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10-26-2009, 07:07 AM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/AmericanFlag.jpg "This project is scalable to 10 to 15 times its current size." (http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/10/26/4443589.htm)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Suniva_PV_Panels.jpgTMCNET (http://www.tmcnet.com) - October 26, 2009
It is always good to see a large renewable energy source constructed. Will this effort be the start of a Florida-wide trend? --Ed.
One of the most modern electrical plants in Florida is being built in increments of 305 watts, which isn't enough power to toast a slice of bread.
When it's done, however, the Brevard County plant will be powerful enough to run a whole bakery, and then some.
A gang of about two-dozen workers is erecting 500 solar panels a day at the Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center, a project started recently by Florida Power & Light Co. at Kennedy Space Center. But the workers are improving their rhythm and their dexterity with the system's stainless-steel nuts and bolts, mounting brackets, power wrenches and aluminum-body panels.
"We'll get up to 700, 800 [panels] a day," said Mike Arroyo, a superintendent with subcontractor HyPower Inc., who said he won't need additional labor.
When the work is done next spring, the 60-acre plant will have 37,664 black-faced panels, each with a 305-watt output. But with the panels collectively facing the southern sky, they will generate enough to power 1,100 homes.
Such is the look of Florida's up-and-comer type of power plant, fueled by the sun's rays, seemingly high-tech, and yet as basic to build as an... http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/10/26/4443589.htm
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Suniva_PV_Panels.jpgTMCNET (http://www.tmcnet.com) - October 26, 2009
It is always good to see a large renewable energy source constructed. Will this effort be the start of a Florida-wide trend? --Ed.
One of the most modern electrical plants in Florida is being built in increments of 305 watts, which isn't enough power to toast a slice of bread.
When it's done, however, the Brevard County plant will be powerful enough to run a whole bakery, and then some.
A gang of about two-dozen workers is erecting 500 solar panels a day at the Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center, a project started recently by Florida Power & Light Co. at Kennedy Space Center. But the workers are improving their rhythm and their dexterity with the system's stainless-steel nuts and bolts, mounting brackets, power wrenches and aluminum-body panels.
"We'll get up to 700, 800 [panels] a day," said Mike Arroyo, a superintendent with subcontractor HyPower Inc., who said he won't need additional labor.
When the work is done next spring, the 60-acre plant will have 37,664 black-faced panels, each with a 305-watt output. But with the panels collectively facing the southern sky, they will generate enough to power 1,100 homes.
Such is the look of Florida's up-and-comer type of power plant, fueled by the sun's rays, seemingly high-tech, and yet as basic to build as an... http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/10/26/4443589.htm