{"id":31236,"date":"2023-03-17T22:36:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T02:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=31236"},"modified":"2023-03-17T22:36:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T02:36:52","slug":"duke-energy-set-to-start-floating-solar-array-buildout-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/03\/17\/duke-energy-set-to-start-floating-solar-array-buildout-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Energy set to start floating solar array buildout in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Duke Energy Florida has announced that its first floating solar array pilot will begin construction later this month in Polk County, central Florida.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Naga-Ike-Higashi-JP-Nov-2016-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Naga-Ike-Higashi-JP-Nov-2016-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Naga-Ike-Higashi-JP-Nov-2016-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Naga-Ike-Higashi-JP-Nov-2016-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Naga-Ike-Higashi-JP-Nov-2016-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Naga-Ike-Higashi-JP-Nov-2016-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A floating solar array on an irrigation pond in Hyogo prefecture, Japan. Credit: Ciel &#038; Terre International\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The almost\u00a0<strong>1MW floating solar<\/strong> array\u00a0will feature more than 1,800 floating solar modules and occupy approximately 2 acres of water surface on an existing cooling pond at the <strong>Duke Energy Hines Energy Complex in Bartow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crews will construct and assemble the module floating system on land in segments before securing it with anchors in the water. The project will take approximately five to six months, according to Duke Energy Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president, said:&nbsp;\u201cWe\u2019re excited to get hands-on experience with Duke Energy Florida\u2019s first floating solar project at one of our own power plant sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnique pilots like floating solar are helping us better understand the capabilities of innovative clean energy technologies that can benefit our Florida customers and communities now and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilot is part of Duke Energy\u2019s Vision Florida program, which is designed to test innovative projects such as&nbsp;microgrids&nbsp;and&nbsp;battery energy storage, among others, to prepare the power grid for a&nbsp;clean energy future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns 10,500MW of energy capacity, supplying electricity to 1.9 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers across a 13,000-square-mile service area in Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duke Energy Florida has announced that its first floating solar array pilot will begin construction later this month in Polk County, central Florida. 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