• Building set to start on company’s very first floating solar pilot in Florida

• Pilot will function a lot more than 1,800 floating solar modules, offering even a lot more clean, carbon-cost-free power for prospects

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Duke Power Florida currently announced that its very first floating solar array pilot will start building later this month in Polk County.

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The pretty much 1-megawatt floating solar array will function a lot more than 1,800 floating solar modules and occupy roughly two acres of water surface on an current cooling pond at the Duke Power Hines Power Complicated in Bartow.

“We’re excited to get hands-on practical experience with Duke Power Florida’s very first floating solar project at a single of our personal energy plant websites,” stated Melissa Seixas, Duke Power Florida state president. “Exclusive pilots like floating solar are assisting us far better recognize the capabilities of revolutionary clean power technologies that can advantage our Florida prospects and communities now and in the future.”

Crews will construct and assemble the module floating method on land in segments just before securing it with anchors in the water. The project will take roughly 5 to six months.

The pilot is element of Duke Energy’s Vision Florida system, which is made to test revolutionary projects such as microgrids and battery power storage, amongst other individuals, to prepare the energy grid for a clean power future.

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Duke Power Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Power, owns ten,500 megawatts of power capacity, supplying electrical energy to 1.9 million residential, industrial and industrial prospects across a 13,000-square-mile service region in Florida.

Duke Power (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 firm headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is a single of America’s biggest power holding providers. Its electric utilities serve eight.two million prospects in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively personal 50,000 megawatts of power capacity. Its organic gas unit serves 1.six million prospects in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The firm employs 27,600 men and women.

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Duke Power is executing an aggressive clean power transition to attain its ambitions of net-zero methane emissions from its organic gas company by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions from electrical energy generation by 2050. The firm has interim carbon emission targets of at least 50% reduction from electric generation by 2030, 50% for Scope two and particular Scope three upstream and downstream emissions by 2035, and 80% from electric generation by 2040. In addition, the firm is investing in significant electric grid enhancements and power storage, and exploring zero-emission energy generation technologies such as hydrogen and sophisticated nuclear.

Duke Power was named to Fortune’s 2023 “World’s Most Admired Businesses” list and Forbes’ “World’s Greatest Employers” list. A lot more information and facts is accessible at duke-power.com. The Duke Power News Center contains news releases, truth sheets, photographs and videos. Duke Energy’s illumination features stories about men and women, innovations, neighborhood subjects and environmental challenges. Stick to Duke Power on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

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