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Shady Hills Generating Station

Gas power plant in Florida, United States of America. Approximate location 28.3665, -82.5586.

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Shady Hills Generating Station is a 541 MW gas power station in Florida, United States of America. It is operated by Shady Hills Power Co LLC. Based on reported annual generation of 253 GWh, it can supply roughly 72,285 homes. It ranks #691 of 9,833 United States of America power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2002, it is around 24 years old — relatively modern. Its measured emissions of 85,610 t CO₂/yr (US EPA GHGRP) are equivalent to about 19,956 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).

541MW installed capacity
253GWh reported / yr
72,285homes powered
85,610t CO₂ / yr (US EPA GHGRP)
2002commissioned (~24 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id USA0055414.

85,610 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

19,956passenger cars driven for a year
11,165homes' yearly energy use
1,426,833tree 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: 625 GWh20142015: 0 GWh20152016: 0 GWh20162017: 540 GWh20172018: 681 GWh20182019: 253 GWh2019681 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Shady Hills Power Co LLC.

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 28.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

22.0°Cannual mean temp
192heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,676cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
27 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 15 °CJF: 16 °CFM: 19 °CMA: 21 °CAM: 24 °CMJ: 27 °CJJ: 28 °CJA: 28 °CAS: 27 °CSO: 23 °CON: 20 °CND: 16 °CD28 °C

Heating degree-days here run 92% 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 #407 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 28.3665, -82.5586 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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