plant burns natural gas in a turbine — often in a combined-cycle setup — to generate electricity. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 29.0°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

21.3°Cannual mean temp
305heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,504cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
16 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 14 °CJF: 15 °CFM: 18 °CMA: 20 °CAM: 24 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 27 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 26 °CSO: 23 °CON: 18 °CND: 15 °CD27 °C

Heating degree-days here run 88% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 18/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

A gas turbine here also runs ~4% below its ISO (15°C) rating at this annual mean (typical CCGT curve, estimate).

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #2 largest gas power plant of 1818 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 1818 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 546,436 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 28.9656, -82.6977 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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