FERNANDINA BEACH MILL

How FERNANDINA BEACH MILL compares

With 118 MW of capacity, FERNANDINA BEACH MILL ranks 54th among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 2nd of the 21 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 12% of Florida's operating Biomass capacity and 0.2% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 9th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1982, it is older than 67% of the 108 operating Florida plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Nassau County with one other operating plant, RAYONIER FERNANDINA MILL.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 97 MW of nameplate capacity, all wood/wood waste biomass technology (this page's HIFLD capacity figure is 118 MW). Net generation was 568 GWh in 2024 (a 67% capacity factor), down 2% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1982 and 1988.

Grid neighborhood

The closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 138 kV line owned by FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT CO, about 3.6 miles away. Another 6 operating power plants totaling 1,895 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is NORTHSIDE GENERATING STATION (1,407 MW, Oil). Within 50 miles is one mapped data center, SBA Edge - Jacksonville (JAX) in Jacksonville, about 27.2 miles away.

Computed by Bywatts from HIFLD power plant and transmission line records, EIA-860/923 survey data and PeeringDB data center locations; distances are straight-line. Sources and methodology