(Task) Babcock Ranch - Solar - Natural Gas

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> From: Kathy Gilbeaux <gilbojer@aol.com>
> Subject: Babcock Ranch - Solar - Natural Gas
> Date: April 27, 2016 at 2:17:03 PM GMT
> To: "Michael D. McDonald" <michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com>
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> Mike,
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> FYI . . .
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> When the sun shines, electricity from the solar plant will flow directly to Babcock Ranch, with the excess power then being fed back into the grid. At night, or at times when the sun doesn’t shine, the community will receive its power from a natural gas plant, also owned and operated by FPL. But Kitson expects that the solar plant’s output will far exceed the communities needs, feeding enough solar power onto the grid to effectively cancel out the natural gas used at night or in stormy weather.
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> This Florida Town Wants To Become The Most Sustainable Community In America | ThinkProgress
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>> http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/04/27/3772461/florida-solar-town-babcock-ranch/ <http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/04/27/3772461/florida-solar-town-babcock-ranch/>
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> Kathy