FPL's DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center to start supplying power

Florida Power & Light Company has announced that it expects the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Arcadia, Florida to begin delivering electricity to customers later in October 2009, ahead of schedule.

Constructed in less than a year, the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center uses over 90,000 photovoltaic panels to turn the sun's rays into electricity to power more than 3,000 homes.

The DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center is one of three new commercial-scale, renewable, solar power plants Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is building in Florida, along with solar energy centers in Martin County and at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Together, these will total 110MW of capacity by the end of 2010.

Eric Silagy, vice president and chief development officer of FPL, said: "Large-scale solar projects such as FPL's DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center provide Florida with the opportunity to create and attract more clean-energy jobs and produce millions of dollars in new revenue for local governments while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fighting the effects of climate change."

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