TECO expands solar capabilities

With new solar plants open, Tampa Electric Co. says 14% of production “can come from the sun.”

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 2:00 p.m. December 11, 2023
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Tampa Electric Co. has opened four new solar plants this month and expects to begin work on its next phase of plant construction early 2024.

TECO says in a statement that the new plants are in Hillsborough County (Dover Solar), Pasco County (Juniper Solar) and Polk County (Alafia Solar and Lake Mabel Solar).

With the four additions, the power company says about 14% of its energy production now “can come from the sun.”

 

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