FPL’s Manatee Energy Storage Center is one of the world’s largest integrated solar-powered battery system, featuring 409 MW of capacity - enough to power more than 300,000 homes for a couple hours.
Saving customers money, reducing emissions
FPL’s Manatee Energy Storage Center combines low-cost, reliable solar energy with battery storage. Over the life of the project, customers will save more than $100 million.
Co-located with the existing Manatee Solar Energy Center in Parrish, FL, the energy storage center increases the predictability of solar even when the sun is not shining.
Watch this video to learn more about the Manatee Energy Storage Center
By the numbers
Metric |
Equivalent to |
The FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center covers a |
25 square city blocks |
30 football fields |
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130 Olympic-size swimming pools |
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The FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center distributes |
Powering 329,000 homes for 2 hours |
Established leadership in the deployment of battery storage technology
The FPL Manatee Energy Storage center's commissioning marked an exciting chapter in the development of battery storage technology. For many years, FPL and its sister companies have researched battery storage technology to study a variety of potential benefits, from reliability and grid stabilization to improved solar integration.
In 2018, FPL unveiled the largest combined operating solar and storage power plant at Babcock Ranch in Charlotte County, uniquely advantageous because of the ability to harness extra energy produced at solar power plants when the sun’s rays are strongest.