Borrego Solar Systems and sPower worked with the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom this year to manifest the first theme park on the West Coast powered by solar energy. In this case, the solar will account for 80% of the park’s energy usage. One difference in this theme park’s solar installation from other similar installations is that it will be powered by one of the most substantial solar carport installations in the country.
The last time I visited Walt Disney World was decades ago. I am more of a candidate for hiking the Appalachian trail than going to a theme park. However, one thing that would have me jump to go is another chance to view and photograph a large solar installation.
We wrote about Disney’s plans to install a 50MW solar farm to provide power for its theme parks last year and we now have confirmation that it has brought the new 270-acre solar farm online in Florida. The solar farm is now online and generating power, according to a statement from the company on February 20th.
A new 5 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) installation in the iconic shape of Mickey Mouse’s head was recently unveiled at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. The new installation — which is being operated by the utility company Duke Energy — will provide electricity directly to Disney’s Florida Resort, … [continued]
SolarWakeup. By Jonathan Silver “Wall Street and Main Street have voted. They voted for a clean energy economy. As any good investor knows, you back your winners.” When Congress returns after Labor Day, it will pick up the debate over the clean energy provisions (like extending the production tax credit, … [continued]
