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 will combine clean, emissions-free solar energy with a battery that is expected to be operational by the end of 2021.
Over the life of the project, customers will save more than $100 million when the plant is completed, all part of an initiative to replace a pair of aging natural gas power generating units with clean and renewable energy.
Co-located with the existing Manatee Solar Energy Center in Parrish, FL, the energy storage center will increase the predictability of solar even when the sun is not shining. The project will also eliminate more than 1 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
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Step by Step
FPL has taken a steady, deliberate approach to modernizing its power generation fleet and transformed it into one of the cleanest and most efficient in the country. The company has saved customers more than $11 billion and eliminated more than 145 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions since 2001.
By the numbers
Metric |
Equivalent to |
The FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center will cover 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 will be able to distribute |
Powering 329,000 homes for 2 hours |
Established leadership in the deployment of battery storage technology
The FPL Manatee Energy Storage center is 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.
Making Florida a leader in solar energy
FPL is Florida’s largest producer of solar energy, with 33 solar energy centers currently in operation. In January 2019, the company announced its groundbreaking “30-by-30” plan to install 30 million solar panels by 2030 which will make Florida a leader in solar energy production.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the Manatee Energy Storage Center please contact us at SolarProjects@FPL.com.