28.01.2015: Electric utility Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) plans to more than triple its solar generating capacity by the end of 2016. Over the next 2 years, FPL will install three new PV power plants with a capacity of about 74 MW each, and it will add a few megawatts of PV capacity through a new community-based pilot program for commercial-scale PV. Overall, FPL expects to add more than 225 MW of new solar capacity within the next 2 years. The utility’s solar generating capacity currently stands at about 110 MW. The three PV power plants will be located at already identified sites in DeSoto County, Charlotte County and Manatee County. The Citrus Solar Energy Center in DeSoto County will be built near Florida's first large-scale solar park, which FPL commissioned in 2009. The Manatee Solar Energy Center will be built adjacent to an existing natural-gas power plant operated by FPL. FPL notes that solar is not generally cost effective in its service territory. However, the three power plants will be built at »uniquely advantaged« sites that enable the cost-effective development of large-scale solar. FPL notes that once PV prices decline further later in the decade, the utility will add additional solar generation capacity. For now, the company will continue to rely heavily on natural gas and nuclear energy. FPL is currently building new natural gas and nuclear power units. © PHOTON
Monty Bannerman
ArcStar Energy
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www.arcstarenergy.com
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