Green Options » Sarasota http://greenoptions.com/tag/sarasota Posts tagged 'Sarasota' Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:59:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Up and Running: Florida’s Largest Solar Array http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/14/up-and-running-floridas-largest-solar-array/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/14/up-and-running-floridas-largest-solar-array/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:59:22 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/14/up-and-running-floridas-largest-solar-array/ Sunshine Energy Solar Array at Rothenbach Park in Sarasota County (Photo courtesy of FPL).Florida this week boosted its supply of renewable energy when its largest solar power array went online.

The Sunshine Energy Solar Array was dedicated Monday by Gov. Charlie Crist and Florida Power & Light (FPL) officials. The facility is located on a former landfill in Sarasota County.

The Sunshine array is not only Florida’s largest, but the second largest in the entire Southeast U.S. The array of 1,200 solar panels covers more than 28,000 square feet of Rothenbach Park, and is expected to generate about 250 kilowatts of electricity.

That’s enough to power 55 homes and prevent the annual release of more than 654,000 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air, according to FPL.

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