Table 6. ContinuedUtility Name Plant Name City ZipNameplateCapacityEnergySourcesWM Renewable Energy LLC Springhill Gas Recovery Cambellton 32426 0.8 LFGWM Renewable Energy LLC Springhill Gas Recovery Cambellton 32426 0.8 LFG(Source: EIA, 2009)Figure 3. Existing and Proposed Renewable Energy ProjectsTable 7. Proposed <strong>Florida</strong> Electricity Generation Facilities Using Renewable Energy,2007Name-Utility Name Plant Name City ZipplateCapacityEnergySources<strong>Florida</strong> Power & Light Co<strong>Florida</strong> Power & Light CoBuckeye <strong>Florida</strong>LPSpace CoastSolar EnergyPerry 32347 15KennedySpace <strong>Center</strong>32815 10<strong>Florida</strong> Power & Light Co Martin Indiantown 34956 75<strong>Florida</strong> Power & Light Co(Source: EIA, 2009)Desoto SolarEnergyBLQ,WDS,RFO, NG,OBGSUN(Solar PV)SUN(SolarThermal)ProjectedYearOnline201020102009Desoto County 25 SUN 20098 ___ Federal Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Impacts on <strong>Florida</strong>
Potential for Energy Generation to Meet Renewable Energy RequirementsSeveral sources are candidates for renewable energy in <strong>Florida</strong>. Potential sources includesolar utility scale, solar residential scale, landfill gas, gasification of metropolitan solid wastes, cofirewith wood solids, direct fire of dedicated energy crops, wood, and agricultural wastes, suchas citrus wastes or broiler litter, and digestion of layer and dairy wastes.SolarWhile the Southwest has the greatest solar PVenergy potential, <strong>Florida</strong> follows closely with 85% ofthe maximum PV resource of any location in the UnitedStates (<strong>Florida</strong> Solar Energy <strong>Center</strong>, 2007). The mapin Figure 4 illustrates <strong>Florida</strong>’s solar photovoltaicpotential. The state has a rebate of up to $20,000 forhome applications of solar PV and up to $100,000 forcommercial applications.Shown in Table 8, several utility solar energyprojects have been proposed for <strong>Florida</strong>. Theseprojects would total 110 MW of capacity for aprojected electricity generation of 213 million kWh.Two of the proposed projects are photovoltaic and theFigure 4. <strong>Florida</strong> Solar PVPotential(Source: <strong>Florida</strong> Solar Energy <strong>Center</strong>)third is solar thermal. Possible plans to build a fourth site in Charlotte County (Babcock Ranch)that would be 75 MW capacity of photovoltaic solar have been announced (Patel, 2009).Assuming a 19% capacity factor, if constructed, this would provide about 124.8 million kWh ofelectricity per year. Adding this amount to the already planned facilities, the total would be337.8 million kWh per year.Table 8. Proposed Utility Scale Solar Projects, <strong>Florida</strong>Name ofProjectType ofProjectMWCapacityType ofGenerationMWh’s/Year Capacity FactorMartinFuel Substitution,Thermal 75SolarNon-firm155,000 23.6%Added MW, Nonfirm19.4% (if(but maystationary)DesotoPV 2542,000Solarsupply firm in>19.4% (ifpractice)tracking)SpaceCoast Solar PV 10Added MW, Nonfirm(but maysupply firm inpractice)Total 110 213,000(Source: <strong>Florida</strong> Public Service Commission, 2008)16,000 18% (stationary)Federal Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Impacts on <strong>Florida</strong> ___ 9
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