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December 16, 2007 – Vol. 12 No.39 FPL and NASA To Explore Renewable Energy Projects In Florida. Both leaders in solar energy will combine experience to advance and deploy the use of large scale solar technology in Florida as early as 2008. FPL Group (Florida Power & Light) owns and operates the largest solar facility in the world, 150 megawatts of the Solar Energy Generating Stations (SEGS) in California. NASA has the top space science experts with extensive experience using solar technology in space. National Aeronautic and Space Administration’s Kennedy Space Center (NASA-KSC) also is a significant consumer of electric power with land and/or facilities that may be available for renewable energy projects.
(NASA-KSC covers 219 square miles and only 9 percent of the land is developed. Considerable federal government owned acreage is available for solar projects.) Examples of the types of projects contemplated for evaluation under the agreement include solar, biomass, and wind energy projects. The parties plan to initially study the feasibility of installing a solar photovoltaic power generation system capable of producing up to 10 megawatts of electrical power at a site of approximately 50 acres. Such a facility would produce enough energy to serve about 3,000 average homes. (12/14/07)
Links: FPL Group FPL Energy (power generation) NASA-KSC
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