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FP&L to build new solar power facility in Sarasota
South Florida Business Journal April 14, 2006 by Robin Londner What a dump. That's what Florida Power & Light Co. executives may have said when they first saw Rothenbach Park, site of the closed Bee Ridge Landfill in Sarasota. But the site's dumpy looking days are almost done. FP&L plans to ditch the dump and use Rothenbach for its first solar array. The 250-kilowatt array is to be known as the FPL Solar Array at Rothenbach Park. Brought to you by Cingular As Web readers have learned, the Juno Beach-based electric company said the new solar facility will be the largest solar array in Florida and one of the largest in the Southeast. That's in part because the green power takes up plenty of turf. The 1,200 photovoltaic solar panels are each about 31 inches wide and 63 inches long. The facility is to be more than 28,000 square feet, or about half the size of a football field. Read the rest 
Solar Panels Give Power to The People Electricity crisis spurs new interest San Francisco Chronicle January 28, 2001 Rising PG&E rates make you feel powerless? Not Norman Pease. Two years ago he installed a 10-kilowatt solar panel system on his Orinda roof and now watches his meter run backward on sunny days. His huge 40-panel system provides all the juice for his 11-room house and charges the batteries of his electric-powered Honda.
Pease is typical of the California homeowners who took the state up on a 1998
offer to subsidize the purchase of residential solar equipment. A well- heeled
retiree strongly motivated by environmental concerns, Pease didn't necessarily
need his solar panels to yield a quick financial payoff.
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Australia Opens World's First Titanium Solar Cell Factory CANBERRA, Australia, May 3, 2001 (ENS) - The government of Australia is committed to meeting its international climate change obligations, but is not prepared to sacrifice economic growth and Australian jobs, Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, Senator Nick Minchin said Wednesday. More
Personal power: solar utility in a backpack March 14, 2001 A solar power unit that can be carried in a backpack was created by a Portland, Oregon, inventor and released just three months ago. It is already making its way around the world. More
Solar Weather Makes Ice Storms Seem Unimportant December 28, 2000 FOX NEWS NEW YORK — The ice storms that paralyzed the southern Plains states Wednesday left half a million people without power, but they're nothing compared to the surge of weather from the sun. More
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