Florida Solar Photovoltaic Capacity Planned
Florida Power & Light announces new projects that will add to its solar power generating capacity. 110 MegaWatts of solar power will be built at the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, the Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center, and the Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center. ...
... "Together, the three sites will prevent the release of nearly 3.5 million tons of greenhouses gases over the life of the projects, which is the equivalent of removing 25,000 cars from the road per year, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In addition, photovoltaic solar systems, which convert sunlight directly to electricity, consume no fuel, use no water, and produce no waste. Solar thermal systems, which use the power of the sun to produce electricity from steam, use no fossil fuel, no additional cooling water and produce zero greenhouse gas emissions. The 110 megawatts of photovoltaic solar and solar thermal power announced by FPL today is in addition to 250 megawatts of solar thermal power announced by FPL Energy on March 26. Together, the projects will dramatically extend FPL Group's lead as the world's No. 1 producer of solar energy. FPL Group is also the nation's No. 1 producer of wind power. " ...Via Florida Power & Light: New solar energy generation capacity