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Solar power in Florida has been increasing, as the cost of solar power systems using photovoltaics (PV) has decreased in recent years. Florida adopted a net metering rule which allows any customer generating up to 2 MW to use net metering, with the kilowatt hour surplus rolled over each month, and paid by the utility once a year at the avoided cost rate.〔(Florida - Net Metering )〕 Florida had required public utilities to provide solar rebates. A program from 2011-2015 provided a $2/W rebate. The programs opened once a year and the limited number of spaces were quickly filled.〔(State turns out lights on solar rebates after 2015 ), Marco Santana, ''Orlando Sentinel'', December 12, 2014〕 Florida utilities have been perceived as anti-solar, leading Floridians for Solar Choice to start a referendum to put a measure on the 2016 ballot which would allow solar panel owners to sell power directly to their neighbors or tenants.〔(‘Green Tea Coalition’: Strange bedfellows fight for solar power in Sunshine State ), FoxNews.com, John Roberts, January 16, 2015〕 Within weeks of the drive to get signatures for the proposal, several large scale solar plants were proposed by Florida utility companies. The available solar energy potential of the state is estimated at 2.9 TW about 15% of the world's total power demand. == Large-scale facilities == The state's largest solar plant is the 75 MW Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center, in Martin County. It is a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant using solar thermal instead of photovoltaic technology. As of , no additional CSP plants are under development in Florida, although in 2007 a 300 MW fresnel CSP plant had been planned.〔(Big Solar Thermal Power Plants Planned for Florida, California )〕 The state's largest photovoltaic plant is the 25 MW DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, completed in 2009. A 400 MW solar farm is planned for Gadsden County, 200 MW in Hardee County and 100 MW in Liberty County.〔(National Solar Power Reaches Key Milestone in Florida Solar Farm Projects )〕 The 100 MW Sorrento Solar Farm was expected to become Florida's largest photovoltaic solar farm with 40 MW of photovoltaic capacity already under construction in Lake County. However the company ''Blue Chip Energy'' became insolvent and the equipment and farm site was sold at a public auction in 2013.〔(Company that planned Sorrento solar farm will be liquidated )〕〔(Solar farm site sells at public auction )〕 New solar plants proposed in January 2015 by Florida Power and Light would be located in Manatee County at a natural gas power plant, in DeSoto County, near the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center and in Charlotte County. The three plants together would generate 225 MW, approximately the same as the total solar power installed in the entire state.〔(Florida Power and Light announces plan for Manatee County Solar Center ), WWSB, January 28, 2015〕 Tampa Electric is building a 2 MW farm at the Tampa International Airport. The U.S. military announced contracts for the construction of 3 large plants in Florida: a 50 MW project at Saufley Field in Pensacola, a 40 MW project being at Holley Field in Navarre, and a 30 MW project at Eglin Air Force Base.〔(US Navy + Air Force Commission 120 MW Of New Solar Power Plants In Florida ), James Ayre, January 26th, 2015〕 In March 2015 a 10MW solar farm was proposed for Tallahassee which has a municipal electric utility.〔(Tallahassee prepares to add solar power to portfolio ), Byron Dobson, ''Tallahassee Democrat'', March 24, 2015〕 In April 2015, Duke Energy proposed to build 500MW of solar in the next ten years.〔(Duke Energy proposes large scale solar power plants over next 10 years ), ''Tampa Bay Times'', Ivan Penn, April 2, 2015〕 Duke Energy is building a 20-acre solar farm in the shape of Mickey Mouse's head. The 5MW farm will sell power to Walt Disney World. Completion is expected in late 2015.〔(A solar farm in the shape of Mickey Mouse is coming to Florida, seriously ), ''Fortune'', Katie Fehrenbacher, May 28, 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Solar power in Florida」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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