Crystal River Energy Complex

Crystal River Energy Complex
Crystal River Energy Complex
	The entire complex
Country	United States
Location	Crystal River, Florida
Coordinates	28.958111°N 82.699722°W
Status	Operational
Construction began	Unit 3: September 25, 1968
Commission date	Unit 1: 1966; Unit 2: 1969; Unit 3: March 13, 1977; Unit 4: 1982; Unit 5: 1984;
Decommission date	Unit 3: February 5, 2013
Construction cost	Unit 3: $400 million
Owner(s)	Duke Energy
Operator(s)	Duke Energy
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Secondary fuel	Fuel oil
Cooling source	Crystal River, Air cooling
Power generation
Units operational	2 × 717 MW
Units cancelled	1 × 897 MW
Units decommissioned	1 × 860 MW; 1 × 373 MW; 1 × 469 MW;
Nameplate capacity	1,434 MW
Capacity factor	44.57%
Annual net output	8886 GW·h (2016)

The Crystal River Energy Complex consists of seven power-generating plants on a 4,700-acre (1,900 ha) site near the mouth of the Crystal River in Citrus County, Florida. Crystal River 1, 2, 4, and 5 are fossil fuel power plants. Crystal River 3 was previously the sole nuclear power plant on the site (1977-2013). The Crystal River Combined Cycle site consists of two Mitsubishi gas turbines, which came on-line in 2018. The complex was developed in the early 1960s by the Florida Power Corporation and sold to Progress Energy Inc in 2000. Following Progress Energy's merger with Duke Energy in 2012, the facility is owned and operated by Duke Energy.

In February 2013, Duke Energy announced that Crystal River 3 would be permanently shut down.

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