Floridians are finding out more and more what a value solar power can be. We all know that solar panels can save hundreds of dollars a month. The question is, is the initial investment worth the cost in the long run?
The answer is yes if you have seen that in the past few years Florida’s solar industry has started to take off.
“We’re building almost a nuclear power plant worth of solar every year in the state of Florida,” Director of the Florida Solar Energy Center James Fenton said.
What are Experts Saying
Experts think that the boost is due to the lowering costs.
“The price of solar has gotten to the point where it’s cheaper than combined-cycle natural gas plants, and this turnover, this change or this grid parody, if you will, occurred about in 2015,” Fenton said. The change has turned something people once saw as a luxury into a bargain.
Solar companies note that right now, people are in the mass adoption phase, where thousands of people are choosing solar as an easy, clean alternative.
Solar energy is not just on top of homes. Solar panels are popping up across the state on thousands of acres as utility companies continue to build more and more solar farms.
“We’re building lots of these fields. A smaller utility might be building five fields, and that’s a lot, where at FPL (Florida Power & Light), they can build 100 fields, and that’s still a very small amount,” Fenton said.
Solar Energy Doesn’t Have to Be Imported
Experts said solar energy is one of the cheapest options for utility companies and is the only form of energy in Florida that doesn’t have to be imported.
“The advantage of solar, of course, is that I have no problem with solar spilling all over our beaches. That’s what we want it to do, OK? It’s a fuel that if you spill it, nobody complains,” Fenton said.
As things like electric cars and clean energy become more popular, experts said they expect solar energy will not only take over the industry but revolutionize lives.
“I envision that we’ll have this building here where we’re at right now covered with solar on the roof, my employees will all drive into work in their electric cars, they’ll fill them full of solar electrons while making plenty, then they’ll drive their car home, they’ll plug it into the wall and the house will steal electricity from the car and turn on the air conditioner that they just turned on,” Fenton said.
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