Florida’s ‘city of the future’ is first solar-powered town in America

Florida’s ‘city of the future’ is first solar-powered town in America

“Babcock Ranch, near Fort Myers on state’s west coast, was developed from the beginning with a massive solar power farm generating 100 percent of the electric needs. About 350,000 photovoltaic solar panels stretch across a swath of land the size of 200 football fields.

When developer Syd Kitson, a former NFL lineman with the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers, bought the 17,000-acre property, it was all old mining and farmland.

It’s now the country’s first, fully solar city, with a very low carbon footprint, a soon-to-open school, electric shuttles that will eventually be driverless, a cute town square with shops and an emphasis on the environment and preservation…”

http://www.impactlab.net/2018/06/09/floridas-city-of-the-future-is-first-solar-powered-town-in-america/

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http://www.impactlab.net/2018/06/09/floridas-city-of-the-future-is-first-solar-powered-town-in-america/