Indian River

Gas power plant in Florida, United States of America. Approximate location 28.4932, -80.7802.

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Indian River is a 609 MW gas power station in Florida, United States of America. It is operated by Orlando Utilities Comm. Based on reported annual generation of -1 GWh, it can supply roughly -285 homes. It ranks #606 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1969, it is around 57 years old — an older, legacy facility. Its measured emissions of 62,927 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 14,668 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).

609MW installed capacity
-1GWh reported / yr
-285homes powered
62,927t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
1969commissioned (~57 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055318.

62,927 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

14,668passenger cars driven for a year
8,206homes' yearly energy use
1,048,783tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

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

Capacity vs largest gas plants in United States of America

West County Energy Center: 4,263 MW4kWest Count…Crystal River: 3,449 MW3kCrystal Ri…Jack McDonough: 2,848 MW3kJack McDon…Fort Myers: 2,681 MW3kFort MyersBarry: 2,570 MW3kBarryChalk Point LLC: 2,553 MW3kChalk Poin…Ravenswood: 2,551 MW3kRavenswoodMartin: 2,448 MW2kMartin

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Orlando Utilities Comm. 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 28.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

22.2°Cannual mean temp
139heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,686cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
9 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 16 °CJF: 17 °CFM: 19 °CMA: 21 °CAM: 24 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 27 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 24 °CON: 20 °CND: 17 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 94% 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: 16/100 — 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 ~5% 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 #346 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 28.4932, -80.7802 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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