Walt Disney World Solar Panels
Mickey shaped solar panel farm near epcdot is a project of walt disney world and duke energy.
Walt disney world solar panels. This is made possible through a collaboration with the reedy creek. It s a big step toward a long term goal of zero net emissions there. The farm is to the east of a busy state road 429 and near disney s wetlands and open lands although there are luxury. The solar farm a sea of black panels feels far from disney world.
The walt disney company is just months away from generating enough renewable solar energy to fully power two of its four parks at the walt disney world resort in central florida. Walt disney world solar panels now span 270 acres 50 megawatt solar park powers 2 theme parks june 9th 2019 by cynthia shahan the last time i visited walt disney world was decades ago. It provides renewable solar power to the entire reedy creek improvement district which includes walt disney world resort. The new facility is disney s largest solar endeavor to date and is expected to generate enough energy to power two of the four theme parks at walt disney world.
The new solar farm joins the infamous mickey shaped 5mw solar park that disney installed next to its epcot center in 2016 and will provide up to 25 of the power used by disney world. The solar farm is twice the size of the magic kingdom and powerful enough to run. Nearmaps it s also part of duke s push to add more solar power in florida. Huge new 500 000 panel solar farm to help power walt disney world construction begins this spring in disney technology walt disney world posted on february 20 2018 by mike celestino.
The solar farm belongs to walt disney world.