 Bayside Power Station, along with Tampa Electric's other power plants, serve customers across the West Central Florida service area. |
Located on Port Sutton Road near Tampa Bay, the H.L. Culbreath Bayside Power Station provides approximately 1,800 megawatts of natural gas-fueled electric energy.
Bayside Unit One went into commercial service in May 2003 and Bayside Unit Two went into commercial service in January 2004.
The project integrates seven new combustion turbines and seven heat recovery steam generators and two of the plants' steam turbines to reliably and cost effectively produce over 1,800 megawatts of power.
By using natural gas at the new Bayside Power Station along with high efficiency, state-of-the-art controls at its coal-fired plants, Tampa Electric will be able to significantly reduce emissions and meet growing energy needs well into the future. Repowering with natural gas has reduced Bayside Power Station's nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide emissions by approximately 99 percent to date, plus particulate matter emissions have decreased by more than 93 percent from 1998 levels.
