Solar Power Plants
FPL is building the Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center — a $476 million, 75 MW(peak) parabolic trough array on 500 acres (200 ha) of the Martin County, Florida plant. The solar collectors will feed heat to the existing steam plant, reducing the need for gas. The energy from the solar array will generate power at a rate of 155,000 MW·h per year (18 MW).
FPL is building two solar photovoltaic power generation systems at Kennedy Space Center.
Now operational is the 25MW DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in DeSoto County, Florida. The facility uses more than 90,000 photovoltaic panels to supply power to more than 3,000 homes.
Read more about this topic: Florida Power & Light
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