Indiantown Cogen power station
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Indiantown Cogen power station is a retired power station in Indiantown, Martin, Florida, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Indiantown Cogen power station | Indiantown, Martin, Florida, United States | 27.039261, -80.514744 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the power station.
Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):
- Unit 1: 27.039261, -80.514744
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Retired | coal: bituminous | 395.4 | subcritical | 1995 | 2020 |
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Florida Power & Light Co [100%] | NextEra Energy Inc [100.0%] |
Scheduled Retirement
According to plant owner Florida Power & Light (FPL)'s Ten Year Power Plant Site Plan (2018-2027), the coal plant is planned for retirement in First Quarter 2020, because power from the coal plant "is no longer cost-effective for FPL’s customers."[1]
According to FPL and Gulf Power's Ten Year Power Plant Site Plan (2020-2029), the retirement is postponed to December 2020.[2]
Background
The Indiantown Generating Plant, located in Martin County, Florida, is a 395-megawatt (net) cogeneration facility fueled by pulverized coal. Its electricity output — enough for approximately 330,000 homes — is sold under contract to Florida Power and Light Company. The plant also supplies up to 745 million pounds of steam per year to a citrus processing plant owned by Caulkins Indiantown Citrus Company. It entered commercial service in December 1995.[3]
Purchase by FPL
In October 2016 Florida Power & Light bought Indiantown Cogen power station for $451 million from Calypso Energy Holdings. FPL plans to immediately reduce the plant's operations, so that it operates no more than about 5 percent of the time, with the intention of eventually phasing the plant out of service.[4]
In 1991, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a long-term purchased-power agreement between FPL and the Indiantown Cogeneration L.P. facility that does not expire until 2025. The contract was based on the cost of power at the time; however, FPL can currently generate electricity at a much lower cost. The utility said it will save $129 million over the next nine years as a result of the purchase.[4]
After the expected addition of a new natural gas pipeline system into Florida in 2017 and with the gas-fired Okeechobee Energy Center entering service in 2019, FPL believes that the Indiantown Cogeneration plant will no longer be economic and plans to retire the facility years sooner than it otherwise would have been.[4]
The last coal delivery to the plant was in August 2017 and the last natural gas in 2018, according to the EIA 923 database.[5]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ Ten Year Power Plant Site Plan (2018-2027), Florida Power & Light, April 2018
- ↑ "Ten Year Power Plant Site Plan 2020 – 2029" Gulfpower.com, page 22, accessed May 2020.
- ↑ "Indiantown generating plant," National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc., accessed Nov 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "FPL announces plans to buy and phase out another coal-fired power plant, saving customers millions of dollars and preventing millions of tons of carbon emissions," FPL, June 20, 2016
- ↑ "Form EIA-923 detailed data with previous form data," EIA database, accessed May 2020.
Additional data
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