GCS ENERGY RECOVERY OF PINELLAS, INC

How GCS ENERGY RECOVERY OF PINELLAS, INC compares

With 77 MW of capacity, GCS ENERGY RECOVERY OF PINELLAS, INC ranks 62nd among the 110 operating power plants Bywatts maps in Florida and 5th of the 21 operating Biomass plants in the state. It accounts for about 8.0% of Florida's operating Biomass capacity and 0.1% of all operating capacity in the state. Nationally it is the 36th-largest of the 350 operating Biomass plants in the database. Commissioned in 1983, it is older than 65% of the 108 operating Florida plants with a recorded commissioning year. It shares Pinellas County with 2 other operating plants, P L BARTOW and BAYBORO.

EIA-860 lists 2 generators at the site with 77 MW of nameplate capacity, all municipal solid waste technology. Net generation was 373 GWh in 2024 (a 56% capacity factor), down 12% from 2022. Its generators came online between 1983 and 1986.

Grid neighborhood

The nearest named substation is LAKE TARPON (500 kV), about 12.8 miles away; the closest transmission line found within 10 miles is a 230 kV line owned by DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, LLC, about 0.1 miles away. Another 10 operating power plants totaling 7,144 MW sit within 25 miles; the largest is H L CULBREATH BAYSIDE POWER STATION (2,294 MW, Natural Gas). Within 50 miles are 3 mapped data centers; the nearest is Hivelocity in Tampa, about 13.7 miles away.

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