Lakeland approves solar farm near Florida Polytechnic University

In Florida, Lkldnow reported that a massive array of ground-mounted solar panels may soon rise on 1,400 acres of largely undevelopable land near Florida Polytechnic University. The report noted that Lakeland City Commission voted unanimously to allow the solar power generation facility as a conditional use on 2,044 acres of land. Williams, based in Oklahoma, is one of the largest natural gas providers in the U.S. and has major land holdings across the Eastern Seaboard, the Gulf of Mexico, the Rockies and the Pacific Northwest. The company has also invested heavily in new energy ventures including large-scale solar installations, the report added. The 200 megawatt solar farm will have dozens of racks of 90 solar panels each.

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