Manatee Energy Storage Center commissioning ceremony 2021 thus further reducing emissions and saving customers money through avoided fuel costs. By deploying energy from the battery to the grid when there is a higher demand for electricity, FPL will offset the need to run other power plants. The newly operational battery has a 409 MW capacity and can deliver 900 MWh of energy, or enough energy to power approximately 329,000 homes for more than two hours.ĭuring the day the battery system will store extra solar energy produced by the solar array at the Manatee Solar Energy Center. “It’s been a momentous year for clean energy in Florida – FPL opened the year by formally shutting down its last coal-fired plant in the state and now we’re closing the year by shattering a world record and commissioning the largest solar-powered battery in the world,” said Eric Silagy, FPL president and CEO. During a commissioning ceremony last night, FPL illuminated the night sky with a light and drone show powered by the solar battery charged with power from the solar installation adjacent to the Manatee Energy Storage Center in Parrish, Florida. Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) unveiled what it is calling the world’s largest solar-powered battery.
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