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Florida Power & Light to Build Large Solar Farm in Southwest Miami-Dade County
By Aletha Player
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rec ently announced that four new solar
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comprise hundreds of thousands of solar
ƉĂŶĞůƐƚŚĂƚŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞnjĞƌŽͲĞŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ
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any water or fossil fuel. This is one of the
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^ŽůĂƌŶĞƌŐLJĞŶƚĞƌǁŝůůďĞůŽĐĂƚĞĚŝŶƚŚĞ
southwestern corner of the county. We
ƉůĂŶƚŽďƌĞĂŬŐƌŽƵŶĚŽŶƚŚĞƐŽůĂƌƉůĂŶƚ
ǁŝƚŚŝŶƚǁŽLJĞĂƌƐ͘&W>ďƵŝůĚƐůĂƌŐĞƐŽůĂƌ
ƉůĂŶƚƐĐŽƐƚͲĞīĞĐƟǀĞůLJĂŶĚŽƵƌƐŽůĂƌ
ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐĂƌĞĞdžƉĞĐƚĞĚƚŽƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚůLJƐĂǀĞ
ŽƵƌĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐŽŶƚŚĞŝƌĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐďŝůůƐŽǀĞƌ
ƟŵĞďLJƌĞĚƵĐŝŶŐĐĂƌďŽŶĞŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐĂŶĚ
The future FPL
Miami-Dade County Solar
Energy Center will be located
in the southwestern corner of
the county. We plan to break
ground on the solar plant
within two years.
fossil fuel use. Our project will also open
doors for employment of contractors
ǁŚŽƐĞĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐĐŽƵůĚŐĞŶĞƌĂƚĞĂƐƚƚŽ
the local economy.
dŚĞŶĞǁƐŽůĂƌĨĂĐŝůŝƚLJǁŝůůďĞƚŚĞ
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ĚĂƚĞ͖ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ŝƚŝƐĨĂƌĨƌŽŵ&W>͛ƐĮƌƐƚ͊
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ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌŝŶŐΘŽŵƉƵƟŶŐƚŽďƵŝůĚĂ
ĐŽŵŵĞƌĐŝĂůͲƐĐĂůĞƐŽůĂƌͲĐŽǀĞƌĞĚƉĂƌŬŝŶŐ
ĐĂŶŽƉLJƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐĨŽƌ
students and professors to conduct
ŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ͘
Natural gas. Nuclear. Solar. And the power of our people.
FPL proudly celebrates Black History Month and all our employees who
work hard to deliver affordable, reliable, clean energy to millions of
Floridians every day.
This advertising is paid for by FPL shareholders, not our customers.
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ƚŚĞĂŵĂnjŝŶŐŶĞǁ&ƌŽƐƚ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞDƵƐĞƵŵ
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ŽƵƚƐŝĚĞƚŚĞŵƵƐĞƵŵĂŶĚŝŶdƌŽƉŝĐĂůWĂƌŬ͘
dŚĞƐĞŝŶŶŽǀĂƟǀĞĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJͲďĂƐĞĚƐŽůĂƌ
ĂƌƌĂLJƐƉŽǁĞƌŵŽƌĞƚŚĂŶƚŚĞĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐŐƌŝĚ͕
ƚŚĞLJƉƌĞƉĂƌĞLJŽƵŶŐŵŝŶĚƐƚŽĞŵďƌĂĐĞƚŚĞ
ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƟĞƐŽĨĂƌĞŶĞǁĂďůĞĞŶĞƌŐLJĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘
We donated rooftop
solar panels to the amazing
new Frost Science Museum
and installed solar ‘trees’ in
the plaza outside the museum
and in Tropical Park.
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