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West County Energy Center

Palm Beach County, United States

The 84th largest power station in the world

4.26 GW · Capacity

The West County Energy Center is a natural gas power plant in Palm Beach County, Florida. The power plant features three 1,250MW multi-shaft combined cycle gas turbine generating units on a 220-acre (89 ha) site. The facility has been online since 2009, with all three generators reaching completion in 2011. It is the largest natural gas power plant in the United States.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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