Power company chooses county in region for new solar power plants

The new Manatee County plant will be in Duette, on some 520 acres.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 4:16 p.m. June 4, 2020
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Courtesy. Duke Energy Florida recently announced east Manatee County will be the site of a new power plant.
Courtesy. Duke Energy Florida recently announced east Manatee County will be the site of a new power plant.
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DUETTE — Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy, recently announced east Manatee County will be the site of one of three new solar power plants.

 

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