LAKE PLACID — True to their word, Duke Energy Florida has started a solar farm in Highlands County. Motorists on U.S. 27 can see the progress off the east shoulder, just north of the new Town Hall. The location is on St. Johns Street.

Hundreds of acres of orange groves are being cleared to accommodate the plant that will produce 45 megawatt (MW) of energy. The solar plant, at peak capacity, could power about 12,000 homes at any time, Duke Energy’s spokeswoman Ana Gibbs said.


   
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