FPL acquires land to potentially house solar project

In Florida, Orlando Sentinel reported that Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has paid $212 million for the 40,000-acre El Maximo Ranch in south Osceola County’s Kissimmee River Valley, which will potentially house what it would be Florida’s largest solar farm array.

The rural ranch stretches from State Road 60 to the Osceola-Okeechobee county line in southwest Osceola.

“FPL is continually evaluating how to provide cost-effective solutions to meet the growing energy needs of our customers,” said FPL’s spokesperson Jack Ebl. “Land the company acquires could be used in a variety of ways, including infrastructure needs and power generation such as solar. We are very early in the process of determining the potential uses at this location.”

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