{"id":17977,"date":"2016-12-31T15:56:54","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T20:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=17977"},"modified":"2017-01-09T09:14:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T14:14:55","slug":"solar-panels-at-daytona-international-speedway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2016\/12\/solar-panels-at-daytona-international-speedway.html","title":{"rendered":"Solar Panels at Daytona International Speedway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nEven FPL is doing solar power now, as evidenced by these pictures\r\nJohn Horton sent back from Daytona yesterday.\r\n\r\n\"Front<\/a>\r\nSo, FPL, how about cancel Sabal Trail and help the sun rise faster on the Sunshine State?\r\n

\r\n\r\nKelly Pickerel, Solar Power World, 19 February 2016,\r\n\r\nThree solar canopies complete at Daytona International Speedway<\/a>,\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n

\r\nFlorida Power & Light Company (FPL) and Daytona International\r\nSpeedway (DIS) announced the completion of the FPL Solar Circuit, a\r\nsystem of more than 7,000 solar panels that generate electricity for\r\nthe Speedway’s operations and FPL’s 4.8 million customer accounts\r\nwhen the sun is shining. FPL Solar Pavilion at the Daytona\r\nInternational Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. on February 18, 2016.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nThe FPL Solar Circuit’s total generating capacity is approximately\r\n2.1 megawatts (2,100 kilowatts), ranking the Speedway in the top\r\nfive U.S. professional sports facilities for solar energy\r\ninstallations, according to data from the Solar Energy Industries\r\nAssociation.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"Front<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n“With innovative partners like FPL, DAYTONA Rising has\r\ntransformed the Speedway into the world’s first motorsports\r\nstadium,” said Daytona International Speedway President Joie\r\nChitwood III. “The FPL Solar Circuit complements the advanced\r\ntechnologies we’ve used to modernize the stadium and enhance the\r\nexperience for race fans.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"Looking<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\r\n“We’re honored to play a significant role in the redevelopment\r\nof such an iconic destination that hosts hundreds of thousands of\r\nvisitors to our state each and every year and reaches millions of\r\nothers around the globe,” said Eric Silagy, president and CEO\r\nof FPL. “This partnership with the Speedway is a shining\r\nexample of Florida’s innovation and advanced economy for the world\r\nto see.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nSo, FPL president Silagy, how about cancel the $3 billion Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline boondoggle and put more solar panels on roofs and canopies?\r\nIt would take half the acreage of Sabal Trail’s eminent-domain-extorted right of way to produce just as much electricity through solar power<\/a>, with no three-year permitting, no leaks, no explosions, and no eminent domain.\r\nThe article brags about the few installations FPL is doing, but it lags\r\nway behind Georgia Power, which still trails New Jersey.\r\nHow about get real about sun power in the Sunshine State?\r\n

\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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