Do you live in multi-family housing? Is your home surrounded by shade trees? Do you rent? Are you a low-maintenance kind of person? Then you may be among the 75 percent of our customers who can’t, or prefer not to, take advantage of rooftop solar. You’re in luck, because Tampa Electric will soon offer you a way to purchase solar power from a large, local solar site to match some…
Community Environment
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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Construction under way on Tampa Electric’s largest solar installation
Not only is it Tampa Electric’s largest installation, it’s the largest in the Tampa Bay area. Rated at 23 megawatts (MW), the photovoltaic (PV) facility we’re building on 106 acres of land near the Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach will consist of more than 200,000 solar panels and produce enough energy from the sun to power nearly 3,300 homes. “Our investment in large-scale solar further demonstrates our commitment…
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1,000-residential-solar-customer milestone points toward a bright future
It’s a nice round number, round like the sun: 1,000. And like the sun itself, Tampa Electric’s milestone of 1,000 solar customers – those with a photovoltaic (PV) array connected to the power grid – shines a bright light on something big happening in the community. “It’s been incredible to watch our solar initiatives grow over the years at Tampa Electric and to reach and now exceed this milestone,” said…
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Tampa Electric’s commitment to solar power at Tampa International Airport takes off
And like that, Tampa International Airport has flown to the top of the list of Tampa Electric’s solar arrays in the community, with the dedication of the company’s first large-scale solar array at one of the best airports in the country now able to generate up to 2 megawatts (MW) of clean, renewable energy for all 725,000 customers we serve. On Feb. 11, airport officials, community leaders and others dedicated…
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