Who said that?

Florida's quote of the day

| 2/11/2019

"We make great neighbors, because obviously there’s zero emission generation. "

-- Geoff West, an FPL project manager

Florida Power & Light has proposed building a 485-acre solar panel array in rural southeast Palm Bay, stretching from Centerlane Road northward to the Deer Run neighborhood.

The 75-megawatt Palm Bay Solar Energy Center's 300,000 photovoltaic panels would angle to the southwest to harness the sun's rays, generating enough electricity to power about 15,000 homes.

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