FP&L solar announcement will make Florida No. 2 for solar

Florida Power & Light Company just announced announced new solar energy projects that include the world’s largest photovoltaic solar plant. The company plans to build 110-megawatts of solar energy as part of a seven-year plan announced earlier this year to build 300-megawatts of solar in Florida.

“Pending regulatory approval, FPL will build 110 megawatts of solar power right here in the Sunshine State, making Florida No. 2 in the nation for solar energy,” FPL Group Chairman and CEO Lewis Hay, III announced today at the 2008 Florida Summit on Global Climate Change in Miami. “This is made possible in part by the strong support and determined leadership of Governor Crist and the Florida legislature, who crafted a progressive energy bill that put a supportive policy framework in place for solar power.”

Hay called for immediate action on climate change. “Every day we delay, another 18 million tons of CO2 are released into the atmosphere, most of which will remain there for close to a century. And with every year of inaction, the carbon reductions needed to deal successfully with climate change become larger and harder to achieve."

Check back for more coverage of the climate summit from St. Petersburg Times reporter David C. Adams.

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[raymond]

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[Raymond]

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