Category: Energy

A new solar farm near Walt Disney World is getting a lot of attention.  It's in the shape of Mickey Mouse, of course, and you can only see it by air. Read More
Nobel Laureate Andrew Schally and Jacqueline Quinn, environmental engineer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, are among the seven inventors announced today as the 2016 inductees of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Read More
Florida is called the “Sunshine State,” but we don’t really live up to the name when it comes to solar power. Research by the Solar Energy Industries Association shows that while we’re third in the nation for rooftop solar potential, we’re 14th when it comes to solar capacity that’s actually… Read More
Tampa Electric and Tampa International Airport unveiled Thursday a 2 megawatt solar array that produces enough energy daily to power 250 homes, the utility's first major solar project. The 175,000-square-foot, $6 million project provides shaded parking for 800 cars on the top of the airport's south economy parking garage and… Read More
Forget the image of a hippie making biodiesel from used cooking oil in his garage to fuel a VW van with Grateful Dead stickers on the bumper. The renewable energy fuel, advocates say, is becoming big business. Read More
Company. Brilliant Harvest   Industry. Solar energy, power   Key. Industry faces significant near-term challenges. Bill Johnson likes to compare the solar industry today to the computer industry in the 1990s. Read More