Florida university wants solar field to provide all of the school's energy needs

The Florida legislature has appropriated $8.5 million in state funding to Florida Gulf Coast University so it can plant rows of solar panels on 16 acres of its campus in Fort Myers. The university also is hoping to get a private donation to match the state money and pay for the construction of an additional 1 megawatt solar farm. If successful, the university's solar field will supply all of the 9,500-student university's energy needs, and save $22 million over 30 years. The school's focus is environmental sustainability, and it has a special center dedicated to that purpose

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