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DeSoto County Plant — United States of America

Retired gas power-station site in Florida, United States of America. Approximate location 27.2272, -81.8092.

GasFloridaUnited States of AmericaRetired

DeSoto County Plant is a retired gas power station in Florida, United States of America. Its current lifecycle status is “Retired” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. It ranks #1441 of 10,938 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. 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).

398.8MW installed capacity

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-1867.

Data status

Known data

FacilityDeSoto County Plant Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States of America · Florida Climate TRACE
Coordinates27.2272, -81.8092 Climate TRACE
FuelGas Climate TRACE
MW installed capacity398.8 MW EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; retired/historical capacity

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#1441 / 10938 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#676 / 2165 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers3.29× · 121.2 MW · n=2165 calculated
Climate22.7°C · HDD 68 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC4 · 42/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

OwnerNot available not in dataset
CommissionedNot available not in dataset
TechnologyNot available not in dataset
GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: EIA-860M May 2026 retired generator inventory, summed by Plant ID; fuel: Climate TRACE

In context: how this plant compares

At 398.8 MW, DeSoto County Plant is well above the median gas plant in United States of America (121.2 MW). Its lifecycle status is Retired; it no longer generates electricity. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #676 largest gas power plant of 2165 in United States of America by capacity.

United States of America has 2165 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 789,950 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 27.2272, -81.8092 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is DeSoto County Plant?

DeSoto County Plant was a gas-fired power station in Florida, United States of America and was retired.

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