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First City Powered by Solar Energy Planned in Florida
Friday, 10 Apr, 2009 – 9:02 | 6 Comments
First City Powered by Solar Energy Planned in Florida

A Florida developer unveiled plans today to build the nation’s first solar-powered city. The ambitious plan announced on Thursday is for a 19,500-home city with energy-efficient buildings that will be “the first city on earth …

First Solar Feed-In Tariff in the US To Begin in Gainesville Florida
Saturday, 7 Feb, 2009 – 13:52 | 3 Comments
First Solar Feed-In Tariff in the US To Begin in Gainesville Florida

Feed-in tariffs have been responsible for the success of renewable energy generation and the industries supporting it in Germany, Spain, and Denmark, but they have yet to take hold in the U.S., largely because of …

New Nuclear Power Plant for Florida
Tuesday, 6 Jan, 2009 – 11:33 | One Comment
New Nuclear Power Plant for Florida

It was announced today that Progress Energy Florida has signed a contract with Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and The Shaw Group Inc.’s Power Group for the engineering, procurement and construction of two nuclear units for …

First Hybrid Solar Facility in the World
Wednesday, 3 Dec, 2008 – 9:51 | 2 Comments
First Hybrid Solar Facility in the World

Florida Power & Light began work on what may be the first hybrid solar facility in the world to combine a solar-thermal field with a combined-cycle natural gas power plant.
The plan consists of 180,000 mirrors …

Possible New Cellulosic Ethanol Facility To Be Built In Florida Using Sugar Cane Waste
Wednesday, 19 Nov, 2008 – 7:41 | No Comment
Possible New Cellulosic Ethanol Facility To Be Built In Florida Using Sugar Cane Waste

US Sugar Corp. has agreed to explore building a 100-million gallon per year cellulosic ethanol facility in Clewiston, Florida with Coskata, Inc. The plant, if built, would be the world’s largest second-generation ethanol facility. It …