It s a 270 acre 50 megawatt attraction wesh 2 news got an inside look at walt disney world s solar farm wesh chopper 2 flew over the farm shortly after it was built the facility powers two of the.
Disney world solar panels.
It provides renewable solar power to the entire reedy creek improvement district which includes walt disney world resort.
This is made possible through a collaboration with the reedy creek.
The solar farm a sea of black panels feels far from disney world.
The 50 megawatt solar farm features 500 000 panels which is equal to about removing 10 000 cars from the road said renner.
The soon to open disney world solar facility spread along a 270 acre designated renewable energy area will produce enough energy to supply 10 000 homes annually and will reduce greenhouse gas.
The smaller middle solar cells in the installation control the tilting so that all of the panels can track the sun for the most.
Those solar panels can generate 600 000 kilowatts per year.
Reportedly the equivalent of taking around 10 000 cars off the road the new farm is disney s biggest ever facility of this nature.
Disney world has unveiled a huge new 270 acre solar farm consisting of half a million 50 megawatt solar panels.
In return the farm will provide solar power to walt disney world.
It s taken disney a while to build a large scale solar facility but the epcot area is no stranger to solar panels.
To put that in perspective the farm is nearly twice the size of the magic kingdom park.
4 800 square feet of solar glass panels covering the outdoor seating area.
1 066 solar panels spanning over 18 000 square feet on the main roof.
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 farm is to the east of a busy state road 429 and near disney s wetlands and open lands although there are luxury.
Solar glass generates up to 70 000 kilowatts per year.
Photo by cynthia shahan cleantechnica.