FPL Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:47:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Florida Unveiled World's First Plant That Combines Solar Power With Natural Gas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/florida-hybrid-solar-energy-plant-20110314/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/florida-hybrid-solar-energy-plant-20110314/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:47:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17499 Florida, one of the states with the greatest solar energy potential has recently started the world's first hybrid solar energy plant. Called Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center, the Martin County-based plant, is equipped with about 190,000 solar thermal mirrors which track and harness the sun's power via hydraulic motors.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/florida-hybrid-solar-energy-plant-20110314/feed/ 2 17499 DeSoto Solar Power Plant Capable of Generating 110MW of Electricity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/desoto-solar-power-plant-capable-of-generating-110mw-of-electricity-20091009/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/desoto-solar-power-plant-capable-of-generating-110mw-of-electricity-20091009/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:21:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4701 The company Florida Power & Light has announced that its project called DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Florida, will be finalized soon and should be generating electric energy by the end of this month.

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