Hensel Phelps Would Build Big North Florida Solar Farm Awaiting Financing, Permits
Melbourne, Fla.-based National Solar announced on Sept. 26 that it will build a $1.5-billion, 400-MW solar farm in northern Florida, the largest in the Southeast announced to date.
The company is still securing financing for the project, says spokesman Ryan Banfill, but the company expects to begin construction in the first quarter of 2012. Over the course of five years, it will build at least 20 20-MW photovoltaic solar farms in Gadsden County, Fla. Each is expected to cost about $70 million and cover 200 acres.