IEEE FWCS PES/IAS Tour: Duke Bartow Plant Facility
The IEEE Florida West Coast Section Power & Energy Society/Industry Applications Society (PES/IAS), in partnership with Duke Energy, invites you to an exclusive tour of the Bartow Combined Cycle Plant. Join us for a short classroom session to learn about the facility prior to a guided walk-through of the combined cycle plant.
Bartow CC is a 1250MW 4x1 Combined Cycle facility featuring four (4) Siemens Combustion Turbine Generators and a Mitsubishi Steam Turbine Generator. The site reached commercial operation June 1st 2009 as an effort to repower the P.L. Bartow facility which previously had three (3) oil/gas fired steam turbine generators which came online in the 1950s.
Lunch will be provided.
Note: Please bring a government issued ID (i.e. a valid driver’s license) which will be required by Plant Security.
PPE: Tour attendees must wear long pants, shirts with sleeves, and closed-toe shoes.
Hard hats, safety glasses, and hearing protection will be provided. Personal jewelry should not be worn during the Station Tour.
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- Duke Bartow Plant
- 1601 Weedon Island Dr
- St Petersburg, Florida
- United States 33702
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- Co-sponsored by Duke Energy Florida
- Starts 17 October 2026 08:00 PM UTC
- Ends 11 November 2026 04:59 AM UTC
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Speakers
Joe Simpson
Biography:
Joe Simpson is a USF EE graduate, IEEE Senior Member, and license Professional Engineer in FL. He has worked in Power Generation for over 20 years with Duke Energy (Progress Energy). He spent his first ten years in various departments/organizations in nuclear power generation before transitioning to the coal/natural gas/solar/BESS technologies. He is responsible for ~12,000MW of power generation across Florida.