Green Options » Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center http://greenoptions.com/tag/martin-next-generation-solar-energy-center Posts tagged 'Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center' Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:24:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Construction of Florida’s Largest Solar Plant Begins http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/02/fpl-breaks-ground-on-first-utility-scale-solar-project-in-florida/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/02/fpl-breaks-ground-on-first-utility-scale-solar-project-in-florida/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:24:01 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/02/fpl-breaks-ground-on-first-utility-scale-solar-project-in-florida/ Florida Power and Light\'s Martin Solar Thermal Plant

Florida Power & Light, the state’s biggest utility, broke ground today on what it says will be the first utility-scale solar investment in the state — and the first hybrid solar facility in the world to combine a solar-thermal field with a combined-cycle natural gas power plant.


Consisting of 180,000 mirrors spread out over 500 acres, FPL’s 75-megawatt Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center is situated on the Atlantic coast just north of Palm Beach County.FPL’s new facility is The Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center will use less fossil fuel when heat from the sun is available to help produce the steam needed to generate electricity. It also matches solar power with an existing combined-cycle natural gas plant, so that when the sun is not shining, the natural gas can take over the work of powering the turbines.

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