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'''Crystal River Energy Complex''' is was a 2,442.442,7-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station owned and operated by [[Progress Energy]] near Crystal River, Florida. Units 1-2 were retired in December 2018, reducing the plant's capacity to 1,478.4 MW.<ref name=hd/>
==Location==
==Coal to natural gas==
A new 1,640-megawatt CCGT plant is planned to be built on 400 acres of land adjacent to the company’s Crystal River complex and would start producing electricity in 2018. Two coal-fired units at Crystal River, units 1 and 2 totaling 964,3 MW, are expected to be shut down that same year.<ref>Jim Saunders, [http://jacksonville.com/business/2014-05-14/story/duke-energy-florida-plans-scrap-coal-power-plants-switch-natural-gas "Duke Energy Florida plans to scrap coal power plants, switch to natural gas,"] News Service of Florida Wed, May 14, 2014</ref>
The gas plant was completed in November 2018, and the coal-fired units retired at the end of December 2018.<ref name=hd/>
==Plant Data==
*'''Owner/Parent Company''': [[Progress Energy]]
*'''Plant Nameplate Capacity''': 2,442.442,7 MW*'''Units and In-Service Dates''': Unit 1: 440,.5 MW (1966), Unit 2: 523,.8 MW (1969), Unit 4: 739,.2 MW (1982), Unit 5: 739,.2 MW (1984)
*'''Location''': 15760 West Powerline St., Crystal River, FL 34428
*'''GPS Coordinates''': 28.958111, -82.699722 (exact)
*'''Coal Source''': Omni Coal Buckhorn 2 Mine; Resource Energy; [[Alpha Coal]] Roxana and Pioneer Prep Plants; [[Arch Coal]] Kentucky River Loading; [[James River Coal]] 76 Plant; [[Fork Creek 1 Mine]].<ref>[http://www.eia.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/eia423.html "EIA 423 and Schedule 2 of EIA-923,"] EIA 923 Schedules 2, 2011.</ref>
*'''Number of Employees''':
*'''Unit Retirements:''' Units 1 and 2 retired in December 2018<refname=hd>Heather Danenhower, [https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/coal-fired-units-to-retire-this-month/article_010197f4-022a-11e9-bd6b-13f5e3664b18.html "Coal-fired units to retire this month,"] Chronicle, Dec 17, 2018</ref>
==Emissions Data==
