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It’s no myth: Solar power has its biggest home in the Tampa Bay area at Tampa Electric’s newest array in Apollo Beach

Apollo – ancient Greek god of the sun (among other things) – would probably like what’s unfolding in his namesake town along Tampa Bay: 23 megawatts of solar power at a new photovoltaic array that only adds to its amassed output of renewable energy for the community anytime the sky is bright. At Tampa Electric, we’re confident everyone can appreciate the countless things this array, the area’s largest, means for people…

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(Sara)solo and in groups, visitors of all kinds love TECO’s commitment to the environment

Among the VIPs who have come to the Manatee Viewing Center and the adjacent Florida Conservation and Technology Center over the past week, one of them feels so comfortable there he’s going to stay. No, he’s not among the Hillsborough County Commissioners who visited the Suncoast Youth Conservation Center (SYCC) at the Florida Conservation and Technology Center (FCTC) on Jan. 26. Commissioners Sandra Murman, Stacy White and Pat Kemp and…

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Thirty years of stewardship and fun: Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center is better than ever

Add Hillsborough County Commissioners to the ever-growing list of fans of Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center. When they honored the center with a special commendation to celebrate its 30th anniversary season, they were highlighting something 5 million people from around the world have come to know since 1986: it’s a place like no other. And while the manatees themselves may not be quite as vocal about their love for the…

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