The solar power plant announced by Disney in April of this year finally has all the infrastructure built and now the first solar panels are being installed. Eventually 500,000 individual panels will occupy 270-acres and provide 50-megawatts of energy, enough to provide 25% of Walt… Read More »Walt Disney World installs first of 500,000 solar panels, enough to power 2 theme parks
Disney has just signed a 15-year agreement with Duke energy to build a 20 acre solar energy farm with generating about 5 MW a day or potentially 5% of Walt Disney World’s daily needs. As part of the agreement Disney will buy the clean energy… Read More »Disney to add 20 acre Solar Energy Farm
There’s not a lot of magic in level concrete. Considering that the parking lot often serves as the launching point to the theme parks, it is only grudgingly that we accept it as such. It also serves as a stark reminder of reality. Guests visiting Disney’s conservation-themed Animal Kingdom, for instance, first wade through acres… Read More »The Sun Over the Parking Lot