FPL plans for solar array in Sarasota
I will be signing up for FPL's Sunshine Energy Program ASAP... since they are building in my home town.
But the solar project FPL is building east of Sarasota -- on Bee Ridge Road, east of Interstate 75 -- is still expected to be the largest solar array in Florida, covering half the size of a football field with panels about 5 feet by 3 feet each.
It is being built to hold up FPL's end of the bargain with customers who have signed up for its Sunshine Energy program.
About 28,000 folks so far have agreed to fork over another $9.75 per month on their power bills to pay for power generated by renewable fuels such as wind and sunlight.
FPL has said it would buy renewable energy from another company, plus bring 150 kilowatts of solar power online for every 10,000 customers who join the program. This 250-kilowatt power producer gets the company more than two-thirds of the way to meeting its self-imposed requirement.
I will soon be paying $10 more per month but I will be using (in a way) green power!!!