Florida to Get World's Second Largest Solar Power Plant

clipped from www.worldofrenewables.com Lauren Engineers & Constructors recently signed a contract with Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for a new 75 MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant located near Indiantown, FL This landmark solar project will achieve several milestones for solar power, including: The second largest solar thermal power plant in the World The largest solar thermal plant outside of California The first hybrid solar facility in the world to connect to an existing combined-cycle power plant This project, named the Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center, will be located on 500 acres of land adjacent to FPL's Martin Plant. Using Parabolic Trough Technology to capture heat from the sun, this project will include approximately 200,000 parabolic mirrors. Total power produced for this new solar plant will be 155,000 MWh of power annually - enough power for 11,000 homes or 26,000 people.