DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center

The DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center is a photovoltaic power station in Arcadia, DeSoto County, in the U.S. state of Florida, owned by Florida Power & Light (FPL).eXenewable Project Profile Page - DeSoto, PV, US President Barack Obama attended the plant's commissioning on October 27, 2009. It has a nameplate capacity of 25 megawatts (MW), and produces an estimated 42,000 megawatt hours (MW·h) of electricity per year (an average output of about 4.8 MW).

The plant cost $150 million to construct. The plant consists of over 90,000 SunPower solar panels with single-axis trackers on .

FPL must obtain a permit for construction of the second stage, and has filed for the permit to build the third stage of the plant. At the second stage, 49 MW of capacity will be added. At the third stage, 226 MW of capacity is planned to be added, bringing the total capacity of the plant up to 300 MW.

Production

+Generation (MW·h) of DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total 2009 3,876 3,179 2,415 9,470 2010 3,526 3,038 4,399 5,062 5,307 5,485 4,680 4,682 4,927 4,755 3,849 3,631 53,341 2011 3,167 3,459 5,096 5,923 5,845 3,773 5,042 4,605 4,262 3,842 3,648 3,183 51,845 2012 3,707 3,179 5,239 5,321 5,549 4,364 5,314 4,667 4,156 3,955 3,502 3,095 52,048 2013 3,220 3,528 5,099 4,713 5,508 4,342 4,413 4,748 4,209 4,450 2,813 2,784 49,827 2014 2,888 3,463 4,453 1,702 5,585 4,905 4,870 4,944 3,798 4,600 3,263 2,950 47,421 2015 3,190 3,601 4,532 4,844 6,060 5,098 4,711 4,350 3,878 3,845 3,157 2,770 50,036 2016 2,758 3,465 4,207 4,555 5,536 4,356 5,082 4,241 4,213 4,031 3,413 2,793 48,650Total 362,638

DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center

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