{"id":1004277845,"date":"2018-11-07T05:50:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T13:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004277845"},"modified":"2022-12-04T10:35:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T18:35:00","slug":"floridas-solar-generation-to-expand-by-7gw-over-next-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/floridas-solar-generation-to-expand-by-7gw-over-next-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida\u2019s Sun Power to Grow by 7 GW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Anca Gagiuc<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/11\/solar-panel-2889317_1920.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004277848\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/floridas-solar-generation-to-expand-by-7gw-over-next-decade\/solar-panel-2889317_1920-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/11\/solar-panel-2889317_1920.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;LG-K428&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1495107261&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.17&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00068493150684932&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"solar-panel-2889317_1920\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/11\/solar-panel-2889317_1920.jpg?w=800\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1004277848 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/11\/solar-panel-2889317_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/11\/solar-panel-2889317_1920.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/11\/solar-panel-2889317_1920.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/11\/solar-panel-2889317_1920.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Florida Public Service Commission\u2019s (PSC) annual 10-Year Site Plan Report anticipates that the state\u2019s solar energy use will increase by 44 percent over the next decade. As part of Florida\u2019s total electric generating resources, renewables are expected to increase from the current 2 percent to 8 percent.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the Sunshine State is expected to install 7,125 megawatts, including 5,551 megawatts of utility-owned solar and 1,574 megawatts of contracted solar. Natural gas-fired generating units will continue to comprise a majority of generation additions.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cInterestingly, this planning cycle differs from others in that renewable capacity is projected to become the second-highest installed capacity source in our state,\u201d<\/em> PSC Commissioner Gary Clark said in prepared remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Florida is served by 57 electric utilities, including five investor-owned utilities (IOUs), 35 municipal utilities and 17 rural electric cooperatives. IOUs represent more than 78 percent of the state\u2019s net energy load. <em>\u201cWith utilities deploying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/finding-power-in-energy-storage\/\">battery storage options<\/a>, solar energy will become more useful and its role will continue to grow,\u201d<\/em> Commissioner Clark added.<\/p>\n<p>Even though natural gas dominates in Florida, utilities increasingly are diversifying their mix of resources. The majority of installed renewable capacity is represented by biomass, solar and municipal solid waste, making up about 73 percent of Florida\u2019s renewables. Other major types of renewable resources include waste heat, landfill gas and hydroelectric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar generation will jump 44 percent over the next decade, the state public service commission predicts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":1004277848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21748,21742,21786],"tags":[42866,35875],"class_list":["post-1004277845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-industrial","category-latest","category-sustainability","tag-florida-public-service-commission","tag-solar-power"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Florida\u2019s Sun Power to Grow by 7 GW - 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